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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...

Crone
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...

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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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Love?
On the same day as I visited the Mother Oak, I had better access than usual to jays. Which made me very happy. Such beautiful birds! the...

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Mar 141 min read
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Back to the Mother Oak
I met this tree just after I destroyed my last car in a ford and was feeling pretty shit. It was summer and the tree was incredible. i...

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Mar 132 min read
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At the end of the day
I don't know what to say. I mean, really: I don't know what to say. I don't know who I am, what I'm doing, what I'm going to do, what I...

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Mar 121 min read
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Garden goings on
Thankfully, I have had the occasions few minutes with Tane. I've heard that already there are reports of baby robins and blackbirds, I'm...

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Mar 111 min read
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Beetle runes
Just look at this!!! The bark has decomposed and the wood shows the tunnels of bark beetles. Is this not exquisite? But it's not only...

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Mar 101 min read
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Barking mad
Don't you think these images would make a lovely coffee table book? I have literally hundreds of them. It may not surprise you to read...

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Mar 91 min read
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Low light
We've had a run of sunny days. Next door's hawthorn has some flowers. There is ice on the birds' water saucers in the mornings, but the...

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Mar 81 min read
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Run away!!
That is, essentially, what they do. You know, I just want to tell them I'm vegan and opposed to all forms of hunting... but there remains...

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Mar 71 min read
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Beauty and the beast
I guess this is kind of related to the idea of love and death. Anyway, the starling's shimmer always stuns me - as does the iridescence...

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Mar 61 min read
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The oddities
So, the blue tits aren't so very odd. The dunnocks are - with their "semaphore" wing flirtation. And the robins... I can't work out...

Crone
Mar 51 min read
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Thinking in place
There's something about my mood of anxiety and depression that leads me to want to be outdoors and specifically to visit Kairos. So I...

Crone
Mar 41 min read
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City light
The other day I was trying to explain to my brother how I love London. The buildings, theatres, galleries, the restaurants and the parks,...

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Mar 31 min read
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Owl flight
A raven one day, an owl the next. The creatures of night, darkness, death, and wisdom. This was truly magical. I caught sight of a large...

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Mar 21 min read
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Under the sequoia
I have already mentioned the visit to the old church. While I was there, I sat under the sequoia and let things happen. And what happened...

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Mar 11 min read
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At home in the ruins
A somewhat disturbing find at the ruined church. Someone had positioned stones fallen from the wall to make a kind of enclosed altar for...

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Feb 281 min read
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