Fungi Friday

Posted on December 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

21st November, the day was dull, the light was dim. Not the best conditions for seeking fungi on the dark woodland floor. We bused to Norwich and bused out again to Hethel. Most of our planned route would be on road; any fungi found would be on the grassy verges…we thought

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But there are always hedgerow-trees growing a bracket or two

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And roadside copses…

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But deep ditches held us away from the best

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The return route was through Hethel Great Wood…

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By then the sun was trying to shine

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Our delight, the trooping wood-eaters!

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And back to searching the grassy verges…

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With the colder winter weather the fungi season is approaching an end. But not yet.

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CCC215: Jack and His Sprites

Posted on December 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

I woke that morn
Before the dawn
And wondered at the world turned light
What magic was this wrought overnight?
The work of Jack and his Sprites!

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #215

Posted on December 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

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 fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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I Am The Spinner

Posted on December 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

image by Victoria Models on pixabay

I was the light when all was dark
I was the air that fed the spark
I danced a dozen reeling dances
And drew a dozen stolen glances
From a dozen star-made beasts
At a dozen solar feasts
I am the spinner, the weaver too
The ladle that dips into the cauldron true
I am above and yet below
From me all Life does flow
I am not woman neither man
But name me if you can
I am the Spinner’s Game

On this Solstice Day, I give my thanks to you who’ve bought my books

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Tuesday Treats: Autumnal Gems

Posted on December 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

A medley of colourful pics from our walk on 14th November 2022. Enjoy

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Diamonds silver this fresh honeysuckle growth and golden sun on drying bracken

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Love ivy berries in moonstone hues

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More ivy berries in amber and adventurine

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And ruby rose hips shining bright

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Copper and a lapis lazuli sky…

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Ochre-toned pine cones in the sky

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Bronze and gold…bracken and gorse

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Amethyst, the colour of heather…

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Rubies masquerade as leaves…

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Topaz, gold and emeralds speckle this birch-tree…

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That’s it. Hope you enjoyed

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Sunday Picture Post: Fritton Woods

Posted on December 18, 2022 by crispina kemp

14th November the day starts with thick mist, though it’s clearing by the time we get off the bus.

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We have to walk a mile or so from bus stop to woods along a sandy lane…passing this

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And into woods…

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This is a pine plantation. But silver birch is everywhere…especially where the pines have been felled over recent years

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The plantation abuts the marshland through which the River Waveney flows…and so as we near that edge we find old drains, such a contrast with the otherwise sandy heathland

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After recent heavy rainfall…the erosion

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And it’s back along that sandy lane to catch a bus home

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Hope you’ve enjoyed. Check out Tuesday Treats for a few colourful details…

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Gold on a Misty Morning

Posted on December 17, 2022 by crispina kemp

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The day is misty, autumnal colours muted. But here is a gorse bush with its mist-dripping flowers. What a way to brighten the day

Golden Opportunity, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek

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When Menopause Calls

Posted on December 17, 2022 by crispina kemp

image by Erika Wittlieb on pixabay

“I’m hot,” she said and moved away.

But away from his heat she was cold.

“Come cuddle,” he said, and she returned to his arms.

But a few minutes of that and she was too hot and again moved away only, again, to feel uncomfortably cold.

“Come here,” he beckoned, his warm arms open and inviting.

But a few minutes and again she moved away.

“Heck, why can’t you find the right place, always moving? What’d you call that?”

“Perpetual dynamic equilibrium?” she said.

84 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Perpetual

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Friday Fungi

Posted on December 16, 2022 by crispina kemp

Another Friday…and loads more fungi, these found at Fritton Woods on 14th November

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And the stars of the day…

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These are just a few of the fungi found that day. I’m saving the rest for so this feature can continue beyond the fungi season

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CCC214: Hey-Ho!

Posted on December 15, 2022 by crispina kemp

Hey-ho, hey-ho
Across that tree we go
We’ve heard the bell’s brassy chime
Telling us it’s now school time
So put away that muddy ball
And you be careful you don’t fall!

Inspired by my father’s memory. There used to be stepping stones here when he was at the village school. He remembers the kids kicking around a ball and waiting for the school bell to call. I wonder how many times they arrived in class with wet feet!

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