A medley of photos from that walk to Tunstall Mills on 26th August 2022. Enjoy
26th August 2022
Bittersweet. Poison. 🔼🔽 Stinging Nettles. Pain. How I love our countryside!
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
Fleabane turns its sunny faces to the sun 🔼
26th August 2022
🔼 Multi-coloured berries guarded by the spider’s web 🔽 Bryony berries, though I don’t remember if they are Black or White. Both are poisonous. You’d be forgiven for thinking this is stacking up to be a Halloween walk!
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
Hawthorn welcomes in the summer with its white blossoms, and heralds the summer’s departure with its early-turning leaves 🔼🔽 The haws for which the hawthorn is named snuggle shoulders with these partially ripened blackberries
26th August 2022
🔽 Reedmace, locally known as bulrush by the elder folk
26th August 2022
🔽 A good crop of elderberries. If you’re making wine you’ll need to move quick for the birds will soon strip these juicy bunches down to just forlorn-looking ragged stems
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
The seedpods of Great Willow Herb dehisce when ripe. Which means they split with a degree of violence which scatters their seeds 🔼🔽 Ash keys (is that their real name, or only the countryfolk’s name) said to be the keys to the old gods’ wisdom
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
🔼 I shall repeat as I’ve repeated many times: I love the reed, how their colours change with the seasons. Here we get to see those changing colours 🔽Finally, branched burr-reed in flower, heavy with pollen
26th August 2022
That’s all for now, folks. Don’t forget those butterflies, dragons and damsels on Friday
crispina kemp 
Love pictures and tales again.
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Thank you, Wolfgang. I hope you found something to inspire a story or poem or… 💖
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Yes, thank you❤️
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💖💖💖
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They are spectacular.
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Thank you, Sadje. Since I had to apply to the archives for this week’s walk, I wanted one with glorious photos!
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You’re most welcome
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🙏💖💖💖
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❤️
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Wonderful variety! Thanks for sharing, Crispina!
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My pleasure, always 🥰
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Uh oh… I feel a cheeky story coming on! hehehehehe
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I await 🤪🤪🤪
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