ALAN!!!
Sorry. You probably have to be my age to remember this. It wasn’t as nice a day today as yesterday, but still warm enough for me to have been able to spend an hour or so outside, communing with nature. … Continued
Extravagant
Most people know that starlings aren’t as drab as they tend to appear in flat winter light, but you have to be lucky to catch one as well-lit as this. I was alerted to this individual by the fact that … Continued
Rim lighting
Despite the current lockdown, quite a few National Trust and English Heritage properties are still open for local people to use for exercise, including NT Croome. R and I had tickets for a walk there this morning, but when we … Continued
Blue tit Monday
So apparently, the third Monday in January is – according to a ‘scientific formula’ – the most depressing day of the year. Except that the formula is rubbish, and there’s no evidence to support the claim. The concept was actually … Continued
Long-tailed tit
I made up for yesterday’s slobbing around today, by being on my feet nearly all day. This morning I made lamb dansak in the slow cooker, using an excellent recipe I’d seen on Twitter. Then I spent an hour or … Continued
