Photo from 25 January 2025 (Female Mallard) For nearly as long as I've been blogging, I've also been making a photo calendar from ...

 We live in confusing times. I woke up fairly early (I think around 7:30) to another sunny day; but decided to stay in bed for a while, list...

On Monday this week we had a rare day with sunshine, blue sky, -10°C and snow. One of my favourite reflection spots along the river… And var...

On Sunday morning I went for walk around the Bird Sanctuary Lake. The swans have moved on (except the few rare ones that live there perman...

Yesterday (Sunday) I went for a walk to our Museum Park and also around the little lake below which is a Bird Sanctuary. I was especially ...

… but it’s still cold, no real sense of spring in the air …

When was it I came close to complaining it was getting too hot? A week and a half ago?? The last few days I’ve been back to wearing a winte...