30th June 2023
So many thoughts reeled through my head when I saw this…of aboriginal art, of dream time, of psychedelic art and good and bad trips.
Then came a song that I always have liked: Under The Bridge, by Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
And so my title (Take Me To A Place I Love…for I sure do love this place) and thence to the title I’m claiming from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week: All That Jazz.
Image by Sly on Pixabay
His dark blue eyes
Like star-studded skies
Wide, alarmed by surprise
As if caught by his lies
With all that implies
Well, we know about guys
All that made my heart flutter, most unwise.
34 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Flutter
I was standing on the seafront prom
Lining up a shot of Baba Yaga’s one-legged hut
When beside me a polite lady’s voice asked
Do you wish to know what it is?
I turned to see a white-haired lady, all purples, lilacs and mauves
Yes. Please. I said
There are two, she said, and pointed away to the north
That other I’d missed, I thanked her.
They belong to the Jazz Club, she said
I eyed her, but let her continue
That to the south is where visiting jazz players lodge the night
I squished my face, I now didn’t believe her.
And the one to the north?
She chuckled, and said, that’s for their crew
I laughed along with her
In truth, she admitted, they’re kittiwake hotels.
[True story
Kittiwakes are seasonal visitors to the town. Much apart from the noise from their breeding colonies, they coat the town with their droppings. It’s hoped these two hotels will keep the birds out of town.]
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A few of the blooms that decked our way on our walk from Acle to Upton on 24th June 2023. Enjoy
24th June 2023
It’s poppy season. And to my mind, the best poppies are those that grow amongst the grain…
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And you can’t have grain and poppies without mayweed (the arable sister to chamomile)
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Apt to see this on St John’s Day (it’s one of several species of St John’s Wort)
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Geraniums/Cranesbills, garden and wild…
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In the hedgerows, honeysuckle…
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And roses…
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And in the village pond…
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I do hope you’ve enjoyed. Looking at them again has reminded me of the day. Intensely hot, but so pretty!
A collection of photos taken on our walk 24th June 2023, united by wings. Enjoy
24th June 2023
This first was serendipitous!
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Moth. According to my app, a Large Yellow Underwing
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Again, resorting to my app, a Black Tailed Skimmer. But my book says it’s a Black Lined Skimmer. That’s dragonfly to you and me!
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Ah, this one’s familiar. It’s a Meadow Brown
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And a Red Admiral
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The app gives me a Latin name, and it’s not the same Latin name as my book provides: It’s a Common Blue Damselfly, getting it on with the female, that’s green.
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No, these aren’t ducklings. These are Moorhen chicks. Aw, so sweet.
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Hey, it has wings. It flies. I think it was coming down to land at Norwich airport
That’s all for now, folks. Flowers tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed
24th June. Met Office forecast a blistering day. But if we go early… and we don’t go too far… We opt for Upton, a short walk across the fields from Acle, and we can bus to there. Make sure you’ve plenty of water and come along with us…
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Fishley church sits between Acle and Upton
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And here we go across the fields…
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On the edge of Upton village is this delightful community garden. We grab a breather in the shade before going further
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Upton is a mix of old and new buildings. Tasteful.
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Upton Boat Dyke joins River Bure which outlets at Gt Yarmouth and is part of the Broads complex
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We sit awhile. Discuss whether to stop the walk here, just idle, just watch. But I’m restless, I say let’s go on. So we up and get walking again
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This concreted road serves the grazing marshes
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In the distance stands an old mill
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Yep, grazing marshes. Aren’t they beautiful!
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The cloud promises rain. The air promises thunder. Time to return to Acle for the bus back home
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Upton is down from Acle, and so Acle is up from Upton on the return.
Hope you enjoyed our walk. I’ve loads more photos to show you, so why not check out Monday Flyers and Tuesday Flowers.
7th July 2023
So many photos I could use for this title. I ummed and ahhed for ages, but finally decided on this.
Always Sunny, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week
Coincidently, this complete 2 lines on the bingo card!
image by Gioele Fazzeri on Pixabay
Duncan Sumerlade
You appear before this court, this parade
Accused of defection, desertion, betrayal, of pursuing your own crusade
Of having disobeyed
In leaving this stockade
Of forming your own brigade
With intention to invade
A land without aggression ever displayed
You claim you would have parlayed
And our own peaceful intentions conveyed
I say you don’t do that with a warband and war-blade
Your atrocious mockery of rules, this masquerade
Mark you as a deep-dyed traitor, a rebel, a renegade.
81 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Renegade
A fisherman singing jack
Living in a seaside shack
Side-by-side with seals and squealing birds
That sing along to my shantified words
The shushing of the susurrating sea
Provides the background music for me
Tide-washed mermaid-purses filled with glee
Oh yes, a seaside shanty singer me
Come on, join in, sing along with me
crispina kemp 