I hope this sheep knows what it is doing, stripping the foliage from the low branches. Not everything they fancy is actually good for them and some things can be downright poisonous. I'm no expert on the subject but unfortunately, neither are the sheep. I suppose he should be ok as they've lived and grazed here for a long time.
House Sparrow
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House Sparrow, originally uploaded by Little Brown Job.
House Sparrow in the garden, can't be long now before we see some
fledglings, first of the year wa...
Butterfly Hunting at Crex Meadows
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[image: Olympia Marbled Butterflies Mating]
Crex Meadows in west central Wisconsin is a great place to go to find and
photograph some unusual early season b...
Upcycled Purse for Cloth napkins
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I'm always disappointed when I go to a cafe or restaurant and they offer
paper napkins, rather than fabric. I often try to go without a napkin at
all, but ...
Start the week
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I've finally got the Blue Tits back in the nest box again, after a
faltering start this year.
Lots of frenzied feeding activity over the weekend, by both...
Monday Ramble......
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I hope you have all had a nice weekend. It always goes by so quickly don't
you think?
On Saturday we ran errands all day and that took care of that day....
When did I get so old?
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Yesterday, I did quite a bit of yardwork at my lovely girlfriend's house.
I put a rock wall I tore apart last week back together, mowed, and then
tore dow...
Greenland At Pilling
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It was back to the other local patch today with a walk out Pilling Way
trying to spot changes in the area during my two weeks enforced absence in
Menorca. ...
The new book is coming along…
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I don’t always outline quite as tightly as this, but seeing spring looming
with conventions (Miscon in Montana, Soonercon in Oklahoma, plus a visit
with:...
Interview - Quentin Bates
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Quentin Bates
This interview was first published in Mystery People
Leigh Russell in Conversation with Quentin Bates who is a writer and
journalist.
His f...
I love stuff.
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Sometimes I am funny ha-ha. Other times, I am funny peculiar. I treasure
this balance. Which is good, because it's involuntary and irreversible. Continue
r...
The Mystery of a Good Event
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What makes for a good event? Well, it helps when a moderator is working
with three wicked smart women with lightning-fast tongues and a great sense
of hum...
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*he best laid schemes of mice and men:*
Today's blogpost was scheduled to be the process of making a new and
oversized print for my appearance at Spectrum F...
A giant TOUR catch up. Also, we wear the same boots.
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posted by Neil Gaiman
I need to get back to blogging. Too many things are stacking up, and I'm
paying attention over on Twitter and Tumblr and such, but not...
Aprendiz de Assassino
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*Originally published at Robin Hobb. You can comment here or there.*
[image: Brazil Assassin's Apprentice cover]I am very pleased to say that in
July, th...
Love the toad and save the frogs
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[image: Common Toad]
It's Save the Frogs Day today. To celebrate, here's a toad I found in my
garden the other week, and you can listen to John Shuttlewort...
C2E2 is this weekend! Here's where Katie will be...
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It's time for C2E2 in Chicago again! One of my favorite shows of the year... all the feel and hustle and bustle of a HUGE convention all within reasonable dr...
WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGANS
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White-tailed Ptarmigan - simply beautiful!
WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN IS ONE OF THE BEST BIRDING EXPERIENCES ON THE PLANETin its pure white winter dress and away...
Cheeky Hazel Nut Gobbler
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Well I never learn do I. We get quite a few squirrels in the garden from
time to time, usually they are on my mums peanut bird feeders causing
havoc. As ...
Silver Linings
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As most everyone knows, much of the country has been ravaged by an unrelenting drought. And it has been HOT! Crops have suffered and people are at their wi...
Gone but never forgotten
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This is Rachys mum, my beautiful daughter passed away at 20.45 on wednesday
26th october 2011, she was so brave as she knew time was running out, she
had e...
An interview with Susannah Conway, photographer
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This week we're pleased to bring you an interview with Susannah Conway.
This is part of our 'An interview with...' series.
Susannah is a photographer, wri...
Dance of the Adders
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This spring, some of Devon’s snakes will engage in spectacular behaviour
known as the ‘dance of the adders’, when two vipers rise up and sway back
and for...
April's State of the Thing
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I've just sent out the April State of the Thing, our monthly newsletter. Sign
up to get it, or you can read it online.
This month's State of the Thing intr...