Sunday Picture Post: By Heath and River

Posted on November 13, 2022 by crispina kemp

Continuing our walk of 21st October. From atop Mousehold Heath we now descend through the trees and down to the river. The mist has cleared. The sun shines from a clouded sky. Enjoy…

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The trees are late in turning colour this year; we’re noticing it everywhere

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Just a yellowing of leaves… even the bracken is retaining its colour away from the sun

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Ah! But this hidden flame is surely an ‘alien’ maple! It’s on the edge of the heath, close to gardens

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River Wensum… and her swans (5 cygnets, seen several times this summer as we’ve passed along the river)

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A riverside walk skirts the cathedral grounds

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Looking towards Bishopsgate Bridge, the oldest surviving bridge in town

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We must leave the river to cross the bridge…

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Norwich cathedral, as seen across the cathedral school playing fields

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Iconic Pulls Ferry, graces every calendar that features Norwich. The ferryman Pull provided a vehicle crossing at this place

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And so to return home by bus. A thoroughly enjoyable day. Hope you enjoyed too. Next week we’re heading into farmland…and woods! Hope you’ll join me then

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Caught in the Rain. Again

Posted on November 12, 2022 by crispina kemp

Costessey, 7th November 2022

According to the weather forecast we should have been on the bus coming home before the rain came. But it caught the tail end of our walk. It wasn’t torrential, though more than a brief shower. We took shelter here.

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

The red colouring to the water is, I think, due to a high iron content to the soil

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Melusine

Posted on November 12, 2022 by crispina kemp

image by Mystic Art Design on pixabay

The rhythmic whoosh and whish of the sea drew Melusine on.
Down river she swam, avoiding the hooks of the anglers there.
She just wanted to see the sea, just this once.

But she had been warned not to stray that far
That her body couldn’t tolerate a thalassic environment.

50 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Thalassic

Alas, the salt pickled her… of course!

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Friday Fungi

Posted on November 11, 2022 by crispina kemp

Too complete the fungi collection on 21st October on Mousehold Heath: these…

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And one that’s not a fungi, but I love lichen…

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Hope you enjoyed the fungi-fruits of the early season. More next week

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CCC209: Guilty

Posted on November 10, 2022 by crispina kemp

Footsteps behind me
Someone following
Gaining on me
I hasten
I mustn’t be caught with what I’m carrying
Clip-clop, slip-clop, the cobbles slippery with the wet leaves of autumn
The creature in my arms struggles to be free
Hush, my sweet, almost there
Clip-clop, slip-clop, SCREAM!
In my fright I drop the cat
I glance behind
My follower lay in a pool of blood, head cracked on the cobbles
The cat, the cat, where is the cat?
Lost beneath a mound of feasting rats
Pestilence is rife.
This is our death
This is our life
And cats are as guilty as rats

 

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #209

Posted on November 9, 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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Tuesday Treats: Colours

Posted on November 8, 2022 by crispina kemp

A variety of photos taken on our walk through Norwich and around Mousehold Heath on 21st October 2022

The “corner” house in ox-blood pink

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In the greyness of mist…colour seen through the arch of St James Bridge

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Mist and cobwebs, this must be October

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Sycamore and ivy…

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Hawthorn usually turns a bronzed-red in autumn, but here… such unusual colours

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Oak leaves. But what colour is this?

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Pretty heather in the bedewed grass

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A speckled wood butterfly… unexpected on this day

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The colour of riverside trees seen reflected in the river

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And for this week we must end here. More next week

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Sunday Picture Post: Town and Country Morning Mist

Posted on November 6, 2022 by crispina kemp

21st October 2022 begins with thick mist. Bussing across the marshland into Norwich we can’t see beyond the edge of the road. We’re heading out to Mousehold Heath, a wooded hill topped by a heathland

Our route takes us down the oft-photographed Elm Hill

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And via the riverside walk…

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A short climb, steep, not high, bring us to the woodland and the first of autumnal colour

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And so to the heathland…

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Delighted to see the heather in flower

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And the bracken turned to burned and fiery autumn colour

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Alas, there we must leave this walk, but we’ll continue next week

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Musing in the Mews

Posted on November 5, 2022 by crispina kemp

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A scene in The Close, Norwich Cathedral, where residents in former days were able to stable their horses, the grooms probably sleeping above, in the hayloft

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

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I’m No Fool

Posted on November 5, 2022 by crispina kemp

image: Sam Williams on pixabay

I am no fool
But make it a rule
On Saturday morn
Get this prompt done

16 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Rule

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