A few weeks ago when we had red berries in our garden and Redwings were in town after them, I noticed that our local Blackbirds appeared to be getting aggressive trying to chase the Redwings away. Since then, the red…
Author: John Curd
Stick and Ball
Yesterday it snowed most of the day and today the snow was thawing noticeably. What fun trying to guess what might happen next. Walking into town to get a few provisions for us and another 3kgs of sunflower kernels for…
More Winter, More Visitors
Just when I thought life was beginning to thaw out a little, today the snow started again. Well, to be completely accurate I think it started sometime overnight judging by the fresh covering we had at breakfast. So, another day…
Winter Pastimes
One thing one can do, if one is a sad individual, is shelter from the winter freeze indoors spending hours and hours redesigning a Web site. For some time now, I’d been thinking that the colours on our site were…
Inappropriate Names
It was our 2005 trip to Crete that started me thinking this way. After the highlight of the trip, a stunning walk down the impressive Samaria Gorge, we caught a ferry to Loutro, a delightful village round a horseshoe-shaped bay…
GPS: Garmin, Plain Silly
Garmin seems to me to be pretty much the market leader in GPS devices. I’d have expected the manufacturer of leading handheld GPS devices to be reasonably high-tech, wouldn’t you? Yes, of course you would. We’d both be wrong. Santa…
Wintery Whipsnade
Having had a somewhat disappointing visit to London Zoo recently, since the cold sunny days were continuing, we thought we’d try our local Whipsnade Zoo today. If all else fails, Whipsnade is at least a very pleasant environment for a…
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Happy New Year; Sad Old Zoo
I’ve lost count of how many circuits of the sun our planet has made since last I visited London Zoo. Several years ago Carol and I met a friend in London and strolled along the Regents Canal which passes through…
Berry Defensive
Our Redwings have been back, foraging in the bush laden with red berries at the rear of our property. It’s curious how slightly different markings on a less familiar species make it more interesting to observe, giving it more than…
Lambing Trip Album
I’ve got just the thing for a snowy morning which, as usual, is a week too early for a white Christmas. Having been largely indoors sheltering variously from lashing rain or near-freezing temperatures, I’ve finished processing the photographs from our…
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