A few days of unsettled weather – winds stripping more of the green cherries from the tree and shredding the peonie flowers, whilst thunder threatens in slate grey skies – and the birds seem to have picked up the uncertain temper of the times. Whilst an every increasing flock of sparrows, parents and fledglings, and… Continue reading War and Peace…
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The light and the shade…
Some moments went as expected this morning, some were new and some saw the darker elements of this world emerge. When I pulled up the kitchen blind this morning, there was a male woodpecker at the vertical on the peanut wire cone. One of the older blackbird fledglings has discovered that he can peel the… Continue reading The light and the shade…
Sunshine and showers
The patchwork of bright Spring sunshine, glittering on the wet daffodils, has alternated with heavy grey clouds and short, sharp showers. Here it is enlivened by the local wind that comes around the corner of the Eildon Hills and straight up the village main street. Locally, it’s called ‘a lazy wind’ because it doesn’t go… Continue reading Sunshine and showers
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