Image by Amy Z on pixabay
I love to stop
And who would not
For a five-minute browse
Forgetting the time
As I scan the spines
Selecting at random
With exquisite abandon
That will carry me over
Till my next stop
At the Bibliopole’s shop
39 words written for Sammi’s Weekend’s Writing Prompt: Bibliopole
Photos from our walk 26th October to, and around, Tyrrells Wood as featured on this week’s Sunday Picture Post. Enjoy…
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This next one is a slime mould: Jelly Brain
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Wow, what a lot we got. Hope you enjoyed!
If you go down to the woods today
You’d best beware of the fay
Though the fay aren’t the worst
Trolls rate as first
Trolls will break that table and chairs
Pixies, now, to reach them would take them years
Oh yes, if you go down to the woods today
You’d better take care
For you’ll find plenty entities to spark your fears
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:
You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:
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
As the title says, photos of the flowers that paint my garden in glorious colours this late October. Hope you like them as much as I do (this is my first full year with the garden!)
28th October 2022
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These chrysanthemums were bought last year as indoor pot plants but once they’d finished flowering I planted them out. Delighted to see not only did they survive the winter, and our drought, but now they’re flowering in such profusion
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The rose bush, resident when I moved in, is very old, but she has put forth such a crop of blooms this summer, and still she has buds waiting to unfurl
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Marigold in the sun…looks like the sun itself has taken residence here
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More sunny flowers…
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As you might guess, I’m pleased with my garden. It has far exceeded my plans!
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
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
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!
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
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
