I support the postal workers' strike, and sealed the letterbox on Friday in case of scab post. Fortunately no scabs were posted through our letterbox. What on earth are they supposed to do? It's a service - our friend who's a postman takes pride in chatting to the old ladies on his round, checking the house for people who're on holiday etc. His management are bullies, and this article sets out some of the problems.
STORM PETREL
*Scalloway Harbour! *
This may be very shocking to many birders, but this has been a boogie bird
of mine my entire life. I never saw one ...
Still some rather good moths turning up in my garden trap, despite some
challenging conditions, although at the end of September the days were
still warm...
Prapaenee Tue Sin Gin Pak ประเพณีถือศีลกินผัก is the tradition of following
the precepts of the Vegetarian Festival. More commonly referred to as
taetsag...
The nights are cold now and the moths are fewer in number but the variety
is holding up well. Above is a Large Ranunculus, a buttercup feeder as a
cat...
Sponsored walk for charity turns into a bit of a longer haul in the end. A
couple of weekends ago, I set off on the annual Leicestershire Historic
Churches...
On Thursday 25th September before work, I saw a *Song Thrush* perched on a
bush on the north side of the old Corton Sewage works compound. Walking
back a *...
Woke up to a frost this morning, only a light one but enough to have to
scrape the car windscreen, but oh what a beautiful September morning. A
morning to ...
Soft, fluffy, and swirled with sweet cinnamon sugar - these vegan cinnamon
rolls are pure bakery bliss, made right at home. No dairy, no fuss, just
irres...
Matt Horsham, Community Projects Officer for Operation Turtle Dove,
reflects on the recent OTD presence at Groundswell 2025 With the OTD team
spread acro...
As I'm fond of saying in my outreach spiel, when Lewis Hamilton went
vegan, he put his dog, Roscoe, on a plant-based diet - and cured him of
arthritis! ...
I like insects that are a bit of a fieldwork challenge, and Essex Skippers
are one of those. The Essex Skipper is a small butterfly with golden wings.
...
I am very excited to announce that I will be exhibiting my work in
Santiago’s Art Café in Botesdale, Suffolk. It’s actually my first
exhibition in many, ma...
Apologies, our Dog Show (as per my last post) has been pushed back a week.
Please do join us on Sunday 20th October on Avenell Road, N5 in Finsbury
Park fr...
One of the most amusing sights in London, which absolutely fascinates
tourists, is the so-called Thin Dwelling House in South Kensington. This
three-stor...
Belated happy new year, comrades! Here’s the thirteenth
annual instalment of Review Thingo. All previous episodes are here. 1. What
did you do in 2021 th...
....... *in a new bundt tin!*
It's been a long time since I posted. I haven't been baking much, and what
I did bake was nothing new - I seemed to need e...
A scrumptious, grill-worthy and nourishing vegan Bean and Oats Burger that
is packed with all the goodness you can imagine from oats, two kinds of
beans,...
Thank you for your emails and my apologies if the Great Silence has worried
anyone. This is to reassure you you that we are absolutely fine and well
and ha...
This hasn't been a great year for blogging, from my point of view. Not a
lot I have cooked has been worthy of a whole post, so I've mostly been
sticking...
It's been a while since I've posted about breakfasts so I thought I'd
share my 2019 list of my four personal favourite places to go for breakfast
or brunc...
The weather has changed rapidly here. The nights are fair drawing in, and
it’s definitely Autumn. Unlike English friends, we didn’t have the glorious
(if t...
In honour of Mr. Shopkeeper’s tumpty-tumpth birthday (celebrated just a
week ago), here’s a little ditty from way back – actually, from the year he
was bor...
*By Dr Ben Garrod, Ambassador of Norfolk Wildlife Trust*
Grey seal, photo by Colin Eve I have been lucky enough to have lived with
wild chimpanzees in U...
When we had a large looking crossbill fly out of Valyie this morning, never
did we realise what was going to happen later on in the day.
We were at Vaylie ...
There was a good episode of The Long View on Radio 4 last week, looking at
a terrible fire in Glasgow in 1905 as a ghastly parallel of the Grenfell
Tower. ...
Exciting news. After eight wonderful years, Fennel & Fern is rebranding as
#wildflowerhour. We have published so many fabulous posts about beautiful
garden...
Do you try to avoid being a nuisance? Staying out of the way and not […]
The post #161: Does Fear of ‘Being a Nuisance’ Ever Stop You From Acting?
[Podca...
*Undiscovered Owls - A Sound Approach Guide*
For once, I'm not on the pulse of modern day publishing as this book was
originally launched a year ago. Inde...
The following guidance was produced by the Llandrindod Wells U3A Computer
Group who kindly gave me permission to share. I would like to thank them
for the...
This easy recipe is loaded with delicious Mediterranean flavors. It serves
as a great hors d'oeuvre or snack. It's also great for picnics!
I like to ser...
The Egyptian Goose again, plus some Egyptian Goose chicks from the hide at
Ixworth.
One of the highlights of this April was the amazing passage of Ring O...
I've *always* been in love with the surreal - from the outlandish
characters of *Dr Seuss*, vast strangeness of *The Never Ending Story*, the
moving otherw...
As it started out, I had high hopes for this Israeli film. Set in the
strict Orthodox community, I thought this would be a ground-breaking movie
that wou...
News emerged today that a shadowy team of RSPB scientists have been tasked
to create a new avian super-predator, a nightmarish hybrid between a
Cormorant ...
It’s only been a few weeks since Tony and I were last seen whiling away the
hours on the fine sands of a Greek island beach, but the distant memories
of...
Earlier today I was walking into town with my 9 year old when we passed
some of North Norfolk's finest middle-aged ladies working on one of the
many lovely...
Further to the previous (now deleted) post, I'm pleased to say that we
found a house. Nice area, near the girls' school, all that. From a tip off
through T...
This Low Carbon Life has been a collective Transition blog for almost four
years. It now has over 1000 blogs in its archive on a wide-range of topics
from...
I say Sunday, but it has been snowing around here for almost a week with
sub-zero temperatures. This morning I peeked down to our front yard from
the bedro...
I’m sorry I haven’t been around – it wasn’t planned. Unforturnately I was
taken unexpectedly ill, and the illness (and treatment, which has been
quite time...
It may not have escaped your notice that over at Comment is Free there has,
of late, I know not where (sorry, that's Hamlet)....been quite a lot of
what we...
Back in June I took a weekend trip to LA. Top on my list of local vegan
restaurants to try was Native Foods. Perusing their website in preparation
for my v...
Didn’t expect to be so long at the ‘Interpreting Meals Through Dance’
workshop. I had to skip lunch. Very excited to take part in the ‘Grow a
Garden In You...
I saw what was almost certainly the same male Marsh Harrier again today,
this time closer to home as he searched a wheat field by our lane. I'm
guessing th...
I was brought up in Norfolk, lived away during 20s & much of 30s, then returned. Live in a beautiful place, and indulge in my main pastimes of cooking, birdwatching & internet surfing. I'm an active member of my trade union & care passionately about the society we live in - I want it to have a fair support system, and to value education, the natural environment & people, not just money.
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