I saw my first snowdrops of the year today. It's the third earliest sighting I've seen of the snowdrop since (DragonDrop.org) records began - the earliest being January the 19th. Typically they're the first common wild…
Seasons
Several years into keeping this blog, Matt noticed pattern. Annual repetition, largely governed by natural seasonal events or advents within. A commentary of sorts.
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Snowdrops- Bit of a cop out
This blog post, although it's only just begun, I predict will be quite a non event. I've condemned the thing before I've even finished the first sentence. See, even though I've got ninja time management skills, some…
An odd findNearly every morning, I take the dog for a walk across a 200 acre open parkland called The Stray in my home-town of Harrogate. The Stray carves a big arc around the town centre. It's kind of an inner green belt. It's a…
Pancake dayShrove Tuesday, another of those religious events that's been adopted by the general populous, like Christmas and Chocolate Sunday (er, I mean Easter). Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday is often a huge festival, starting…
I like a bit of rainI spent the morning outside today around Nidd Gorge, between Harrogate and Knaresborough. I was looking for a geocache - failed on that score (hunted for it for over an hour, to no avail) but as a bi-product of a few…
Nice to have a bit of sunI actually felt the warmth of the sun on my face for a bit today. The picture above sums it up for me. Full of the joys of spring*. North Yorkshire was kissed by the blue sky vibe today and thankfully, we were out and…
Burns NightHis knife see Rustic-labour dight, An’ cut you up wi’ ready slight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reeking, rich! I love a bit of Burns. Early burns. When…
Virgin snowThis snap is of our backstreet last night amidst a fresh fall of snow. The Council turn off a lot of minor road streetlights of an evening now for a few hours which I like. Saving energy, yea but it also its nice to…
- Way back when...
[[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2003/2003-01-15-204|As this blog post reports]], my son Felix started school 10 years ago today. He's changed a fair bit since this blogs started. So has pretty much everything…
Shall I try blogging every day this year?.. I mean, that's gonna be a lot of waffle, intermingled with my usual in depth musings. Worried that one won't be able to see the wood for the trees. However, it'll be an interesting project and this year is kind of a…
Lovely lovely NYE partyA last minute party that went through several different phases. A party that had about two pregnant ladies and 2 unpregnant ladies, 6 young men, 7 middle aged men a Sophie and a dog. Phase 1 : heavy snacking Phase 2 :…
KTHNXBAI 2012, oh HAI 2013!Thumbnails from my instagram faves set on flickr What a year it's been. Sometime around this time of year I get a bit reflective and retrospective. I did exactly 10 years ago today anyway, in a post entitled…
Eating and drinking and eating and drinking** ** Lots of the above. Christmas day was lovely. Its all been a bit of a blur since then. I've been working from home but given the weird timings this betwixt the big date weeks, its hard to keep track of the actual…
Jam dayEirene made a batch of hedgerow jam With freshly picked this morning fruit. Blackberry crabapple rosehip & elderberry to be specific. Bramble jam. Hedge in a jar. Lovely. The blackberries in particular seem to be a bit…
Camping at Bobbybee'sSpent the best parts of Saturday and Sunday at Bobbybee's campsite near Filey. We've been to Bobbybee's [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2011/2011-09-27-last-camping-mish-of-the-season|once]]…