Category Archives: Photos

Sunday Picture Post: May Day Woodland

Posted on May 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

Monday 5th May 2025, being May Day (in the UK) we hopped a bus to the edge of town where a cosy woodland is named on the map as ‘Bluebell Woods’. Please join us for the last of the bluebells … Continue reading →

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CCC035: Dead Gnomes No More Will Grow

Posted on May 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I sit upon this forest bank Hiding from my miss-played prank Yet how was I to know Dead gnomes no more will grow Even if we plant them in this fertile soil See, to make the dead to live again … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #035

Posted on May 21, 2025 by crispina kemp

Every Wednesday I’ll post FOUR photos (if you want to get a head start you’ll find them marked in that week’s Sunday Picture Post and Tuesday Treats). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Riot of Flowers

Posted on May 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

A selection of flowers and a few butterflies and other creatures from our walk on 28th April 2025. Enjoy Seasonal flowers 🔼 apple blossoms and 🔽 ransoms Pretty low-growing flowers: 🔼 Ground ivy and 🔽 Forget-me-not 🔼 Alkanet and 🔽 … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: East Hills Wood

Posted on May 18, 2025 by crispina kemp

28th April 2025, sun is beaming, wind has calmed, so it’s back to Costessey for our second visit to a bluebell wood. But first a short riverside walk. Please join us 🔼 We jump off the bus at the park, … Continue reading →

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CCC034: Spirit of the Woodland

Posted on May 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

Spirit of the woodland, me Though I don’t reside in any tree Rather would I be Like a butterfly or bee That flits from flower to flower Throughout every woodland bower And as I fly I never do tarry But … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #034

Posted on May 14, 2025 by crispina kemp

Every Wednesday I’ll post FOUR photos (if you want to get a head start you’ll find them marked in that week’s Sunday Picture Post and Tuesday Treats). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Late April Flowers

Posted on May 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

A selection of the delightful flowers we found during our walk on 23rd April 2025 . Enjoy 🔼 Bluebells, newly out and only now beginning to droop their heads in true English fashion 🔽 Two woodland dreams 🔼 Wood anemone … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Green Hills

Posted on May 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

23rd April 2025 and its bluebell season; we’ve three bluebell woods to visit during the coming weeks. We start with our annual pilgrimage to where once we lived. It’s a double bus ride, there, then back. But the weather is … Continue reading →

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CCC033: My Midas Touch

Posted on May 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

When my secret to the reeds I told In delight from stems of old They changed to pearlescent gold With surprise I then was bowled Strange, all this for a secret told

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