Monthly Archives: February 2023

Tuesday Treats: February Delights

A few photos of flowers and colours seen on our first walk of the month (6th February). Enjoy! February, the month when hazel catkins catch the sun… When snowdrops are everywhere… Sometimes we find them mixed in with winter aconite. … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: By Road and Lane to Loddon

It’s been raining much of late; fields are sodden, farm tracks deep in puddles. Time to take to the roads. We bus to Norwich, and then out to Brooke, from where we’re walking to the double town of Chedgrave and … Continue reading

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Soaring High

This land we share with many a beast, but the sky belongs to the birds alone. Your Sky, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

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Tick Tock

Hearing the clock The slow tick-tock The minute-by-minute Move of the hands Inexorable, the slip of the sands Countdown to tragedy Oh woe, alas, what’s to become of me A noose awaits me on the morrow A noose that will … Continue reading

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CCC224: Lost Without Bells

They’ve taken away my bells. But who to point my finger at Who to cast into ten depths of hell? And tell me How’s my beloved Esmeralda to seduce with her dancing Without the bells I used to ring?

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #224

Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: A Winter Water-Meadow

30th January, the second part of our walk takes us out of town and into a fenland landscape, a place that’s probably best in early summer. But at least we have the sun! The colour of alder… Hazel catkins… We … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: In the Heart of Norfolk

30th January, cold but sunny, and while the bus into Norwich is its usual rattle and roll, the bus that takes us into the ‘heart of Norfolk’ is almost luxurious. Such comfort. Oh, but we notice the cold when we … Continue reading

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Heart of Oak

Perhaps the shape of this window into the heart of the oak isn’t immediately obvious, but see below Hearts, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

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Sixth Out From The Sun

Jo deemed it utterly unfair. It wasn’t his fault if he came across as cold, remote, unfriendly. It was down to his birth order and he’d had no control over that. Three older sisters, and two brothers, the sixth child … Continue reading

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