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Bloomin' interesting
Huh. I saw that image and wrote that title with SOMETHING in my mind... but who knows what it was? It's fled. Like my focus. OK. What has...

Crone
Apr 33 min read
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The unexpected
The day started well. Look who visited!!! Then I went to the garage. I had expected a 45 minute appointment as I was waiting. Nope. Three...

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Apr 21 min read
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Light and life
It is nice to see the buds and leaves opening. And the longer hours of daylight. Light... lightning... this is a peculiar view of the...

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Apr 12 min read
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A worm's tale
At the end of the path, a worm was working their way from the soil to the no-worm's-land of concrete. Closer inspection: what's that blob...

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Mar 311 min read
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The Ancient One
I have mentioned before the very very old oak who has lost most of his crown? Well, I felt drawn to visit. While I was there, I had this...

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Mar 301 min read
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Angels eat nectar
I wondered who was dropping flowers on me. The blue tits pluck them and eat the base, where the nectar pools. Just as I used to do with...

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Mar 291 min read
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The trees are watching
Still uneasy. My new pal Judy phrased it well: the difficulty and fear of stepping into the here-unfolding. So, I went to see Kairos. On...

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Mar 281 min read
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Threads
I love the way the spiders' webs all across the grass are illuminated by later afternoon sun. I continue, reverse Ariadne, following the...

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Mar 271 min read
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Spring
Two wonderful reflections celebrating the start of spring... a post on Erik Jampa Andersson's substack about the Vernal Equinox ... and...

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Mar 261 min read
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Stranger danger
The whole robin situation gets more confusing by the day. See this chap? Or chappess. Singing loud and proud just across the hedge? It's...

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Mar 251 min read
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Pairing up
I saw the pair of jackdaws and a pair of pigeons settling in for the night. I like the way the birds negotiate space. I like seeing the...

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Mar 241 min read
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Emanuele Coccia
These are all quotes from his book The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture : [Plants’] absence of movement is nothing but the...

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Mar 232 min read
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Gone tomorrow
Instead of going to Devon, I went to Leicestershire and visited two woods: Prior's Coppice and Launde Big Wood. I got lost on my way to...

Crone
Mar 222 min read
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Kairos Conatus
This is a video offering... Thus Spake the Crone

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Mar 211 min read
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Country cousin
I saw that robin when I was looking at the old trees a few days ago. And I thought the breast looked more red than on the urban robins....

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Mar 201 min read
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Expected and unexpected visitors
Yep: the crows now shout at me from my TV aerial. I threw some peanuts onto the conservatory roof and though this one refused to fly...

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Mar 191 min read
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An evening with new friends
Some weeks ago, a woman I have met a few times walking at Cottesbrooke told me there was an old oak near the village, so I went for a...

Crone
Mar 181 min read
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The wait was worth it
There's a really big oak tree at the Reserve that I have wanted to climb since I first saw it. I had put a big tube against the trunk as...

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Mar 172 min read
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Finally, an explanation!
For years I have been unable to understand what Nietzsche was on about with that Super-Man concept. But, in a piece about the...

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Mar 162 min read
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Tough love
Near the Mother Oak, a lot of trees have been felled. Mainly pines, birches, and a sycamore. Also maybe an oak. I had reported trees here...

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Mar 151 min read
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