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Wordless Wednesday: Still No News

/ David Marsden / 3 Comments

  Fingers crossed.  (See The Duck Nest Box).

The Duck Nest Box

/ David Marsden / 30 Comments

I'm happy that wild mallard call the Priory home. But I could do without the acute guilt trip they laid on me last year - even if it was well deserved. For the past couple of years, one of my (many) must-do jobs has been to replace the ancient, dilapidated duck nesting box on the … Continue reading The Duck Nest Box

Wordless Wednesday: Vole & Dunnock

/ David Marsden / 14 Comments

They might have stood a little closer together.

A Spot Of Rain

/ David Marsden / 41 Comments

January tends to be wet in Sussex but this year it was seriously, I'm-not-kidding-you wet.  Lying at the bottom of a valley, the garden is a convenient sump for all the run-off from the surrounding woods and fields.  During and after heavy rain, water streams through the grounds and into the ponds; it races through … Continue reading A Spot Of Rain

A Happy Ending

/ David Marsden / 47 Comments

The day after my adventure with Cyril and The Cast Sheep, I walked up to the farm to see the new arrival.  Margaret was delighted (and relieved) that the unfortunate ewe had not only made a full recovery but delivered a strapping, healthy girl-lamb too.  She was less delighted to be woken at 1am by … Continue reading A Happy Ending

The Norfolk Coast

/ David Marsden / 42 Comments

On a cold drizzle-evening recently, I settled down with a glass of wine and my laptop.  The laptop's hard drive was groaning with 45 000 (!) digital photos and it was time to make some space.  After deleting a couple of hundred, and drifting off to the fridge for a refill, I grew distracted by … Continue reading The Norfolk Coast

2015 Calendar

/ David Marsden / 48 Comments

I was reading a post on Christina's blog the other day about a calendar she made from photos of her garden and remembered that I too normally make one.  I haven't for a couple of years but with that prod from Christina, I decided to leap purposefully into action. Using an online company, I uploaded … Continue reading 2015 Calendar