18th January 2024
When walking the camera I seldom pass by a church without investigating. Most often they’re locked. This one wasn’t…which was most welcome since half-hour of clicking camera in sub-zero temps had frozen my fingers into icy lumps. So of course, I took photos while warming myself.
I claim this for Interior, my first title of #2024picofthemonth, as set at Of Maria Antonia
BTW an Achievement is an heraldic term referring to all the elements of a coat of arms.
18th January 2024
24th January 2024
The sun as it crested the valley caught Thusi still filling his water flasks at the designated pool. It wasn’t that the water was low but that he kept losing his purpose in the turmoil that spilled from the depths of his being. A wonder the pool hadn’t waves, so many his sighs.
53 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Turmoil
I confess to cheating a dab. This is an excerpt from my wip.
I thought I saw a puddy cat
Looking up at me
I did, a marmalade, thin cut
Sweet and sweet can be
Where was he from?
Had he lost his home?
Might I adopt him?
Alas, one look at me
And he was gone.
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.
Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN
Additional pics from our walk on 9th January 2024. Enjoy…
9th January 2024
We can always rely on ivy to provide winter colour, and not just the obvious green
9th January 2024
Most of the ice has gone but this lingers on
9th January 2024
Great Egret… looking great!
9th January 2024
Long-tailed tit amongst the alder. These little birds are such speedy flitters, it’s a delight to catch this shot. I’ve been trying for years!
9th January 2024
Hazel catkins. Yay. Spring’s trying so hard to appear
9th January 2024
Irresistible colour caught by the sun
9th January 2024
Alder catkins. That crimson brings welcome colour…
9th January 2024
What? Fungus? Yea, in a sheltered damp place…
9th January 2024
More remnants of the earlier frost
9th January 2024
It was a flower… or rather, a seed case. Rose Herb Willow Bay
9th January 2024
Call it as you will, Traveller’s Joy, Old Man’s Beard or Clematis vitabla, it provides most welcome subject for our winter camera
9th January 2024
Hope you enjoyed. More from this walk next week
9th January 2024, first walk of the year, and it’s a tad cold, and the wind is howling. But we’ve been promised sunshine. So hats, gloves and thermals on, and let’s go. We’re headed to Whitlingham Country Park. Although we expect some flooding, at least we know we’ll see swans!
The bus drops us a mile or so from the park, so first thing we see is…
9th January 2024
You know I love tractors. And John Deere are the best
9th January 2024
We decide to stop off at Trowse church, so many times ignored in our keenness to reach the water…
9th January 2024
The early morning sun paints this majestic tree…
9th January 2024
Here at the Country Park the first (small) lake has flooded its sides, but the path is passable. Or so we think. But just beyond this corner is a wide and deep flooding, so we double back to find another way through
9th January 2024
9th January 2024
You know it’s cold when the cormorants prefer to roost in the tree
9th January 2024
Spectacle Geese… walk like an Egyptian
9th January 2024
I could fill 3 posts with photos of these swans. They’re such showoffs
9th January 2024
And the light is just right
9th January 2024
9th January 2024
We wanted to circumambulate the lake but this isn’t the only stretch impassable without thigh-high waders. And so we decide to head for the woods. We’ll pick up that trail next Sunday.
Hope you enjoyed.
credit: Anemone123, Pixabay
Now listen to this, guys—no, no, quieten down, I’ve something important to say.
And so began Melinda Black’s day
Head teacher at the Foundational School of All Things Grey
It wasn’t easy to get their attention
Even when she threatened detention
Being ‘greys’ they hadn’t much factual retention
They tended to dilly and dally and all together sway
So, she said, okay
Just take notes
And proceeded to download the quotes
72 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Note
Ivy and Sunflower agreed to have a race. Who could reach the sky first.
Ivy was slow at the off, while Sunflower shot up, way ahead.
But then came the storm – which laid Sunflower flat.
Meanwhile, Ivy lazily climbed.
And climbed.
And climbed.
Yay! Just like the tortoise, Ivy won the race.
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.
Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN
A few more pics from our walk on 28th December 2023. Enjoy
28th December 2023
Some say bullrush, some say reedmace, we could argue all day
28th December 2023
No disputing this: This is reed in seed
28th December 2023
When all are shades of beige and fawn, a little emerald makes the day
28th December 2023
Thankful to find more colour in the village…
28th December 2023
28th December 2023
A cluster of green hiding from the wind at Burgh Castle
28th December 2023
I’d like to tell you what birds these are, but not a good enough shot to i.d. them
Hope you enjoyed our last walk of 2023. Next week, our first walk of 2024…and it was a sunny day!
crispina kemp 