Category Archives: Photos

Friday Fauna: The Painted Lady

Posted on June 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

Poised, ready for flight, this Painted Lady butterfly frequents hogweed, which on Monday’s walk we found in abundance. So, too, the butterflies. And this one obliged by holding still.

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Sunday Picture Post: Big and Bold

Posted on June 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

Some wild flowers shout of their presence from a great distance. Alas, this has been a week of almost continual rain. So the camera stayed in. These were taken the previous week

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The Yellow Flag

Posted on June 15, 2019 by crispina kemp

I look at the list of titles Maria has given me for the #2019picoftheweek challenge. Which to use this week? Pick a Colour Though, is the colour green? Of which there are many shades here. Or is it yellow? You … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Briar Rose and Elder Flower

Posted on June 9, 2019 by crispina kemp

Two flowering bushes of the byways … Nothing to do with dogs, of course. Dog, here, means common. Yet how can such a delicate beauty be called common?

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Powder Puff Young

Posted on June 8, 2019 by crispina kemp

A riverside walk unexpectedly turned into a family meeting when a swan and her young came to greet us … No denying it. Those cygnets qualify from the 2019picoftheweek challenge title Soft. For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia

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Of Brimstone and Butterflies

Posted on June 4, 2019 by crispina kemp

‘Oh wow!’ exclaimed the camera-cluttered photographer, ‘how am I ever to capture this?’ With his camera setting changed to “burst”—what more could he do—he followed the mercurial mating dance of the brimstone butterfly. 38 words Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing … Continue reading →

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Arrested Motion

Posted on June 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Last week I featured two butterflies and remarked that the restless flutterers tend only to pose with wings displayed for the patient photographer in the early morning in early season and on a warm day. This first photo shows an … Continue reading →

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Bee a Good Helper

Posted on June 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

I impose my own criterion for my Sunday Picture Post: Whether Flora or Fauna, they must be native and found growing wild. But occasionally I find something simply stunning, that doesn’t conform. Fortunate for me, one of the titles in … Continue reading →

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Of Oak Apples and Kings

Posted on May 29, 2019 by crispina kemp

A couple of weeks back (11th May), in answer to MariaAntonia’s #picoftheweek challenge, I featured an oak gall (The Very Gall). An oak gall is also known—incorrectly—as an oak apple. These are oak apples. It’s the gall’s immature form—the newly … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #29

Posted on May 29, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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