Category Archives: Photos

Tuesday Treat: A Different World

Posted on October 27, 2020 by crispina kemp

You might have seen the photo I posted for the #2020picoftheweek challenge. But if not… here’s another chance. Fungi and Lichen on a heathland gully I love this last one (Cladonia). Even the lichen says I love you

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Sunday Picture Post: Woodland, Heathland, Swamp and Marsh

Posted on October 25, 2020 by crispina kemp

Monday. 19th October. Early bus out of Great Yarmouth and a walk along a Sandy Lane… … keeping eyes ever keen for fungi… … and the occasional flower in bloom… … and into Fritton Wood, a pine plantation liberally mixed … Continue reading →

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Lilliput

Posted on October 24, 2020 by crispina kemp

There is a heathland atop the cliffs at Gunton (nr Lowestoft, Suffolk), and the rain has cut a gully. The sides of that gulley are host to heather and lichen… at just the right height to invite my camera… Miniature … Continue reading →

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CCC102: The Long-Shanks

Posted on October 22, 2020 by crispina kemp

“Mally!” His cousin, deep-voiced, called him. “Mally, come on, stop hiding. Me and the boys are going out on the lake.” Malcolm wanted to call in return, not to venture out there. But to alert the others was to give … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #102

Posted on October 21, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Fungi Found on Mousehold Heath

Posted on October 20, 2020 by crispina kemp

6th October 2020: Mousehold Heath which in previous years has yielded some new-to-me species of fungi. Would we find new ones this year? Every fungus hunter’s delight, recognised by all, even if unable to name it And its brother… already … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Norwich and its Heath

Posted on October 18, 2020 by crispina kemp

Fungi season’s begun. So it’s off to Mousehold Heath for us. A bus to Norwich. A walk through the cathedral close Then up the hill. Not high, but sufficiently steep. It’s where Robert Kett and his rebels set camp. (See … Continue reading →

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Six Swans A-Staring

Posted on October 17, 2020 by crispina kemp

Swans caught in the act of staring. But what are they looking at? This swan was splashing and beating the water with its wings. We figured it for an exhibitionist Watch Me, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek

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CCC101: The Turn Around

Posted on October 15, 2020 by crispina kemp

What is this place he’s shown me? A folly. Shown to me, why? For my folly in loving him? I turn away that he won’t see the hurt in me With gentle hands, he turns me around You have it … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge: #101

Posted on October 14, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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