Category Archives: Photos

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #274

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: Some of the Sights from Sunday’s Walk

18th January 2024 being sub-zero we had expected a winter wonderland but the air was too dry. Yet in a few sheltered spots we did find some glistening foliage… And in one sheltered spot we found this… We had hoped … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Numb Fingers, Knees and Nose

18th January 2024 dawned cold, and windy. But what the jig, we’re still walking. Two buses later we’re off on a circular walk around the Norfolk village of Hethel (for those who like to know, it’s the home of Team … Continue reading

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Crazy Mary’s Hole

Upon a Suffolk shore, long-established dunes, the presence of brackish runs betrayed by the reeds and sedge, there is what I’d call a mighty dune slack known locally as Crazy Mary’s Hole. And anyone who’s seen it with the Purple … Continue reading

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CCC273: The Little Boat

Now I ask you, my lord You have to agree Isn’t this the smartest boat To put out to sea? Yesterday I did agree it Before that storm tossed it up on the strand Yesterday I might have agreed That … Continue reading

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #273

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: January’s Colours

Berries, catkins, fungi…and some birds. Enjoy We can always rely on wood jellies to swell and look juicy after weeks of rain Moss and tremates, the perfect wet winter combo… Sturdy brackets, here to stay Alder catkins, the cones just … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Out of the Wind Into the Woods

The Whitlingham Walk, 9th January 2024, part two, please, join us Our intention of circuiting the lake is hampered by impassable paths due to flooding… And so we cut away… A moment to admire the tall-grown alder trees, all hung … Continue reading

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What an Achievement

When walking the camera I seldom pass by a church without investigating. Most often they’re locked. This one wasn’t…which was most welcome since half-hour of clicking camera in sub-zero temps had frozen my fingers into icy lumps. So of course, … Continue reading

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CCC272: I Thought I Saw…

I thought I saw a puddy cat Looking up at me I did, a marmalade, thin cut Sweet and sweet can be Where was he from? Had he lost his home? Might I adopt him? Alas, one look at me … Continue reading

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