Sunday Picture Post: By Woods and Lake

Posted on October 22, 2023 by crispina kemp

14th October 2023 we hop on a bus to Norwich, and hop off again on the outskirts of the city… we’re going to Whitlingham Country Park. Please join us, it’s such a sunny day…

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Blinded by the light as we bypass Trowse village… a quick click between passing traffic to capture the light on Trowse meadow…

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There’s a small woodland before the park, and we always pop our heads (and cameras) in there before going further…

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Too early yet for the leaves to turn… but look what greeted us at the park…

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Alder is a tree of many colours, producing several different coloured dyes according to which part of the tree is used

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Not much variety on the lake. The usual swans, gulls, geese, mallards, moorhens, coots…

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Now where’s that second coot gone?

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Across the lake a “hide” from which, on an earlier visit, we took wonderful photos of a nesting swan… and beyond that, something “gothic” (it’s a church and is quite a distance beyond those trees)

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One of the channels which enjoy visitors don’t have to wade through mud

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Beyond the lake there is River Yare… same as reaches the sea at my home town

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Into the woods and up the hills, and down again…

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My favourite two trees in this woodland…

That’s it for now, folks. Hope you enjoyed. Tuesday Treats focuses on Colour.

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Fresh Cut Alder

Posted on October 21, 2023 by crispina kemp

14th October 2023

We visited Whitlingham Country Park on 14th October (see my posts for tomorrow, Tuesday and Friday). Several of the alders had been recently cut, exposing such wondrous vibrant colour!

Orange Rules, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week 

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The Eagle and the Crow

Posted on October 21, 2023 by crispina kemp

image: Nanne Tiggelman on Pixabay

“That’s it, I’ve had enough,” said the crow.

“But you’ve barely begun,” the eagle screeched. “How many fields have you stripped?”

“I’ve stripped my share. I’m not as young as I seem.”

“You’re not old. Were you here before those fields were made, and they started planting them corns?”

“Oh, and I suppose you were.”

“I watched those thieving mice move in, that’s how old I am.”

“Huh, you’re no guard, that’s why they made the scarecrow.”

“Neither is that strawman, now that he’s absquatulated.”

85 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Absquatulate

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CCC258: A Bottle Bewitched

Posted on October 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

Trudy the Witch enjoyed a tipple
Just a sip or two
She couldn’t cope with a bottle full
She couldn’t cope with two
She stood the second on the wall
When I passed I felt its pull
Irresistible
Alas the witch had spelled it
Untouchable
I reached
I tripped
I fell
Collided with the wall
Head spin
Eyes dim
Darn it all!

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #258

Posted on October 18, 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: Down Berry Lane

Posted on October 17, 2023 by crispina kemp

25th September 2023 we visit Felbrigg Hall estate, and walk back to town along a full-berried and fungi-studded lane. Enjoy…

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Holly: 25th September 2023

Bryony: 25th September 2023

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Such a rich medley of berries, totally amazed me

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It’s an old lane, as shown by how steep and high the banks

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We veer off, take a footpath, and cross the railway

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Surprised to see Cromer lighthouse from here!

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Cromer Hall looks old but it’s probably Victorian Gothic Revival. I like that it uses the local stone, i.e., flint.

Hope you enjoyed. We did. Though it was a hot day!

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Sunday Picture Post: A Jacobean House

Posted on October 15, 2023 by crispina kemp

25th September 2023, second day of our holiday, we hopped on a bus, and ten minutes later the driver dropped us outside the gates of the C17th Felbrigg Hall. Our interest was the estate, which we’d wander around… and then walk back to Cromer, our holiday base.

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One half of the gatehouse, we take our time to explore the details…

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Then head down the verrry long lane…

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When we see a gate we believe we’re there. Hah!

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We’re not surprised to see a very old tree…

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The church…

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The hall, complete with grazing sheep and cows…

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Part of the estate is a “great woods”. We’re not that impressed. Paved roads run through it, every which way…

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But we find a less structured path around the perimeter…

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The paths and tracks bring us back to where we started. Time to take the lane back into Cromer.

For those who want to know more about Felbrigg Hall…

Hope you enjoyed

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Summer’s Leaving

Posted on October 15, 2023 by crispina kemp

November 2019

Summer’s leaving
Colours changing
Leaves are dropping
Fall is here
Winds are blowing
Air is cooling
Winter’s vesper
Now I’m wishing
Spring’s warm whisper.

24 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Whisper

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Stairway Down To Dreams

Posted on October 14, 2023 by crispina kemp

26th September 2023

The sun has set. Now the lamps light up to see you safely down to the shore.

Dawn or Dusk, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week 

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CCC257: The Tides of Time

Posted on October 12, 2023 by crispina kemp

When Eadgyth returned from her pilgrimage to Jerusalem one memory of that land stood out the loudest. The huge, stone-built castles. She tried to describe them to her brother and sisters. But they had never seen and couldn’t envision them.

And so she built one of sand. But the flood-tide destroyed it.

“And will the tide of time destroy their castles as the sea has now destroyed yours?” her brother the cynic asked.

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