Category Archives: Photos

A Particular Liminal Place

Posted on February 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

This bridge marks the boundary of city and country with Norwich to one side, and the parishes of Costessey and Hellesdon to the other. I claim it for #2019picoftheweek challenge title: Bridge, cos … it is. For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Shades of Green

Posted on February 17, 2019 by crispina kemp

Not a plate of soggy lettuce, but a bracket fungus host to algae, not an unusual phenomenon especially in woodland.

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To Wit …

Posted on February 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

Most of my owls live solitary lives scattered amongst my books.  But these two hooted and (h)0wled; they wanted no longer to be apart, they wanted t’woo together. And so I set the stage and turned the spotlight upon them. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Ruby Carbuncles

Posted on February 10, 2019 by crispina kemp

Yes, it is a fungi. I think it could be King Alfred’s Cakes. Except I’d say it’s too pale. But maybe that’s because it’s wet. Fungi tend to change colour when dry. And while I’ve titled the post Ruby Carbuncles, … Continue reading →

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Let the Sun Shine In

Posted on February 9, 2019 by crispina kemp

Not the photo I was going to post this week, but after a week of dreary grey skies, I reckon we needed some sun. #2019picoftheweek challenge: Good as Gold For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #13

Posted on February 6, 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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Blue Ice

Posted on February 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Living beside the sea with its salt-laden air, on those rare occasions when snow and ice deign to grace us with their whiteness, it tends to be sparse and not last much beyond dawn. How then to find a photo … Continue reading →

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Winter Fog

Posted on February 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

I cannot see, the world turned white A fog descended in the night Which frost’s cold fingers sealed in place Where’s the sun, its pleasant face? Lost behind it. O, Sun, please push a way through it Disperse it, dispel … Continue reading →

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CCC12: A High-Sighted Low-Bearing Bull

Posted on January 31, 2019 by crispina kemp

Alas, poor Percy, set his sights on the Upper Echelon. Ended his days as a lowly bearer of a lichen-encrusted escutcheon.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #12

Posted on January 30, 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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