Tag Archives: Butterflies

Tuesday Treats: Flowers, Flyers and Fungi

Posted on April 12, 2022 by crispina kemp

Details seen on the second part of walk 22nd March 2022. Enjoy. If you’ve seen this week’s Sunday Picture Post, then you’ll know we saw LOTS of daffodils I’d like to tell you what kind of flowers these will be … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Flowers

Posted on August 3, 2021 by crispina kemp

Flowers from our walk of 19th July. Hot arable land. That’s all for now folks. Hope you enjoyed  

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Tuesday Treat: April Flowers

Posted on May 4, 2021 by crispina kemp

That’s all folks. Until next week. Hope you enjoyed this little visit to the flowers of my child-days

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Sunday Picture Post: Suffolk Colours

Posted on November 15, 2020 by crispina kemp

We had done this walk before. Bus to Lowestoft, bus out to Oulton Village, then walk by greenways and the occasional backroads to Hopton and bus back home. 10 miles. We were expecting to find loads of fungi. These “tufts” … 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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Sunday Picture Post: Winging It

Posted on August 18, 2019 by crispina kemp

From dragons… to damsels… to butterflies that strike arrogant poses… and those that try to hide… We walked from Oulton Village (north Lowestoft) via Flixton Marshes, Somerleyton, Ashby and Lound to Hopton. So many butterflies, so many great shots, it … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Butterflies and Blackberries

Posted on August 11, 2019 by crispina kemp

A meadow brown butterfly rests upon a head of unripe blackberries, a perfect blend of colours. And the meadow brown as more often seen: at rest in a meadow.

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Friday Fauna: The Painted Lady

Posted on June 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

Poised, ready for flight, this Painted Lady butterfly frequents hogweed, which on Monday’s walk we found in abundance. So, too, the butterflies. And this one obliged by holding still.

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Of Brimstone and Butterflies

Posted on June 4, 2019 by crispina kemp

‘Oh wow!’ exclaimed the camera-cluttered photographer, ‘how am I ever to capture this?’ With his camera setting changed to “burst”—what more could he do—he followed the mercurial mating dance of the brimstone butterfly. 38 words Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing … Continue reading →

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Arrested Motion

Posted on June 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Last week I featured two butterflies and remarked that the restless flutterers tend only to pose with wings displayed for the patient photographer in the early morning in early season and on a warm day. This first photo shows an … Continue reading →

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