Amanita muscaria: 3 Nov 2021
It is rare to come upon any fungus in the process of erupting, but with the colourful Amanita muscaria, it’s a wondrous sight. And so…
See That! Another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.
And in case you’re wondering… here’s the adult form. Ah, you say, the pixies’ toadstool
Amanita muscaria [Fly Agaric]: 3rd Nov 2021
image by Johanna Pakkala on pixabay
The Magnificent Maker made humankind and like troublesome flies, they multiplied. ‘Here are too many,’ he said and sent a flood.
He saved a few which again became many.
They had roofs over their heads, food in their bellies and clothes on their backs. They had birds to sing and fragrant flowers. Yet they were not happy. They wanted whatever their neighbours had. They waged futile wars that destroyed fertility.
70 words, written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Empire
Taken from Shore House Compendium, in Roots of Rookeri, to be published 2022.
Thou shalt not pass! Gandalf growled and barked.
“I’m sorry,” his owner said. “We never should have named him that.”
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 we cross the bridge across the Wensum, I see this…
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Surely a good sign for the day’s fungi-hunt
From the bridge… this: 15 Oct 2021
Bracket Fungi are there all year round. But in fungi-season they grow and put on fresh colours…
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And then there are those that only appear at this time of year…
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And then there is this. I’m told it is an Amethyst Deceiver. These little things were everywhere
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That’s all for fungi this week. I’ll leave you with this (leave:leaf, get it? Pun)
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15th October, we bus into Norwich and arrive wonderfully early to walk through uncrowded streets. We’re heading for Mousehold Heath, a (mostly) wooded height that sits above Norwich on the banks of the Wensum. We cut through the cathedral close whence we emerge to this…
St Helen’s “Great Hospital”, Bishopgate, Norwich: 15 Oct 2021
We cross the river at Bishopsgate Bridge and straight away begins the climb
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Norwich as seen from St James Hill: 15 Oct 2021
We’re now on the edge of Mousehold Heath, about to venture in
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I have featured this free-standing wall before. And I still don’t have the history of it. This is new graffiti, I’ve not seen these hearts before
Love in the Woods: 15 Oct 2021
Someone is keeping an eye on us: 15 Oct 2021
In a clearing, we find Pitch & Putt…
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Comprising gravel and sand, it’s no surprise to find over the centuries the heath has been much quarried… resulting in these wonderful hills (yes, we climb them)
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Looking up, looking down
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At the heart there is the heathland
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Hope you enjoyed, and managed the climbs with me. Oh, and we found some interesting fungi. But that must wait till Tuesday Treat.
image: Bohdan Chreptak on pixabay
I love this woman
She’s one of the best
But the prompts she gives us
I swear are a test
Not of our encyclopaedic knowledge
But how we’ll use the word
That’s not like the rest
Take today’s vellichor
To say of old bookshops would be a bore
48 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Word Prompt: Vellichor
Detail, St Ethelbert’s Gate, Norwich Cathedral: 15 Oct 2021
St George features on St Ethelbert’s Gate at Norwich cathedral. The gate was built in 1316 after the previous was destroyed in riots.
I think this qualifies for A Long Time Ago, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.
Lights
Bright sparkling lights
Like stars fallen to earth
Stars singing her worth.
Lily woke up smiling while still in bed
Her dream repeating in her head.
The stars had beckoned her
Called to her from afar
Granted her dream to be a film star.
Within her, excitement zinged
A Hollywood agent must have heard her sing.
Her phone vibrated and bleeped the once
An incoming text to announce
A successful interview, in her excitement Lily had forgotten
But the position applied for she now had gotten
To play the part of Ursula the Bear
The cuddly mascot at the local pier.
Oh well, maybe next year.
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
