Author: sunnypolarbear

Scottish Rural Network

Put up this link ro Scottish Rural Network  so can find my way back to it , thought other people might be interested who are longing for wilder way of living and maybe wondering how they can make it work. Found its bigger than just Scotland – a link on the site to storytelling in […]

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Baby bird

There is a family of blackbirds living in a honeysuckle bush on the back of our house. This is the first time they have nested there perhaps because this bush has become a little overgrown. The parents swoop in and out of the nest with a wiggly worm and call to each other when they […]

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Storks

Storks and baby storks – When they are big & strong enough in August or early September – the baby storks fly away to overwinter as far as South Africa or India, unlikely they return to their original nest but come back to the same area in April. Storks have a long life.

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Beware sleeping gas gang in France on roadside rest areas known as Aires de Service

We travelled to France for a few days recently and not being able to find somewhere to sleep one night, pulled over on a roadside layby in northern France called an ‘Aire de Service’ where truckers also hold up before they make the crossing home on the A16 (Calais-Dunkirk) motorway. Very late and soon asleep […]

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boeuf stroganoff

the pancakes yesterday were soft, tasty and traditional and – not made by me im ashamed to say sometime ago went on a course to learn how to cook french food and i can make a reasonable tarte tatin, chocolate profiteroles filled with ice cream – most things on a good day, taste not too […]

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Difference between

Discovered the website ‘Difference between‘ wondering what the difference was between reindeers and deers – not a lot wiser, except they are bigger, mostly found where its colder and interact more with humans. The website has some unusual comparisons, with things never heard of. Like difference between CBT and DBT…   more Introduction and reason […]

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Tickery-boo

Language from another world – “tickery or tickety-boo” or ‘just going to see a man about a dog” – funny sayings. Many in England come from our nautical past. Three sheets to the wind, a snug (in a pub), coming to a bitter end, the wind is in the offing, pipe down, by and large, […]

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Little Heart

Little heart Little heart floating on the wind amongst the autumn leaves tossing in the air. The sunshine knows you’re there. The birds and clouds they know. But to noone else you show where you go when you are a little low   m.joy

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