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Dec.27.2009
Hope you've all had a fabulous Christmas - or as near to fabulous as possible! Lord H and I had a very relaxing day on the day itself - we paid our respects at church, ate guinea fowl and mince pies, quaffed a suitable amount of champagne, listened to the Queen (not as good as last year, I fear)...
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Dec.03.2009
Having something of a down day today, so bear with me. I've taken two calming pills and am hoping it's the hormones. I keep getting all tearful for no real reason, sigh ... Ah well, no change there then. I blame it on the flow writing I started doing today - which is basically when you start...
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Nov.29.2009
A veritable sack of goodies to catch up on as we finally arrive at Advent (well, it starts officially today, really). First off, Dreamspinner Press have the last couple of days of huge discounts on theMistletoe Madness Christmas Anthology, so now is the time to buy if you were planning to. You can...
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Nov.21.2009
A particular Stellar Jay has figured out--as best he can based on his size--how to get seed from our bird feeder. It's not easy for him, as he has to clutch the tiny stick, hanging upside down, and then pull his head to the aperture, pecking one, two, trying to get some seed. He flutters, he...
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Nov.10.2009
It's fall. Whenever I see a black cloud rising from a field, poking fun at the setting sun, I simply say, "Beautiful."
The cloud is made up of a thousand of Starling birds sharing one song, their song. Each bird was taught the song as a chick, and the song brings the flock together at the...
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Oct.25.2009
Birds Clearly Don't Understand Glass
we wouldn't admit it,
but in your pocket slept three
baby grackles and a large blacksnake
as you stood near the winter
swimming pool, like a little
mother, but with fur,
a lightweight skeleton,
hollow bones, the age-old bell
on the collar,
your large palms...
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Oct.03.2009
Up at the crack of dawn today (lucky dawn ...) as Lord H and I were on the trail of the glossy ibis. Five of which had been spotted during the week in Dungeness RSPB reserve. We didn't manage to spot any at first, though we were compensated somewhat by a marsh harrier, black-tailed godwits and...
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Sep.26.2009
This has happened before: I'm having bird feeder issues. In fact, it happens every time I put up a bird feeder and I manage to forget about it when the trauma is over. Or I will say in a flippant tone, "Oh, remember when we couldn't give away that birdseed?"
Then I'd go back to...
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Sep.19.2009
Italy was kind of fun, I must say - the best thing was just getting away and not having to think about all the other stuff, to be honest. Such a treat. I wouldn't say it was our favourite ever holiday, probably not by a long chalk, but there were some great (and some not so great ...) highlights,...
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Sep.18.2009
Storks are normally white. And cranes tend to be grey, though blue is also a possibility. So what do you think a red stork or red crane would be?
紅鶴 (benizuru) red + crane
To block the answer, I’ll share a picture of a hibiscus plant from my garden. I wanted to post this last week to illustrate...
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