Tag: winter
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Winter arrived!
I smile at the title of the previous post… “winter arrives” it proclaimed. But it hadn’t. It has now. For all its beauty it’s brutal for anyone, human or non-human, without a warm nest to snuggle into. UK or Ukraine, there are people out there making the best of a dreadful existence. May peace return,…
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Holly
So, ok. Last night we had a proper frost and it was -3ºC when I went out this morning, but it’s been such a mild winter! I just looked at the holly in the front garden and it’s still absolutely crammed with bright red berries – normally it would be stripped by the birds before…
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Cold, isn’t it?
Well, cold enough for us over here anyhow! It was minus five when I awoke this morning, on the weather station above chez bish, and we’re in a small dip between hills and shielded from the worst of the winter winds. It’s clearly having an effect on the local wildlife, as we were today oversailed…
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Christmas lights…
Blessings of the Winter Solstice an’ all that… Why, though, is it that while we are remonstrated at daily to turn off, not to leave on standby, to reduce reuse recycle… the media are so enamoured of fools with pretty lights all over their homes? Again this evening the local news channel showed a whole…