Category: Nature notes
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Sights for sore eyes – and hearts
Before breakfast, I’m standing by the window, trying not to think about the news, wondering about the day ahead. And then suddenly there’s Mr and Mrs Bullfinch feasting in the Geranium phaeum. The black flowers (dark red really) are now positively flaunting their seeds. Mrs Bullfinch has a gravity defying upside down hold on a…
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Jack Frost welcomes proper winter to Pond Cottage
He’s at it again. That Jack Frost has turned another cold night into a glittery masterpiece on the bedroom window.
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Solstice sunrise, salute the turning of the year
I have my moments of despair, the doomster feeling that we’ve cooked ourselves a new dark ages. Yet, the sun is shining. After dreary days of relentless rain that alone would be worth getting out of bed for but there’s an extra pleasure in the knowledge that this marks a turning point in the year.…