Saturday 20 February “It was one of those golden days which every now and again leak out of paradise and drip to earth. Spring had been late in coming, but now it was here with a burst, and the whole world was boiling with the sap of life. Never have I seen such a wealthContinue reading “Day 337”
Category Archives: countryside
Day 318
Monday 01 February I have noticed something new today. There is a special time in the morning, before day break, when the sky begins to lighten. Actually, lighten is not the right word, it is more accurate to say that it becomes less dark. It feels like everywhere is an inky blue-grey. There is notContinue reading “Day 318”
Day 312
Tuesday 26 January Last night, a spider lowered itself down, casually without making a sound or a fuss, and stopped. It rotated softly in a gentle spin, hanging from its silken thread. It stopped at eye-level, above the sink, between me and the wall-mounted bathroom mirror. And as I looked up from brushing my teeth,Continue reading “Day 312”
Day 309
Saturday 23 January 07:45 Every so often, when time allows, I take a trip back through this blog to a randomly selected day. I place my thumb on the screen, on top of the past three-hundred or so days, and swiftly swish through the list. The list blurs like a roulette wheel. Occasionally one swishContinue reading “Day 309”
Day 305
Tuesday 19 January I have to confess that my interest in ghost stories has a danger of becoming an obsession. Not the tacky, predictable, toffee-apple stories of white sheeted apparitions of the last day of October. I have become gripped, as generations have before me, of the supernatural stories that were popular at the turnContinue reading “Day 305”
Day 304
Monday 18 January Today started with a mini-positive moment that sort of set me up for a fairly good day. I have never been a Monday person. If truth be told, I’m not a fan of mornings either. So, logic suggests that Monday mornings, when they come round, as they invariably do each week, areContinue reading “Day 304”
Day 296
Sunday 10 January I am pleased when the weekend comes and there is enough time to do nothing at all. The clock matters, but in a very different way on Saturday and Sunday. The activities of both days are plotted around key events. Saturday; football at 3pm, this weekend my car needed an MOT andContinue reading “Day 296”
Day 288
Saturday 02 January It has been another crazy day of populism and politics where education, once again, is the football being kicked about. The day started with a government U-turn resulting in all primary schools in London now delaying their full-reopening for two weeks. I suspect, the about turns have not finished just yet. LastContinue reading “Day 288”
Day 287
Friday 01 JanuaryNew Year’s Day Last night, midnight passed with me in a reasonably optimistic mood. I didn’t nod off or have bad thoughts, and so I can look forward to a promising year ahead. Certainly if the predictions of Wakenhyrst are to be believed. We did our traditional New Year’s Day walk from StuttonContinue reading “Day 287”
Day 284
Tuesday 29 December We’ve been really lucky. All of the walks we have down in and around our locality (not straying too far due to Covid restrictions) have been really good. Interesting things to see, close up and from distance, broad vistas of land and a thousand acres of sky. But today I held myContinue reading “Day 284”
The Bald Birder 