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Sunday Picture Post: Down By Upton’s Boat Dyke

Posted on September 29, 2024 by crispina kemp

It’s Saturday 7th September 2024 and the weather’s not looking good. But fingers crossed it’s going to get sunny. A short bus-hop across the grazing marshes to the small town of Acle then into the Bure Valley. Please, join us… … Continue reading →

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Down At The Boat Dyke

Posted on September 28, 2024 by crispina kemp

The day was a little too breezy to make of the water a perfect mirror, but it’s close. Therefore, I am claiming this photo for Mirrored, my eighth title of #2024picofthemonth, as set at Of Maria Antonia. Who knows, I … Continue reading →

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Pick a Pic #3: Three Little Fairies

Posted on September 26, 2024 by crispina kemp

Three little fairies playing near the pond One slipped in and then she was gone Two little fairies playing near the pond One slipped in then she was gone One little fairy playing near the pond Alighted on a lily … Continue reading →

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NEW! NEW! NEW!!! Pick a Pic

Posted on September 25, 2024 by crispina kemp

New challenge, new name, but the rules are still the same. 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 … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: All Kinds of Everything

Posted on September 24, 2024 by crispina kemp

It is what it says in the title, photos from our walk on 30th August 2024. Enjoy… Not much variety amongst the baked grasses in the new reserve. But who can resist poppies? Above: not a wild rose but a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Onwards to Costessey Ponds

Posted on September 22, 2024 by crispina kemp

30th August 2024 and we’d reached the newly opened Sweet Briar Reserve. Now to continue to the place that I love best (or one of them!) An underpass takes us under the busy Sweet Briar Road The grassland give way … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge: Watch This Space

Posted on September 18, 2024 by crispina kemp

Last week, with much regret I announced the demise of CCC. The numbers had dwindled it didn’t seem worth continuing. Your response set me to thinking. Is there a way to present the challenge that might encourage more participation. Well, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Late Summer Flora

Posted on September 17, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few floral photos, berries and ‘things’ from our walk on 30th August 2024. Enjoy Old Man’s Beard, always love it (Clematis vitabla) and Bittersweet, two common hedgerow plants still in flower Elderberries, slowly stripped by the birds, and rose … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Marriott’s Way Out of Norwich

Posted on September 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

A new nature reserve was opened early this year alongside Marriott’s Way, on the outskirts of Norwich. And so on this late summer day (30th August 2024) we get kitted out and bus into Norwich and walk out to check … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge: It’s Demise

Posted on September 11, 2024 by crispina kemp

Yea, you read that right, I’m pulling Crimson’s Creative Challenge. There will be no more. Sadness abounds. I began this weekly challenge in November 2018 and to begin with the number of participants grew, then held steady. But over recent … Continue reading →

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