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Crone
Dec 61 min read
Fallen. And it's SHITTY
A poplar fell - not at the copse, but at the Reserve. This was a big tree. Where the roots tore out of the earth... you can see the...
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Crone
Dec 51 min read
Flight ways
I've said this before, but I really don't think landing is easy. That was Mrs Playground. Yes, indeedy: I visited the crows. The Divines...
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Crone
Dec 42 min read
Changing into death
From Deborah Bird Rose's Shimmer, which was written while she was dying of cancer: [Lev] Shestov was prescient in his understanding that...
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Crone
Dec 31 min read
It's a mess
I'm referring here to my mind... as well as the world. When I am "in my body", boxing or out with the birds, or looking at a tree,...
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Crone
Dec 24 min read
The moon in the morning
It's always something of a delight to see the moon in the daytime. I don't know why... I guess that slight uncanniness is appealing. A...
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Crone
Dec 11 min read
Water world
Storm Bert, apparently. He's brought a lot of rain. I went for a run on the same route I took three days earlier and it was completely...
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Crone
Nov 301 min read
Redwood
You know what? I get kind of pissed off when people get all emotional about the giant redwoods. They are so awestruck. I shouldn't talk...
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Crone
Nov 292 min read
Robin mysteries
[I]t could be said that as mere images or representations, photography and film betray what they depict. But this is a dialectically...
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Crone
Nov 281 min read
Cool blue
A break from the heavy-thinking of yesterday's post.... though.... is that a blue tit emerging from the entangled web? The cold made...
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Crone
Nov 273 min read
Autumn still
It's been a funny old season as until a few days ago it was mild. Then there was snow on my car one morning! And after that, cold, but...
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Crone
Nov 261 min read
Shimmer
I've been reading Deborah Bird Rose's Shimmer , which is about Australian Flying-foxes. She is a wonderful writer and I like her way of...
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Crone
Nov 252 min read
One prayer answered
So, occasionally, I have been able to see Tane...not long visits, and not especially relaxed, but so much better than nothing! As a...
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Crone
Nov 242 min read
Our smallest
Goldcrests are dear to me for many reasons. 1) They are our smallest bird and though maybe they don't have the chutzpah of the wrens,...
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Crone
Nov 232 min read
Drama in the wings
I love this photo of the blackbird! He was perching on one of the chopped top branches of the cherry tree. The evening light, like the...
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Crone
Nov 221 min read
Chill out zone
I went for a run under dramatic skies. I always like this view of Kingsthorpe Church. A reminder that this was a real village and still...
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Crone
Nov 211 min read
Oh PLEASE!!!
This is as good as it gets when it comes to photographing Chestnut these days. Shit, right? And the tits are as tricky. At least his...
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Crone
Nov 201 min read
Light, lightness, lightning
Did I mention the oak that I think was struck by lightning? I think so. I went back to take a look. That wound is like a flesh wound. The...
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Crone
Nov 191 min read
Red is the colour
Sadly, my paper about redness was not selected for publication. Nevertheless, I enjoyed writing it and learned a great deal. For example,...
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Crone
Nov 181 min read
We can't all be pretty
I am guessing this is a juvenile herring gull. They are much bigger than the (rather prettier) black headed gulls (see the second...
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Crone
Nov 171 min read
The loveliest of limes
I'd been to see my father and on the way home had some time to kill before a weight session with Leanne. I detoured through the...
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