My thoughts are with the people of Paris and the congregation of Notre Dame Cathedral this morning as they assess the damage done to the building by the fire yesterday.
I have been to Paris on a number of occasions and visited the Cathedral in its magnificent setting on an island within the River Seine. A truly magnificent building. It is good news to hear that President Macron has already committed to its restoration.
I am away for the whole of this week so in my absence, the blog will be focusing on the ancient town of Colchester in Essex with a combination of videos and previous posts from the blog.
The New Year Greeting was my 2000th post on the site. If you had said to me back in 2012 that I would do 2000 posts I would have thought you were mad, but here we are and still going strong.
Thanks to everyone who reads, follows and comments for your support ocer the last 6 years.
Wishing you all a peaceful and productive New Year
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas
Did some work on improving my Arachnid identification skills back in the spring. Fascinated by the variety of different spiders we found in a very small area. My favourites were the Cricket Bat Spider and the Cucumber spider.
Cricket Bat Spider. Photo by Christophe Quintan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/34878947@N04/)
Cucumber Spider. Photo by Mary Shattock (https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryshattock/)
Here is a post about some amazing Arachnids:
She asks me to kill the spider.
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find.
I take a cup and a napkin.
I catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.
If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone,
I hope I am greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.
~
I led a full moon walk this past week at Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a wild and wonderful tract managed by the NC Botanical Garden, only a mile or so from my office. I love being outside at night, hearing the night sounds, and trying to catch a glimpse of the creatures that make darkness their time of choice. The night before the hike, I walked alone along the trail at Mason Farm, looking for things to highlight and…
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A long weekend in the wonderful city of York to attend the York History weekend and the chance to hear some of the countries leading experts talk about history from the ancient world to Brexit.
Also, it was a chance to re-visit some of the fascinating historical sights in the city. Apart from day trips to the National Railway Museum, it is probably 20 years since I spent longer than a day here and much has changed.
River Ouse looking towards Lendel Bridge (top left), Medieval Houses (top right), York Minster (lower left), and Bootham Bar, one of the old city gates (lower right)
The weekends’ talks were held in the Yorkshire Museum and in the Kings Manor and my focus this weekend is on Anglo-Saxon England. I also visited the National Railway Museum (a must for any visit to York), York Minster, Barley Hall, The Yorvik centre and The Richard III Museum.
During my trip to the RSPB reserve at Arne last month I spent the morning in the woodland to avoid the showers which gave me the opportunity to look at and photograph some of the wonderful old trees there.
I am travelling again for the next fortnight so I am continuing our look at the wonderful city of York.
Amazing photographs of amazing wildlife. I just love those Burrowing Owls!
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