Category Archives: Photos

CCC275: Another of Jack’s Crazy Plans

Posted on February 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

We could hear the tide rolling in behind us, chasing us across the foreshore. But we’d soon be safe. We could see from the dryness of sand that the tide didn’t lap the cliffs. We just had to get that … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #275

Posted on February 14, 2024 by crispina kemp

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: Dunes and Beach

Posted on February 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

Something the things seen on our walk along Kessingland shore 24th January 2024. Enjoy. Aye, even on the dunes we can’t escape fungi! And lichen… And lichenised fungi (Cladonia) Thickets of sea buckthorn here, the berries now sun-dried and sea-air … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: An Abbreviated Walk

Posted on February 11, 2024 by crispina kemp

24th January 2024, midway through a two-day gale, but anyway we’re walking. The intention is the five mile walk from Kessingland dunes to Lowestoft. But we didn’t quite make it. Stay with me, you’ll find out why… Kessingland cliffs are … Continue reading →

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CCC274: The Changing Fortune of Trees

Posted on February 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

We’ve plastic now for all our needs So now we can save the trees. Plastic is polluting our environment Reject, use paper instead. Burning fossil fuels is tipping our climate But it’s fine to burn wood and trees are renewable. … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #274

Posted on February 7, 2024 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 6, 2024 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 4, 2024 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 3, 2024 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 1, 2024 by crispina kemp

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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