Tag Archives: #2019picoftheweek

The Market Cross

Posted on March 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

Mark my confesion: It wasn’t intentional, it was quite accidental, my attention down rather than up. in my need to exclude the non-consenting general public I lopped off the cross at the top. Though neither round nor square, I claim … Continue reading →

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Which Way?

Posted on March 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

The photo says it all I walk. A lot. Outside of towns, along country paths, over meadows, trailing through woods. Miles away from the nearest convenience. And so this photo, Which Way (to go …) [For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  … Continue reading →

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Under the Arches

Posted on March 9, 2019 by crispina kemp

I claim this photo for #2019picoftheweek challenge title Three of a Kind [For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia] Wymondham Abbey was founded in 1107 by William d’Aubigny ‘Pincerna’, butler to Henry I, to serve as Benedictine monastery with attached … Continue reading →

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Who’s for a Paddle?

Posted on March 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Last Thursday … what a walk. For of the season, legs seemed not to be mine, though they finally got the hang of it. Meanwhile, the photo ops leapt out from all directions. In Norfolk a creek is a short stream … Continue reading →

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A Particular Liminal Place

Posted on February 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

This bridge marks the boundary of city and country with Norwich to one side, and the parishes of Costessey and Hellesdon to the other. I claim it for #2019picoftheweek challenge title: Bridge, cos … it is. For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  … Continue reading →

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To Wit …

Posted on February 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

Most of my owls live solitary lives scattered amongst my books.  But these two hooted and (h)0wled; they wanted no longer to be apart, they wanted t’woo together. And so I set the stage and turned the spotlight upon them. … Continue reading →

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Let the Sun Shine In

Posted on February 9, 2019 by crispina kemp

Not the photo I was going to post this week, but after a week of dreary grey skies, I reckon we needed some sun. #2019picoftheweek challenge: Good as Gold For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia

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Blue Ice

Posted on February 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Living beside the sea with its salt-laden air, on those rare occasions when snow and ice deign to grace us with their whiteness, it tends to be sparse and not last much beyond dawn. How then to find a photo … Continue reading →

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Across Country Leading

Posted on January 26, 2019 by crispina kemp

Not the first photo I’ve posted that features pylons—I do confess to a perverse passion for them. Neither was the photo recently taken. But … … I can’t imagine a photo more suited to #2019picoftheweek challenge title: Leading Lines There’s a … Continue reading →

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An Englishman’s Home …

Posted on January 19, 2019 by crispina kemp

They do say an Englishman’s home is his castle. Seems this chap has raised his drawbridge and issued a warning. #2019picoftheweek challenge: Home Sweet Home For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia

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