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A fishy mystery
This morning dawned bright, clear and frosty; the first frost of the season. We layered up with gloves, hats and coats to walk to school. Finch spent the journey trying to pull his gloves off with his teeth. When we … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged fish, frost, morning, perennials, red-veined sorrel, school, sorrel
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Veg patch update
Little Owl did very well in both her performances this week. We’ll be singing the songs to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat for some time to come. I was completely mobbed on the Hook-A-Duck stall at the school summer … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged beans, blackcurrants, courgettes, fruit, gooseberries, illustration, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, lettuce, parent's evening, peas, pumpkins, raspberries, school play, school summer fete, sorrel, spinach, sports day, sweet peas, tomatoes, vegetable patch
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June
For my seasonal reading in June*, Steve Roud, in The English Year, describes our misunderstanding of the traditional celebrations around midsummer. He says that we’ve been seduced by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream into thinking Midsummer is when fairies and sprites … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged bonfires, buttercups, common sorrel, countryside, customs, dandelions, fairies, festivals, goldfinches, grasses, great tits, illustration, linnets, ribwort plantain, seeds, sorrel, Stephen Moss, steve proud, the english year, traditions, weeds, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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