Category Archives: Photos

Calm Comes the Day

Posted on April 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

A poetic title for my photo in this week’s 2018picoftheweek #2018picoftheweek Challenge

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Inspiration Called Today

Posted on April 1, 2018 by crispina kemp

For my fellow Plot Bunnies at Camp NaNoWriMo Inspiration called today. You were not here, You’d gone away, Gone away to distant isles Where inspiration hangs on trees And you can pluck it from the breeze. Inspiration called today You … Continue reading →

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Negative Space

Posted on March 31, 2018 by crispina kemp

Norfolk is famous for its flint-built churches, and for the flush-work that spreads patterns across the church walls. Here it adds interest to the porch of Blickling parish church. The ornamentation of this church predates the Boleyn family residence at … Continue reading →

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By Blickling

Posted on March 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

The weather being fair on Saturday, I hauled on the walking shoes and hopped on a bus, then on another bus. The intention was a circular walk, from Aylsham—the one-time centre of the Norfolk wool industry, now a quiet market town—and … Continue reading →

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A Patterned Platform

Posted on March 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

Once upon a time, a train line ran from Norwich, westward through many a Norfolk village. Laid in 1882 by the Midland and Great North-Western Railway, M&GNW was better known to the locals as the Muddle and Go Nowhere Line. My … Continue reading →

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It’s Spring

Posted on March 17, 2018 by crispina kemp

I’m not sure whether to enter this as ‘It’s Spring’, or ‘Close-Up’: my offering for this week’s #2018picoftheweek Challenge. There are several species of willow in the Uk with the alias of Pussy Willow, but only two grow in East … Continue reading →

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Alder Red

Posted on March 14, 2018 by crispina kemp

A difficult shot when the March winds do blow. But I was determined to capture the alder in all its parts. Despite the wind-blur, I think we can see last year’s ‘fruit’, looking remarkably like pine cones, hiding behind this season’s … Continue reading →

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Water. Everywhere

Posted on March 10, 2018 by crispina kemp

After the snow came the flood. Okay, so I exaggerate; it wasn’t that bad. Yet walking the Wensum Valley on Tuesday all I could see of the lower meadows were the protruding hedges and the tufts of the taller grass-hummocks. … Continue reading →

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After the Snow

Posted on March 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

Yesterday I was finally able to take the camera for a walk. And I found this, lost in the midst if several acres of snow-melt. It was a day of firsts. The first clear shot I’ve had of a Little … Continue reading →

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Things are Looking Up

Posted on March 3, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week in brief: Blasted by the Beast from the East; temperatures below minus 10 C;  incessant winds of 30-60 mph; low visibility, no public transport, only the busiest arterial routes open to traffic. Not a good week for walking … Continue reading →

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