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Sunday Picture Post: A Walk of Two Halves

Posted on November 26, 2023 by crispina kemp

Rain, rain, go away, why must it always rain on my walk-the-camera day? 17th November starts wet, overcast, gloomy. But we don our waterproofs and hop a bus. We’re headed to Fritton Woods, aka Waveney Forest. Please do join us…

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We feared it might be deeply muddy but so far it’s looking good…

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The autumn foliage would look so much better in the sun…

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We arrive at the woods. The mistiness of the wet day adds a certain something…

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The rain has stopped. That’s encouraging…

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The forest abuts a marshland and a river (the Waveney)…

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Which makes the perimeter a bit like a swamp! Glad to climb the bank, back to the heathy-bits

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From whence we can see across to the river…

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Turning inland again, we venture into a birch wood, not yet explored despite our many visits…

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The rain has stopped. The sun is trying…

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And the sun’s rays burst through…

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Arriving here, in the sunlight, felt like emerging from a dark underworld!

We’ll continue the walk next week… in the sun, with vibrant autumn colours! Yay. Please join us then.

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Rudolph’s Little Helper

Posted on November 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

17th November 2023

Amanita muscaria aka Fly Agaric brings colour to our woodlands and heaths to provide winter nibbles for all species of deer. Want to know more? See The Chap in the Red Cap

Merry and Bright, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

And that gives me another line:

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Oh Wouldn’t It Be Lovely

Posted on November 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

credit: Apples PC on pixabay

My heart’s desire
A deep comfy chair and a roaring fire
Deep in the forest where the rare birds nest
There I’d stay, let the weather do its worst till the spring buds burst
Alone in my cottage, my hopes blessed and nursed
Alone, unmoving, fortunes reversed

47 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Cottage

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Friday Fungi

Posted on November 24, 2023 by crispina kemp

Mega-yield of fungi photos on 7th November 2023. How to select just a few for you. Not easy; I’ve exceeded my usual dozen. Hope you enjoy, my fellow fungi-fiends…

7th November 2023

Let’s start with the “ordinary”…

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Have I said before how I love the pink ones?

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Getting bigger…

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And textured…

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And delicate…

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And not so common…

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Shaggies… of various sorts…

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Looks like an amanita to me, but which one?

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Just look at that pattern. Beautiful…

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Possibly another amanita, but possibly not…

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Distinctive… but a distinctive what?

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Maybe you can name the ones that I cannot. I’ve long-since given up.

Hope you’ve enjoyed. More next week

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CCC263: Memories

Posted on November 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

It was springtime when we first sat here
Summer when our love we first declared
Now autumn, and alas my love has disappeared
Memories I still hold dear.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #263

Posted on November 22, 2023 by crispina kemp

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.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Painting With Light

Posted on November 21, 2023 by crispina kemp

Some of the more “colourful” details from our walk 7th November 2023. Enjoy…

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A garden tree, I haven’t a name for it, but I do have a word: Stunning!

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Dogwood filtering the sun…

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The humble bramble…

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Wayside colours… and late bloomers…

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Berries…

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of the Spindle tree

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… and of the bryony’s vine

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And this flash of red that caught my eye..

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That’s all for today. Hope you enjoyed. Fungi on Friday!

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Sunday Picture Post: From A to B

Posted on November 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

7th November dawned bright, though cold. Hopped on a bus to Acle from where we’re walking to Burlingham. Unfortunately, I know this route well and I know it gets muddy, deep puddles, impassable fields, and we’ve had a surplus of rain of late. So fingers crossed, put on your hikers, and let’s go…