{"id":2422,"date":"2022-11-26T04:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2022-11-26T23:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:22:39","slug":"christmas-is-sprouting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/11\/26\/christmas-is-sprouting\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas is Sprouting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4316-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rock Foundation on The Waterhills, Caistor <em>\u00a9<\/em> Stewart Wall, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">christmas wintertime<br>bags of tasty sprouts grinning<br>before the chestnuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I spotted some Brussel Sprouts with Chestnuts in Aldi the other day, they were gorgeous, and always make me think of Christmas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">They grow some great looking sprouts at The Rock on the Waterhills. The allotment looks great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4302-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rock Foundation on The Waterhills, Caistor <em>\u00a9<\/em> Stewart Wall, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSCF4306-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rock Foundation on The Waterhills, Caistor <em>\u00a9<\/em> Stewart Wall, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Images taken on Fuji X100V<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/the-seeing-dance-of-appfrod-photographers\/\">The Seeing Dance of AppFrod Photographers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/trapped-in-memorial-yet-blooming\/\">Trapped in Memorial, Yet Blooming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/of-cameras-and-trains\/\">Of Cameras and Trains<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/3183\/\">Where the Trains Once Passed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ginko.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/the-price-of-top-soil\/\">The Price of Top Soil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">In a haiku world a ginko is a walk through nature observing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">and as I ginko I make images of the things I notice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">I then write a haiku in a moment as a response the images I make, that makes me stop to think<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Finally I blog here about what the image and haiku make me think about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">\u00a9 Stewart Wall 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: 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