Category Archives: Photos

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #014

Posted on December 25, 2024 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, Tuesday Treats, and Friday Fungi, too). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: In the Red Dawn

Posted on December 24, 2024 by crispina kemp

Above: Burdock burrs tinged pink. Below: reeds in silhouette against an expectant sky Teasel, pale and pink in this eerie light Above: A pair of godwits Below: A little egret, it’s white feathers now turned salmon pink! Above: Reeds caught … Continue reading →

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Beyond Enhancement

Posted on December 23, 2024 by crispina kemp

Christmas week seems as good a time as any to flash my flashy pics. This is the second batch of photos edited beyond simple light and dark contrast enhancement. Enjoy Wishing all my followers, past, present, and future, a peaceful … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: In The Crimson Dawn

Posted on December 22, 2024 by crispina kemp

4th December 2024, and with the fungi season all but over, and recent storms having torn the colour from the trees, and no new flowers yet, we turn to a different source of food for our lens – a walk … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Dawn

Posted on December 21, 2024 by crispina kemp

Dame of the Solstice, rise from your coffin Fill me with light though cold winter begins Daughter of Dawn, your bright light inspires me Though you scowl in the winter, you smile in the spring Mistress of Day, you light … Continue reading →

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This Time of Year

Posted on December 21, 2024 by crispina kemp

What an apt word for this time of year Whether we celebrate the Solstice Or Christmas Festival of Lights Or New Year’s Day Times when faced with the new Beginning, Reset, Hope We think back across the months to all … Continue reading →

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Friday Fungi Fest

Posted on December 20, 2024 by crispina kemp

And for the last Fest of the season I have saved for you a bumper crop of colour found during a stroll around our churchyard, 3rd November 2024. Since the church is dedicated to St Nicholas, I thought them fitting … Continue reading →

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CCC013: A Place Discreet

Posted on December 19, 2024 by crispina kemp

You asked me to find A place to meet A place discreet Away from those who pry With perverted eyes Without sudden disruption And rude interruption Where we could hold hands And maybe kiss. I found us this.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #013

Posted on December 18, 2024 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, Tuesday Treats, and Friday Fungi, too). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: In the Sun

Posted on December 17, 2024 by crispina kemp

More of the photos from our Walk In The Sun (Sunday Picture Post 15th Dec). Enjoy… Above: I’m amazed, the tansy is still in flower giving us gold, the theme of the day! Below: Golden oak leaves Above: The wonderfully … Continue reading →

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