Our birdbox has hosted a pair of tits this year. They are have been very busy sorting the nest out. Activity is less frenetic now, so we are assuming that eggs have been laid, maybe even chicks hatched ( although there are no tell tale chirps)Today I learned something about the rawness of nature. I […]
We’ve had our French house for over 20 years now. It’s deep in the Limousin, an area known for it’s natural beauty, hard working farmers, orange cattle and wealth of birds and other wildlife. We treasure our time there; time which has been enhanced by watching the wide and noisy diversity of birds which appear
Be careful what you wish for. There’s a large school about half a mile down the road from where we live. Many of the young people walk past our house twice a day between the establishment and their homes. In both directions they pass small corner shops. At these shops they purchase the essentials for
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Just came accross this interesting quote about walking written by David Henry Thoreau (1817-1862). I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering, which word is beautifully derived
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