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Pausing for thought. This is something I do every evening as I go too shut the bantams in. Last night it was raining and therefore no bats flying around and no moon shining brightly, though it was there this morning.
This morning I notice one of the old yews has been cut to allow one of the grave stones to shine in the sun, rather drunkenly though. As I write this the church bells are ringing for a Harvest Service, it will not be well attended. Picking the last of the plums, I hear in the holly tree the little wren and then the robin. I have seen them round every day in this part of the garden, their favourite perch is again a grave stone.
We have over the Yorkshire Moors a white tailed sea eagle which has given great joy to bird twitchers I suppose, but the piece de resistance is a Hoopoe, somewhere on a cricket ground in Yorkshire this foreigner has made a long journey and was patiently filmed by a photographer. Apparently we have about a 100 visits a year from the Hoopoe bird normally in Spring and Autumn.
Listening to David Attenborough this morning, our new guru on Climate change, and of course action. Slowly the boat of our destruction is colliding into the quay, will we learn? His final message - Do Not Waste - either food or energy.
We have not had those rains experienced elsewhere, the weather system seems to be circling round the South and West but rain comes in showers.
I've always yearned to see a Hoopoe after reading a children's pony book where it was mentioned. Yorkshire seems a long way North for it to be.
ReplyDeleteThe White Tailed Sea Eagle reminds me of The Tomb of the Eagles at Isbister, and John Hedge's book. How that should stick in my head, author and all, for 25 years, I don't know.
We have offered on a Holly House (though in the Welsh translation of course) . . .
fingers crossed that the house sales go through. Glad you managed to find a house to move into as well. You are the second person to mention The Tomb of the Eagles this week. Not read it but there is something very tribal about the bones of the eagles in the tomb.
DeleteWe have been lucky rainwise this time Thelma haven;t we? Have you seen the lovely face inyour firsrtpicture of the rose?
ReplyDeleteYes Pat now that you have mentioned it. It was the blue sky that caught my eye after so many grey days.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that bird striking!
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