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That song I hear
Everywhere
Haunts me, trips me, makes me cry
I don’t know why.
The words?
Reminding me of better days
Of careless life
Of picnics and games amidst the May
Nostalgia they say
Is the curse of our day
Clutching us
Disallowing our play
But it could be the rhythm
Those drums, those chords
Coursing through veins
Reviving pains
When we dance with them.
67 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Word Prompt: Rhythm
Photos taken of fungi found on our walk to Fritton Woods, 17th November 2023, Part 2! Enjoy.
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I’ve tried to group these according to shared colour
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An odd one, mushroom-coloured…
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Little mushroom-coloured fungi!
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Two-toned, chocolate and grey…
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Looks blue but could be purple (see that little one tucked underneath)…
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Pink…
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And some fungi that don’t look like mushrooms!
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That’s all for now, folks. I do hope I’ve satisfied your visual hunger!
How was Eric to know that beyond that fence was the blue witch’s domain?
Never again would he ramp through that glade with his wife and young son.
Cast into blue beasts, that’s a strong fine for the crime of trespass.
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
Amanita muscaria, aka Fly Agaric is so iconic, and always sparks excitement when we find one. On 17th November 2023 we found more than one.
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The first we found… not unusual to find them kicked over, stamped on, destroyed. Because some people think they’re terribly poisonous. Ok, so they’ll upset your intestines. They’ll upset your head too: They contain a chemical that’s a hallucinogen. But they will not kill you.
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I’d swear there’s a pixy standing near!
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The birth…
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Isn’t always clean…
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The rain might wash off those spots which are remnants of the cowl they’re born with
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They often hide, not easily found…
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And most often they are singular. But sometimes you’ll find them in a group!
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Slugs and snails enjoy them, as do many birds, and probably rodents too
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Gosh, what a lot we got! No, we didn’t pick them. We never do. We hunt them to photograph and show them to you.
More fungi on Friday!
17th November 2023, we hopped a bus, our destination Waveney Forest aka Fritton Woods. This is Part 2 of our walk… when the sun came out! Enjoy
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Yay! Happy for the sun today…
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Everything shines, copper and gold is everywhere
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Pylon passion, they march from marshland and through the forest two-by-two…
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But of course, the sun just has to play hide-and-seek!
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And the sun shines again…
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The grand old dame, autumnal beech…
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Rich red, but not from native oaks. These are North American oaks. Yet they pick up the colour of our native bracken rather well…
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There has been much felling of pines over recent years. But as you see, there’s also regeneration
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Back into the trees, and heading for the exit
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But first we have to negotiate this…
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The long lane back to habitation to catch the bus
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I hope you’ve enjoyed. I’ve already posted the details from this walk, but I have so so so many fungi photos. So this week’s Tuesday Treats will feature one specific fungus species… cos for some peoples it’s associated with Christmas. Don’t miss it…
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Waveney Forest, aka Fritton Woods, is a Forestry Commission plantation. The original lines of pines are lost now with the burgeoning growth of native species such as birch and oak. Yet the lines continue in the “rides”.
Choose Your Own [Lines], one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week
This gives me another line on our Bingo Card! Yay!
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A swan on a floor of icy marble
Naturally inclined to waddle
Though weight slung low
Yet easily over it might go
To its rump to take a blow
So now it has to hobble
Not strut like a catwalk model
Maybe like an infant toddle
Ever cautious not to topple
So we see the winter swan
Wibble-wobble
58 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Wobble
Some of the fungi found on our walk to Fritton Woods on 17th November 2023 (next week I’ll post those found once we reached the woods). In other words, these are mostly hedgerow fungi
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The fungi season is coming to a close, perhaps another three, maybe four weeks. Then, while there will still be fungi around, there won’t be enough to devote a weekly post to them. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy whatever I can find!
My bestie went down to the woods today
He went with his friends
He said, “To play.”
But they returned, and he did not.
Where is he?
Has something horrid happened to him?
Hide and seek, they said.
My heart’s in my mouth!
Is he dead?
No, he just fell asleep in the shed.
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