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CCC263: Memories

Posted on November 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

It was springtime when we first sat here
Summer when our love we first declared
Now autumn, and alas my love has disappeared
Memories I still hold dear.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #263

Posted on November 22, 2023 by crispina kemp

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

An answering photo
A cartoon
A joke
A caption
An anecdote
A short story (flash fiction)
A poem
A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
An essay
A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

Your creative offering is indeed yours
Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Painting With Light

Posted on November 21, 2023 by crispina kemp

Some of the more “colourful” details from our walk 7th November 2023. Enjoy…

7th November 2023

A garden tree, I haven’t a name for it, but I do have a word: Stunning!

7th November 2023

Dogwood filtering the sun…

7th November 2023

The humble bramble…

7th November 2023

Wayside colours… and late bloomers…

7th November 2023

Berries…

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of the Spindle tree

7th November 2023

… and of the bryony’s vine

7th November 2023

And this flash of red that caught my eye..

7th November 2023

That’s all for today. Hope you enjoyed. Fungi on Friday!

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Sunday Picture Post: From A to B

Posted on November 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

7th November dawned bright, though cold. Hopped on a bus to Acle from where we’re walking to Burlingham. Unfortunately, I know this route well and I know it gets muddy, deep puddles, impassable fields, and we’ve had a surplus of rain of late. So fingers crossed, put on your hikers, and let’s go…

7th November 2023

Wonderful colours greet us at Acle…

7th November 2023

Despite a thin morning mist the strong November sun casts long shadows…

7th November 2023

You might notice a puddle or two. Oh dear. Hope it doesn’t get worse!

7th November 2023

At least this path is puddle-free…

7th November 2023

More puddles. Oh, but the trees!

7th November 2023

Though distant, I had to take a photo of this barn for its shape…

7th November 2023

And here’s the field that’s notoriously flooded. Yet today it’s passable, with care…

7th November 2023

And the farm track that has posed problems in the past. Puddles manageable…

7th November 2023

And into the woods…

7th November 2023

Tempted to sit for a while…

7th November 2023

Ah, yea, such a little puddle, it’s spread over the paths. Detour required…

7th November 2023

One thing I like about this walks, there are lots of seats!

7th November 2023

And on one of those seats I lean back and take this…

7th November 2023

Now we do the walk in reverse, back to Acle to catch the bus. I swear I’m at least 2 inches taller from the mud on my shoes!

Hope you enjoyed. More photos on Tuesday and fungi on Friday

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All Aboard

Posted on November 18, 2023 by crispina kemp

24th September 2023

This magnificent steam engine at the North Norfolk Railway takes us back to distant times…

Time Travel, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

And that gives me a line:

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Thirty-six Words

Posted on November 18, 2023 by crispina kemp

Credit: Faby Green on Pixabay

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36 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Macabre

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Friday Fungi

Posted on November 17, 2023 by crispina kemp

So difficult to select so few photos of fungi from so many. I give you fifteen from our walk of 30th October 2023. Enjoy…

30th October 2023

Pretty pink… no idea what it is!

30th October 2023

A four-leaf fungus?

30th October 2023

Not often we find purple fungi

30th October 2023

Puff balls and earth balls are in abundance this season

30th October 2023

Welcome to fairy land…

30th October 2023

Mother and child?

30th October 2023

Angels…?

30th October 2023

If the wee white ones are angels, then this might be the devil?

30th October 2023

Pink, I love the pink ones… and the purple

30th October 2023

Jelly ears glowing in the sun

30th October 2023

Alas, that’s all for now… more next week

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CCC262: Anne and Martin of Sorrel Farm

Posted on November 16, 2023 by crispina kemp

Anne turned her car into the lane, to see Sorrell Farm growing larger, advancing towards her. She sighed and smiled. Her every teen summer spent here, with her grandma. Sad the day her grandma died. But the farm stayed in the family, her cousin John inherited. Alas, it seemed that farm was cursed, for John’s wife died, and shortly after John met with a tragic accident.

Had John not already installed Martin as farm manager Anne might have sold the place. But today Martin would be waiting for her, her newlywed husband. And no one could pin John’s tragic death on them.