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Charmed
Just wanted to document my previous claim regarding a charm of goldfinches – one of the many, many, glorious and wonderful things about the world of birds is the impressive list of collective nouns it has garnered. I have noticed that many birds, face on, look rather aggressive, and the wee chap here is no…
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Otrnith*
Below are pictures of some birds we have seen recently. I did not have the camera to hand when I saw the tree sparrow in our garden but we have been fortunate to see some less common visitors of late, no doubt exploiting all opportunities for food, after the awful weather earlier in the year.…
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Banking on it
Nothing new has happened. This is a Good Thing, there was far too much new stuff earlier on this year. Although we have been away, to glorious Perthshire (Blair Atholl with the Mincers and Dunkeld by ourselves) and to London. I think we maybe pushed the envelope until it burst when we went to the…
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Rabbitrabbitrabbit….
Jings. For someone who finds it difficult to shut up, on a record number of occasions this year so far I have been lost for words, bereft of speech, stunned into silence, gobsmacked, and summarily disenfranchised vocally. This and the manic vortex that has passed for a life recently has resulted in fewer than usual…
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Winter walk
Yesterday we managed to escape for a wee while and enjoy the soft winter sunshine along the coastal path between the Bay and Aberdour. We did spot a carrion crow tapping away on a small window towards the top of a house by the golf course. On closer inspection of the picture it may have…
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Sweet Wemyss
Yesterday was one of those lovely bright winter days that fool the birds into spring time behaviour, so not to be outdone, and to celebrate a long overdue redd oot* of the garage, we went exploring, this time to West Wemyss, a village I had never visited. There are some beautiful examples of Fife architecture…
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You can’t hurry, love.*
Listening to the Murray v Djokovic Australian Open final, cannot bear to watch it. Somethings are changing, others are stubbornly stuck fast. Yesterday we went to Silver Sands beach at Aberdour, inspired to move around by beautiful beach pictures from chums in Oz for ‘Straila Day, on what turned out to be a rather beautiful…
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January
So. Yes. Anyone who knows me and my family will know what’s going on just now. But, onto other news. Mincers are in the production room, finalising the tracks and just amazed at the capabilities of the producer, Michael. Thanks are also due to Steve and Audrey, with everything happening in their world they…
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JC+HNY13
Happy New Year folks. There was a lot about 2012 that we don’t want back, and a lot going on that I don’t want to write about. But we did enjoy a visit from these wee guys again. They are almost as fast as humming birds to watch and very difficult to photograph, especially through…
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Sound of Silence
It’s been a busy old month once again, singin’ and swingin’ and gettin’ merry like Christmas. It is no great secret that After 8 Mince has been in the studio, as we work towards our goal of having a CD to sell, to raise monies for charity. There’s still some work to do on…