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“Nor will I then thy modest grace forget,
Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring,
And pensive monitor of fleeting years!”
~ William Wordsworth
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Cleavers, Dandelion, Gorse flowers, Ground Elder, Hop shoots, Alexanders, Primroses, Wild Plum Blossom, Sweet Violets
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Wordless Wednesday – The last apples and the fieldfare
Posted in birds, Wordless
Tagged birds, crab apples, Fieldfare, John Downie, migratory birds, Turdus pilaris, Wildlife, Winter visitors
9 Comments
Six on Saturday – A spring in my step
27/02/2021 So the greenhouse windows opened automatically this week for the first time this year (that I’ve noticed) and Steve cut the grass for the first time in roughly four months! In fact, my title was almost ‘The first cut … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – “Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative.” … “Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor.” *
* From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (by J K Rowling)
Posted in Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Cambridge Botanics, Gardening, Mandragora autumnalis, Mandrake, Photography
8 Comments
Mill Road Cemetery: A resting place, a wildlife refuge and community fulcrum
Lockdown has seen me taking local walks in places that I would have never thought to explore (or even walk to) previously. This week, an appointment in town left me with time to kill in Cambridge itself and, as I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, Out and about
Tagged birds, butterflies, Cambridge, iPhone photography, Mill Road Cemetery, Wildlife
23 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Like giant flowers!
Posted in Out and about, Science, Wordless
Tagged AMI Large Array, Cambridge, heliotropism, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Photography, Science, Sunflowers
7 Comments
#WildWednesday – The long and the short of it
This year’s winner, at least in my own counting for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch (end of January), was the Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus. They also happen to be my favourite of our regular visiting birds. Long-tailed tits are a … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Wildlife
Tagged #WildWednesday, aegithalos caudatus, birds, long-tailed tit, nature, Photography, wildlife gardening
19 Comments
In a Vase on Monday – Woven
Well, today the garden has been a no-go area, what with all the snow, sleet and ice. And let’s not forget the bitter arctic wind! In fact I discovered last night that there is something about the design of our … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Byron’s Pool, Cambridge: A Literary Walk
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Lord Byron, nature, Photography, Poetry, River Cam, Rupert Brooke, swimming, Willows
7 Comments
#Wild Wednesday: I spy … a Stonechat
On one of my daily walks this week I noticed an unusual bird in a row of ash trees planted alongside the road. It was hopping from tree to tree, always just ahead of me, rather like a robin would … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged #WildWednesday, birds, countryside, Photography, Saxicola rubicola, Stonechat, Wildlife
17 Comments
In a vase on Monday – Snowdrops, of course!
We missed the worst of the snow yesterday, none fell during the day, but there was a little last evening. In the dark. Where’s the fun in that? How lucky then that today should arrive with brilliantly clear blue skies … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #InaVaseonMonday, flower arrangements, Gardening, Hellebores, In a vase on Monday, Photography, snowdrops, white roses
18 Comments
