Spice of Life
Spice of Life.Filed under: Blogging, Humour Tagged: around Britain, blogging, climate, environment, garden, life around us, nature, seasons, thoughts, views, weather
View ArticleWhen Will They Ever Learn?
When Will They Ever Learn?.Filed under: Postings Tagged: around Britain, current-events, environment, garden, human-rights, life around us, news, thoughts
View ArticleGetting the Bird
English: Countryside Stewardship Scheme sign A Countryside Stewardship Scheme sign near a new stile a Cratfield Suffolk. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today I received a post, drawing my attention to the...
View ArticleThe Core of Human Nature
Boats and surfers on the Towy Old friends in new places A summer visitor to my garden Look into the heart of a flower and be amazed. A feathered regular. A tranquil place in my garden; much favoured by...
View ArticleNothing Wasted
No act of kindness, however small, is wasted. Sometime, somewhere, it is repaid with interest by someone. In the same way, acts of the other sort can bring interest of a different kind; as can those...
View ArticleA Symphony of Curries
Since returning to Sri Lanka, my first visit was seventeen years ago, I have been captivated by the daily assortment of curries placed before me. I have had to beg to be excused from indulging more...
View ArticleAnimals Can Teach Us A Thing Or Two
Being woken in the early hours by what sounded like the entire contents of one coconut tree falling on the roof above me, is not the kind of awakening anyone would choose, but the thunderous bumps and...
View ArticleMagic Moments Become Golden Memories
This was yet another morning when, at around four o’clock, the mongoose family in the roof space above my bedroom ceiling decided to play their own version of rough and tumble, or seeing who could...
View ArticleMemories Are Funny Things
Memories are funny things. The older one gets, the more vivid they become, especially when related to things that happened long ago. I was sitting and thinking about nothing in particular, when a...
View ArticleFascinating Raindrops
Out in the garden to refill the bird feeders I was beguiled by the raindrops on a shrub. The Hypericum Calycinum looked so beautiful after the rain. Raindrops on Leaves The Beauty of a Raindrop on...
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