10 July 2020
Wrangle… to entangle your tongue with a persistent antagonist
To mangle angry words with an opportunist
Or cling to the rocks, ignoring the knocks
while you argue the toss with the surf-surging sea
33 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Wrangle
We had done this walk before. Bus to Lowestoft, bus out to Oulton Village, then walk by greenways and the occasional backroads to Hopton and bus back home. 10 miles. We were expecting to find loads of fungi.
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These “tufts” greeted us as we got off the bus. The only fungi encountered for many a mile
But of colour there was plenty
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Look closely. This reed head is beaded with sparkling dew
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And there were plenty of trees along the greenways, but once you’ve seen one greenway… you know what they say… instead, I give you a mini-plantation
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and a dam (no, not beavers, possibly the kids with their long lockdown vacation)
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Through Flixton Wood, and a view over Flixton Marsh
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And here, what a delightful place to live, between woods and marsh, at the end of long-long lane
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At last! A fungus found, hiding away in the grass
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I loved this scene: the haws of the thorn, with ivy in flower and berries forming… and the wasp
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Ah-ha! The Peacock suns itself, inviting my camera
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Daughter, taking social distance to the extreme. In truth, she’s scouting ahead for fungi
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and now we’ve found one…
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Somerleyton, where we stopped for lunch the dew still lay on the grass
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and to finish the day, a flourish of purple (have to love that dogwood!!!)
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But that’s all folks for the fourth of November. Hope you enjoyed these colours of Suffolk. More photos next week.
12 Nov 2020
Happiness, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek
The train line to Norwich runs alongside Breydon Water, Great Yarmouth, where I was taking photos of the sunset… happy as happy could be. So when I heard the train, I turned around and had some fun.
O Yay, O Yay, O Yay, the butterfly has landed!!!
Eight years this week since I started this blog…not bad for someone with a reputation for restlessly flittering.
I have grown to be something other over those years. An (International) author with five books published on Amazon [The Spinner’s Game] with good reviews on Goodreads, and another book [Learning to Fly] due out early next year. I couldn’t have done that without you, my faithful followers. Thus this celebration of my blog is really a celebration of you. I do thank you, most wholeheartedly.
But I owe you an apology too. I’m spending less time on WP, more time with my two Twitter accounts [@crispinakemp1 & @ineebrown51] I regret this, yet it’s needed: books do not sell themselves and when an indie author says “book promotion” they really mean “self-promotion”.
There is another reason for my frequent absences. My health is so improved, my back injury finally sorted, that I can again do distance-walking. Well, 10-milers. And with every walk out I return with 100s of photos, many of which find their way here. But the walks and the photos gobble-up time.
Again, I thank you for staying with me. and thank those who join in with Crimson’s Creative Challenge. And the best I can give you in return is my photos. I do hope they continue to give you enjoyment.
Love you all
Crispina
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #105
“Lady, where are you wintering this year?” asked Lady Anne’s iridescent-armoured beau.
“Burlingham. As usual,” she answered, a little bit haughty.
“But, Lady, you know who’ll be there.”
She turned a scornful look on him.
“Lady, he wears black and has horns. You cannot allow him access. He’ll eat you.”
She tutted. “I do declare, you are quite the coward to be so intimidated.”
“You think by wearing the bishop’s red you’ll be safe?”
She sighed and turned her back on him. Every autumn they had this same argument, but she’d overwinter nowhere other than Burlingham’s Insect Hotel.
CCC105
Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN
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
Photos of Foliage and Berries taken on my walk to Ringland Hills (28 Oct 2020)
Holly: 28 Oct 2020
And you can’t have holly without…
Ivy: 28 Oct 2020
And for colour…
Blackberry-bramble: 28 Oct 2020
Beech leaves: 28 Oct 2020
For me, it isn’t properly autumn until the beech turns
Beech leaves: 28 Oct 2020
Rowan berries: 28 Oct 2020
Alder catkins: 28 Oct 2020
The alder already bears next spring’s catkins alongside this year’s “fruits”. Couldn’t get closer… oops, into the water
Guelder Rose: 28 Oct 2020
Guelder Rose leaves and berries…
Guelder Rose: 28 Oct 2020
Old Man’s Beard: 28 Oct 2020
aka Traveller’s Joy, a wild form of the popular garden climber, Clematis
Bryony berries: 28 Oct 2020
It has been a prolific year for bryony; it is everywhere with its bright red berries
Ivy: 28 Oct 2020
I’ve included this one for the flint wall. I love this dry-stone wall. There’s quite a length of it, and it’s old and crumbling
But that’s all folks, for this week. Hope you’ve enjoyed it. Have a good week. Stay safe.
I bequeath to you my best left shoe
These past ten years I’ve had no use of it
What use when I’ve no foot to put in it?
When your father pushed me over the railings at the zoo
He left me legless
Crocodiles… though he claimed he didn’t know it
Glad he didn’t bequeath to you
His love of square ribbed dark bottles
His passion for the fiery spirit
That nothing within him could inhibit
Fighting, smashing, yelling
I’m glad he’s gone, my son
85 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Bequeath
Last Thursday, my daughter and I had arranged to walk Oulton to Hopton, 10-miles, mostly off-road. However, the weather forecast wasn’t good: high winds and heavy rain. So we cancelled. Oh, but my legs weren’t happy with that. So the day before (Wednesday) being forecast fine, I was up early and catching a bus.
I’ve already posted photos of the fungi I found that day. Now here are some of the other photos I took. Enjoy.
I bussed to Taverham and walked through to West End, Costessey…
Taverham Lane: 28 Oct 2020
I trespassed at Costessey Pits (formerly known as Taverham Pits) where I spoke to the bailiff about the possibility of a permit to take photos. More on that anon (I hope)
Smallest of Costessey Pits: 28 Oct 2020
Hogweed: 28 Oct 2020
It’s amazing what you find at the back of a hedge. I was looking for fungi. Found this.
Deer skull: 28 Oct 2020
From Costessey, Ringland Lane takes me to Ringland Hills, my destination. For much of its length, the lane runs alongside the beautiful River Wensum…
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… where there are swans…
“Good morning, Mrs Swan.”
“Good morning to you, Mr Swan.”
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“Good morning, Our Cygnets.”
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And… tra-la…
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Destination! Ringland Hills
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This photo doesn’t begin to show how steep that is…
But it’s worth the climb. Little over 50 yrs back, this was mostly heathland
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I picked up a bug along the way. I asked on Twitter what it might be (both Norfolk & Suffolk Wildlife Trusts follow me on @ineebrown51 ) I had worked out it was a shield bug but no one could name it more precisely
a Sheild Bug: 28 Oct 2020
Looking back as I left Ringland Hills by the road…
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Turn left at the bottom and head out to Ringland… where I stopped at The Swan PH for a coffee… such a life of leisure and luxury I lead!
And now the clouds were moving in…
River Wensum at Ringland: 28 Oct 2020
And the morning sun had drawn a misty veil over the valley
Looking over Wensum Valley: 28 Oct 2020
But I was ok, I was heading home: Back to Taverham to catch a bus.
I have walked this lane since I was a child but it took this photo of a car to make me realise just how tall is this oak!
Mighty oaks… 28 Oct 2020
I took photos of fungi and foliage and berries as well. The fungi you’ve seen. The foliage and berries will the Tuesday Treat.
I do hope you’ve enjoyed this stroll through an autumnal-coloured Norfolk.
A note regarding my internet connection: It’s erratic and intermittent. So I’ve uploaded the photos I might need for the early part of the week. If need be I can then slip them into the posts with the phone.
Ringland Lane, Costesset: 28 Oct 2020
A friend on Twitter had said her image of England was of thatched cottages and gardens. We’d already said that white picket fences were the English image of the States. This photo includes them both… plus some typically autumn foliage.
All together, Charming, you will agree, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek
A note regarding my internet connection: It’s erratic and intermittent. So I’ve uploaded the photos I think I might need for the early part of the week. If need be I can then slip them into the posts with the phone.
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