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Dallying with the Divines
Divo and Diva

Crone
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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Looking for life in London
A grafted cherry tree.

Crone
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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Capital robin
Of course, I did not come to London without Bobbit. He features on my laptop desktop and screensaver, so every time I paused for long...

Crone
Jul 15, 20243 min read
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Soul musing
View from Waterman Park in Kew.

Crone
Jul 14, 20242 min read
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Daisy days
I think this was in one of the wildflower seeds packets I planted last year.

Crone
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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Avian angst
OK, so, I admit: it's shit being a wild creature. But not because of being a wild creature...

Crone
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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A gift from the sentient forest
Living through the green.

Crone
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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Dreams of intimacy
Baby Tapdance is not inclined toward intimacy.

Crone
Jul 10, 20241 min read
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Twisted
See how the top of the rosebud is twisted like the foil top of a Hershey's Kiss?

Crone
Jul 9, 20241 min read
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The strangeness of squirrels
Sometimes they seem almost completely unafraid. They'll eat close to me or come towards me with seeming confidence. One squirrel wanted...

Crone
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Too many
I don't want to grumble, but seriously, I seem to be supporting Northampton's starling population. They look out for the food delivery -...

Crone
Jul 7, 20241 min read
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Someone else the wren doesn't like
But I don't attempt to shoo the jay away. Still, as if the cats catching baby birds weren't bad enough, corvid nest predation doesn't...

Crone
Jul 6, 20241 min read
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Identification matters
Spot the odd one out. It's the third picture. That male has a white feather on his chest. How do I know this is a mother squirrel? See...

Crone
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Bouncebackability
When Iain Dowie was manager of Crystal Palace Football Club he coined, or at least popularised, the word "bouncebackability". The meaning...

Crone
Jul 4, 20244 min read
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Is everything in the garden rosy?
The strange rose by the house.

Crone
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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When there were robins...
This is just a catch up on the videos I have made featuring the baby robins - and some adults. Just so adorable!

Crone
Jul 2, 20241 min read
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Tree water stone
Or, How to get freaked out by a stone.

Crone
Jul 1, 20243 min read
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Tengu
Tengu means goblin in Japanese.

Crone
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Who lived in the foxgloves?
According to Beatrix Potter, it was the weasels.

Crone
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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The little one
One day, I saw two baby robins in the garden. I don't know which one this is... or indeed if this is one of them... but I am sure this...

Crone
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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