Tasty
It was a pretty horrible day, weather-wise: dark, cold, windy, and somehow wet without ever properly raining. I thought about going for a walk, but… got no further than that. I could have given myself a shake and forced myself … Continued
Tongue-out Tuesday
It was a nice day today, and I wanted to go owling, but tomorrow is shaping up to be long and tiring, so I managed to talk myself out of it. Instead I searched the garden for invertebrates, and managed … Continued
Furry jumper
The crook from which this peanut feeder hangs sports a squirrel baffle. Despite the evidence of this photo, it works quite well – at one stage it felt as though we were spending more money on bird supplies than on … Continued
St Swithin’s Day
“Well, it is July,” I said to R, as we sat disconsolately over our coffee and biscuits, watching the rain beating down outside. “What can you expect?” He made a snorting noise that might just about have been interpretable as … Continued
Close quarters
The weather improved slightly today, inasmuch as the wind dropped and the cloud cover thinned, and I fully expected to be making an afternoon trip to the owl field, but the closer I got to my usual departure time, the … Continued
