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Wagtail inspects water pipe burst

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Chris

A water pipe near one of our neighbours’ houses sprung a leak yesterday. Anglian Water engineers came along in a van, inspected it, sprayed their equivalent of a post-it note in blue paint on the pavement (’3″ cast’), and left, … Continue reading →

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I twitch, therefore I am

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Chris

This morning I saw three house sparrows sitting together on a bush opposite our house. Three-and-a-half points, I thought, totting up on my personal scale of relative bird values, where spadgers are worth a mere half-a-point each. My spirits sank, … Continue reading →

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Evening primrose

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Chris

It may be cold. It may be wet. It may be windy. But in our little part of Lindum Colonia it’s still business as usual in the garden: no sooner had autumn’s traditional mists and mellow freezingfulness started (just after … Continue reading →

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Red admiral

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Chris

Even though last year’s ‘barbecue summer’ was less spectacular than expected, there were at least plenty of butterflies around. This summer, though, has been noticeable for their absence. We should consider ourselves fortunate, then, that, early on Wednesday evening, a … Continue reading →

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