Tag Archives: Birds

Realms of Day

Posted on May 10, 2008 by

I have been lax. I have taken my eye off the ball. Nature has snuck up on me and summer has crept in unreported. Today was a typical summer’s day in this part of the world. Overcast and hazy, warm … Continue reading →

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Roding in the Gloaming

Posted on April 22, 2008 by

A gloriously sunny day and I was in Ambleside, but sadly stuck inside for a course. On the drive up I stopped in the car park of Sizergh Castle because a friend had suggested that I might see hawfinches there. … Continue reading →

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Sumer Is Icumen In

Posted on April 13, 2008 by

After spending the last couple of months searching for signs of Spring, I’m now beginning to think that I’m noticing hints of the impending arrival of summer. At Jack Scout yesterday I noticed these leaves which I’m pretty sure are … Continue reading →

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Reasons To Be Cheerful

Posted on April 9, 2008 by

Ben joined Sam and I for our morning walk today. We were a bit tardy and didn’t leave the house until half past seven. Ben decided that he wanted to take his bike across the Lots so that’s what we … Continue reading →

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Margin Walker

Posted on April 8, 2008 by

A couple of months ago Solitary Walker wrote a really thought provoking post about Borderlines. I hope that he won’t mind if I quote some parts of it here: Borders, borderlines, borderlands. Frontiers, limits, edges. Crossing-points. This whole subject fascinates … Continue reading →

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Simple Pleasures

Posted on March 30, 2008 by

Although the kids were all awake early, it was chucking it down and I first sent Amy and Ben to bed to listen to audiobooks, and then to wake up their grandparents. After a luxurious lie in, I took Sam … Continue reading →

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Blog Project 2

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

This is Sir Edward Grey a contemporary of Ramsay MacDonald. When MacDonald was elected to the house in 1906 Edward Grey was already Foreign Secretary. He is most famous now for this quote from the outbreak of the First World … Continue reading →

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Sap Rising

Posted on March 24, 2008 by

Ben woke up early again, and once Ben’s awake nobody else can sleep for long. So I was out with Ben and Sam in the double-buggy fairly early this morning. As if to emphasise that fact the first person we … Continue reading →

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Plenty of Birds, More Trees Please.

Posted on February 14, 2008 by

A good day for birds. The day started auspiciously, with just enough mist to wreath the trees and lend an atmospheric air to the view, but not enough to hide another clear blue sky tinged with the pink of the … Continue reading →

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