Monthly Archives: October 2018

Amongst the Leaves. Pink.

Posted on October 30, 2018 by crispina kemp

Fungi come in many colours: from mushroom-grey to pastel-pink via reds and purples, yellows and greens (though they’re less often seen). Last Monday’s walk began with this in fawnish-yellow … and ended in pink … Ah, aren’t they pretty!

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A Woodland Walk

Posted on October 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

As Marriots Way leaves the Norfolk village of Attlebridge on its remaining ten miles that culminate at the walls of Norwich, it passes through a pine plantation to one side and a chestnut woods to the other. It’s kick-up leaves … Continue reading →

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After Dark

Posted on October 27, 2018 by crispina kemp

So I arrived home after Monday’s walk with thoughts of a hot coffee, a hot meal, and a warm bath … to utter darkness. Not a glimmer of light. What! A phone call later—oh, it’s a power cut, and the … Continue reading →

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Not Another Fungus

Posted on October 25, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week’s walk, ten miles along Marriots Way, yielded loads of the trooping toadstools. And these little beauties …. I was particularly taken with the colour-combo here, that delicate apricot amongst the fading green (almost blue) of the dying pine. … Continue reading →

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Oops! Naughty Nature

Posted on October 21, 2018 by crispina kemp

There is a smell that pervades the damp woods at this time of year. And those with keen noses are liable to stumble upon one of Nature’s naughty secrets. Though it’s called a ‘stinkhorn’, I don’t find the smell at … Continue reading →

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After the rain …

Posted on October 20, 2018 by crispina kemp

After the rain, the fungi appear. But that’s not the focus of this photo. It’s that myriad of tiny waterdrops. #2018picoftheweek: Liquid As to the mushroom, I almost stood on it, so small and lost in the long grass.

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The Writer’s Fungi?

Posted on October 16, 2018 by crispina kemp

By popular request, two photos from yesterday’s walk. And as you can see, yesterday the sky rained.  

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Cracked Colour

Posted on October 14, 2018 by crispina kemp

I make no excuse for posting another fungi photo. The contrasting colours of the clustered fungi and the flint-like flakes of the pine stump rushed at my eyes and grabbed me. Waveney Forest rises above the extensive Haddiscoe-Fritton grazing marshes. … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods

Posted on October 13, 2018 by crispina kemp

No, not the Sondheim musical that cleverly combines plots from fairy tales by Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault. And neither the book by John Yorke that explores ‘How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them’. Though I recommend both of … Continue reading →

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Asaric Tales e-book update #11

Posted on October 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

Another month over. But am I another step nearer to e-publication? Yes. And no. Asaric Axis (Asaric Tales Book Two) At last I can say that all comments are in from the beta readers and critiquers. I have read them, … Continue reading →

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