Tag Archives: British Flora

Sunday Picture Post: Leaf, Flower and Seed

Posted on May 10, 2020 by crispina kemp

Continuing the theme of spring…

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Sunday Picture Post: All in White

Posted on May 3, 2020 by crispina kemp

Last week I featured three blue flowers. This week I feature white… And because we’re now into May…

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Sunday Picture Post: Springtime Blues

Posted on April 26, 2020 by crispina kemp

These photos need no introduction other than to say they were taken on 23rd April last year (2019) Every year since moving from here (back in 1983) I’ve returned for the bluebells. But not this year; to do so requires … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Oxlips and Bishies

Posted on April 12, 2020 by crispina kemp

Oxlips, the epitome of an Easter Weekend In Norfolk the Ladybird is better known as Bishy Barny Bee. The origin of the name remains disputed. Does it come from Bishop of St Barnabus (though where is this St Barnabus church?) … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Early Purple

Posted on April 5, 2020 by crispina kemp

Dead nettles are amongst the first of the wayside flowers to burst into colour. Here they’re nestling amongst a patch of thistle leaves (don’t know which thistle, I think it a garden escapee)

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Sunday Picture Post: One Year Past

Posted on March 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

I haven’t been able to get out to snap up fresh flowers… and it looks like I shan’t be able to for quite a few weeks. So I’m drawing upon my stores from previous years. I have close up shots … Continue reading →

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The Very Image of Springtime

Posted on March 21, 2020 by crispina kemp

It’s Time, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek Alas, in shadow and on an overcast day, yet their cheery faces still deliver the message. Spring truly is here.

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In Green Abandon

Posted on February 15, 2020 by crispina kemp

The weather hasn’t been favourable for long walks along green lanes. But I found this lurking nearby… Greenery, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek  

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Harbinger of Spring

Posted on January 10, 2020 by crispina kemp

I was out on Wednesday, a walk alongside the estuary known as Breydon Water. As you can see, the tide was high. And look what I saw… And… Which was enough to make me think Spring is on its way! … Continue reading →

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She Does Not Weave

Posted on December 28, 2019 by crispina kemp

She does not weave and neither does she spin… or in more modern words, she doesn’t wear makeup and fancy clothes. Yet her beauty is undeniable. Natural Beauty: one of the titles in #2019picoftheweek challenge. For details see MariaAntonia

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