Wednesday 04 November What a weird couple of days. Everything feels out of sorts and upside down. The majority of the news today has focussed on what is unfolding in the US. The election is being billed as one of the most divisive battles in US electoral history. As I write this Biden and theContinue reading “Day 229”
Category Archives: seasons
Day 227
Monday 02 November Why do we go through, what seems like, phases of bad things happening? Times when it feels like there is a relentless stream of sadness or badness. I don’t ever remember similar stretches of ‘positivity’ occurring. “They always come in threes, you know.” Or “It’s just one thing after another.” These sayingsContinue reading “Day 227”
Day 204
Saturday 10 October Every couple of weeks or so, the birds come back to take the stage. There have been a number of birds in the past twenty-four hours that have raised their heads and voices to let me know they’re around. At work, I was called to help encourage a Robin to leave aContinue reading “Day 204”
Day 203
Friday 09 October Crikey, what a week. Coronavirus, interview and a new job and all the usual trappings of family life and a working week. Then, here we are at the end of another Friday. Beautiful sunshine to start the day. The view from the bathroom, onto our back garden this morning, was good enoughContinue reading “Day 203”
Day 190
Saturday 26 September Autumn and winter are the seasons of hibernation. Nature winds down to sleep out the cold and dark times. My blog is going to do something similar. I have decided that I will do a weekly entry covering a full seven days on each one, unless something dramatic occurs of course. 2pmContinue reading “Day 190”
Day 180
Wednesday 16 September I’ve been sat here next to the dog wondering what it is about this time of year that unsettles me so. I’ve been for a walk, the usual one, about three and a bit kilometres. A circuit around our local lanes and paths. On my way home just beforehand the sunshine wasContinue reading “Day 180”
Day 177
Sunday 13 September Things came together at the right time the other day. Twice. And both had a trumpet as a common feature. Actually, Haydn’s trumpet concerto in E Flat. A piece written in 1796 to showcase the technological creation that was the three-valved trumpet. The right tune at the right moment is always aContinue reading “Day 177”
Day 176
Saturday 12 September Oh my, I love Saturday mornings. That feeling, after a challenging week at work, of waking up when your ready rather than when the alarm tells you. Then, a large cup of fresh coffee in bed and a few chapters of my book. This morning, we went on a balmy, late summerContinue reading “Day 176”
Day 172
Tuesday 08 September Having a pint in a pub beer garden, at 8pm on a weekday evening, is an unplanned pleasure. Its soon going to be too cold/wet/windy/dark (delete as applicable) to do, so we grabbed the opportunity this evening after our walk. We sit and talk about the rapidly increasing cases of the virusContinue reading “Day 172”
Day 171
Monday 07 September Numbers of confirmed covid 19 cases are rising. Yesterday was 3000+, the highest since May 22, and today it was 2900. Deaths are still low, which is being put down to the fact that the majority of cases are affecting the young. This correlates with pubs and clubs reopening, shops and workplacesContinue reading “Day 171”
The Bald Birder 