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Tag Archives: Spring
Sitting in the Garden…
I know all these empowering guru suggest that you should grab the day, get out an see the world or whatever passes for inspirational nonsense at the moment. Well I say nonsense. You can’t beat just sitting in your garden … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Birdsong, Blackbird, Blue Tit, garden, Greenfinch, Robin, Spring, Starling
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Up With the Birds….
One of the joys (?) of where I live is that at the moment the dawn chorus is really really loud and so if you happen to stir around about dawn from your slumbers the chances of going back to … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Flowers, Gardens, Magpie, Robin, Spring
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End Times?….
Are we in the ‘End Times’? Are the drums of war beating – calling us to our doom? I don’t know but what I do know is that yesterday was a beautiful spring day here and I enjoyed it. I … Continue reading
Posted in Jubilee Park, Photography, Spring
Tagged Catkins, Compton Verney, Dawn, Jubilee Park, River Soar, Spring, sunrise
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Last Day of Spring….
As the last day of spring draws a close to this year’s collection of crazy weather it seems I am transferring my interest to different fauna in the garden. ‘Tis the season to pollinate….
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bees, Flowers, garden, Irises, photography, Pollination, Spring
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Life Does Tend to Throw You a Curve Ball From Time to Time…
Well this has been a bit of an interesting weekend! Fortunately, the weather has changed and it is nice again to sit out in the garden.
Busy Busy Time!…..
Last week i felt a bit becalmed – not quite sure which way to move next. Now I’m rushed off of my feet – just too much to do. Why is that? In part it is because the spring is … Continue reading
Strange May…
Snow in May – who would have thought that possible? That is what we had the other day in Manchester during the Champions league semi final and it has been cold in these parts as well but could enough for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Acer, Blackbird, Bluebells, bulbs, climate change, Collared Dove, Flowers, Robin, snow, Spring, Starling
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On a Lighter Note….
Having commented on the possible cronyism and sleaze at Westminster it is a great relief to get back to much more interesting things – the avian dinosaurs in and around my house. This was an especially interesting few days as … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Spring
Tagged Bird Photography, Collared Dove, Dunnock, garden, Goldfinch, Robin, Spring, Twite, Wood Pigeon
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Spring time ….
Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but one of the YouTube channels I follow is Gold Shaw Farm. It can get a bit ‘Our Tune‘ at the moment from time to time but on the whole the ducks, chickens, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blue Tit, Daffodil, garden, Gold Shaw Farm, Jackdaw, Our Tunes, Robin, Spring, Toby Dog, Vermont
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Goose Porn…
It’s almost 3 months since I visited Abbey Park – can’t think what stopped me taking the short trip. As of today some of the restrictions have been lifted and so I thought that it would be alright for the … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Spring
Tagged Abbey Park, Breeding, Canada Geese, City of Leicester, Covid, Gadwall, Gray Squirrel, Noise, Overcast, Spring
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