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Early Moon Rise
I still find it strange to see the moon in daylight hours, but according to Metcheck, there’s plenty of daylight hour moon rises to come, as we get closer to the next full moon. Today’s moon is apparently a Waxing Crescent – don’t ask me to explain why it’s called that, but it’s the kind of moon…
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Shouting Youngsters
There was a strange shouting noise coming from outside today – it sounded like a bird that hadn’t quite learnt how to shout “properly”! There were quite a few Starlings about, and this little guy, that I’m assuming is a youngster – old enough to peck at the grass, but not old enough to quite…
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Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Someone had mentioned on Twitter that a Red Kite had been spotted a few miles from here several days ago. I don’t know much about Kites, but the local Buzzards seems to have a wide ranging territory, so I’d hoped to take a walk in that general direction at some point, to see if I could…
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The Sacred Truth fresh face mask
Did you know that if you take in 5 empty (and clean!) full-size black Lush pots into a Lush store, you can exchange them for a free fresh face mask? Yes, you read that right – free! Considering that the fresh face masks usually cost £6.75, that’s a very generous gift just for taking back the…
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30 Days Wild – 4th May
Walking from the city centre, you pass a lot of busy roads with the inevitable traffic jams. But hidden away in a side road, you can find some fantastically bright tree blossom. This particular tree caught the sunlight as we walked past, and as it’s on a particularly steep hill, it was a good excuse to stop and admire the tree blossom…
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30 Days Wild – 30th April
Another cloudscape for today – this one was a particularly dark cloud that was heading from the north west. No sooner had we spotted the cloud, there was a very bright flash of lightning and an incredibly loud rumble of thunder. The local nesting birds seemed to take it all in their stride, but we were…
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Baked Alaska Soap
Another soap from the Christmas 2015 range, Baked Alaska was particularly eyecatching cut open in the store, with its frosted white exterior hiding a vibrant multicoloured interior. Baked Alaska has a very strong lemony aroma, which is suitably refreshing to use as a bath soap – I think it would be a bit too overpowering as a…
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30 Days Wild – day 3 (25/4)
#30dayswild has been organised by the Wildlife Trusts, to try and get as many people connecting with nature during the month of June. To get into the swing of things, I’ve decided to start early, and add in some Wild blogging in April and May. 25th April I really love cloudscapes, and probably have hundreds of cloud…
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Honey I Washed My Hair (original version)
Honey I Washed My Hair might not be the most creative name in the world, but the shampoo bar is fantastic! I was a little concerned that the honey might be inclined to make my hair greasy, but it doesn’t have that effect. Smelling strongly of toffee and fudge, it’s a little more intense in aroma…
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30 Days Wild – day 2 (15/4)
The weather wasn’t all that great today, drizzly rain, heavy rain, and lots of clouds. But that didn’t stop the local Buzzard from making an appearance. This time I wasn’t able to see the bird, but I did hear it – the unmistakable screeching call as it soars effortlessly over the fields. There’s a pair of Buzzards…