Good morning everyone - very winter day here, with all the usual suspects :(( Sorry about my tardiness, a couple of early appointments but home now and back to work !! Rather tardy in the links dept...
A hangover from yesterday….. What is the genus of small moths of the family Pyralidae whose caterpillars, unlike other larvae, can feed on dead insects, manure and straw. (7).a?l?s?a, any helpers,...
Good morning everyone - sun is shining, no breeze to speak of, a lovely Winters day …..hope it stays like this, my weeds need attention. Interesting links, and probably challenging as well …. WHITE...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 13a. Author of The Natural History and the Antiquities of Selborne etc (5) 8d. A landform sometimes bearing a chalk figure of a giant or a white horse or, a...
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Miraculously 3 chicks have hatched over the last 2 days. This comes after a new male ousted the resident and mated with the female....
It is with the utmost sadness & regret that I'm posting that Mamyalynne passed away this evening just before 6:00. She went peacefully, with myself, her daughter, son-in-law & grandson present. She...
We have a new (young) Pine Marten visiting our garden - bold enough to be around in daylight (the older one is still around but only seen on our wildlife camera after dark). These were taken about 9pm...
Good morning everyone - rather grey and cool here, but after the wild and woolly stuff, it’s a pleasant change….I might even get outside to see if I have a garden left. :( Right, now for the links …....
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 12 a. With ‘parsley’ the plant Queen Anne’s Lace, seasonally abundant along country lanes, etc, mentioned in Ivor Gurney’s poem The Cloud. (3) 32a. Word...
Please accept my apologies for not being more forthcoming before now. Lynne has now said that I can let you know what's going on. She has multiply-sited carcinomas & has been diagnosed terminally ill....
Good morning everyone - well the sun is shining but who knows for how long …still pretty breezy out there, so outside chores will just have to wait, just hoping my bulbs aren’t flattened!! Interesting...
I'm a newcomer and I'm very shy and sometimes the pastor will come round the congregation asking us what makes us cheerful, happy, and if we've had a good week so far, etc. I hate having this in...
So happy to say my street party was a resounding success, the weather was both sunny and cloudy but everyone turned out, we even had a visit from a Doctor who with his fold up chair, his Union Jack...
Good morning everyone - well Winter has arrived, lots of lovely rain, and not so lovely winds …all in all, pretty bleak but then what else can one expect !! Light the fire, find a good puzzle and some...