| Forgotten Bench Green Wall Road |
| “In November, some birds move away and some birds stay. The air is full of good-byes and well-wishes. The birds who are leaving look very serious. No silly spring chirping now. They have long journeys and must watch where they are going. The staying birds are serious, too, for cold times lie ahead. Hard times. All berries will be treasures.” Cynthia Rylant |
| Best of the Month – of November 2022 |
Hawthorn over the River stour
| Seasonal Coloring Kaleidoscopic dreams Swirl down to the sea– Violet, sunflower, teal; Love and lust and need Are subsumed endlessly In a relentless stream. Dew-frosted leaves Gift us a living evergreen Reminder of impermanency. As love’s summer heat Fades to autumn mystique, We watch our breath escape, Our illusions dissipate, And desperately lock down our dreams. In a bleak November Across frozen skies, Comes the dragon rising Through silvered mists of time. His mighty wings rumble Past blackened branches, Faintly illuminated By tear-streaked moonlight. Rain-kissed blossoms, Wake with pink petals unfurled, Craving a taste of the world. Memories fade, What-ifs begin to play, And bountiful gold floods the morning. © Paula Light |
| Music – No Worries |
| Welcome to Best of the Month I take hundreds of photographs each and every month – either out and about walking around the town of Sandwich or around Kent county where l live, whilst in the garden or the allotment or even when volunteering. I take photographs of all sorts of things as well, from the typical and the normal to the more unusual or the quirky to the ‘ooh that’s different’. This series is literally about moments l have captured during my travels whilst out with my cameras that l thought other people may appreciate also. I hope you’ll enjoy the series. |
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| November 2022 |
| Hiding Blackbird |
| Closeup Hawthorn Berries |
| November, like October, has been a busy month, but also both a wet or, l should say, ‘very wet, damp and cold month. It’s still ongoing, too. According to the forecasts, we have more rain to fall before we see the end of the Month itself. Suze and l haven’t been out for many wild walks this Month; l think the number is six. But again, like last Month, we have been busy and highly active inside and outside the house. Working on or with the Willow garden and the Worm Farming have been the main projects for November. I, too, have been busy with the building at Gazen Salts. A lot of rain has fallen for the entire Month so far, and whilst that has hindered specific tasks or walks, it has meant that Suze and l have been out in the garden on any drier spells or weather days. The allotment has yet to see much of us, and to date, we have been there only for six hours over three days. It is mostly dropping stuff off. According to my camera counters, l have taken a total of 700 photographs so far this Month, and of that, l have kept back about 20% and utilised them in the various posts, or l have them in the vaults ready to use for future posts. However, l kept a few back for this Month’s Best of the Month. So l hope you enjoy them. |
| Fungi and Flora |
| Unknown Fungi The UK alone has some 15,000 species of listed fungi – all l know with some accuracy is that this is a capped variety. |
| Firethorn Pyracantha is a genus of large, thorny evergreen shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names firethorn or pyracantha. Wikipedia |
| Ditch Reed Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is a species of plant. It is a broadly distributed wetland grass that can grow up to 20 feet tall. Wikipedia |
| Landscape and Walks |
| The Butts |
| Ropewalk Willows |
| Sunrise Ropewalk |
| River Stour |
| River Stour Fisherman’s Wharf |
| St Clement’s Churchyard |
| Horse-Chestnut Tree |
| Freckles Clematis |
| Freckles Clematis, Winter Flowering Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurescens Freckles Selected Best of November Photograph Clematis cirrhosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Mediterranean. It includes the ‘Freckles’, ‘Wisley Cream’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ cultivars, with ‘Freckles’ and ‘Wisley Cream’ having gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Wikipedia I spotted this clematis bush on the outside of the allotment overhanging a private residence fence and thought they were gorgeous and was captivated by the freckling and the colour. |
Earthly Comforts 
Thank you for including my poem with your lovely images 💖
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You are always welcome Paula, many thanks for allowing me to do so 🙂
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I enjoyed the poems, and your photos are stunning!
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Thanks Kristian, Paula’s poem was very fitting 🙂
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Beautiful photos of flowers Rory. And an excellent poem from Paula 💜
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Many thanks Sadje, and yes a lovely poem indeed by Paula 🙂
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Most welcome
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Thanks to you and Paula for the lovely poem and photos, Rory! I enjoyed them all immensely.
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Excellent Betty, that is what everyone likes to read 🙂
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Handy Dandy says your ‘shroom is a “Shaggy Mane” or coprinus comatus.
For not getting out much, you sure got some great shots!
Sorry I’m lagging on getting the photos to you. I have a bunch saved but I need to put the ID on them. I need fewer demands or more hours… what do you think my chances are?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Looking at that looks exactly right 🙂 Nice one grandma 🙂
I think what is being proven to me perhaps is that l can go for fewer walks and still get some decent shots, but that might also be that when out and about l am becoming a little more picky with what l photograph 🙂
Mm, yes l feel you may be reacing to achieve that – a bit like the effing rain falling here. We have had non-stop raining all day. It started at 3am this morning and here l am at nearly 9pm and it’s still pissing down.
Makes for very annoying and grey days.
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When you say Fungi? Do you mean mushroom? 🍄
Is that a mushroom? 😮
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It’s classed as a fungus, no neither toadstool or mushroom – but if pushed it would probably class out as a shroom. Edible when they are younger 🙂
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Interesting – I will have to google this at some point
Very interesting
Gnite
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NN 🙂
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