My main themes here are gardening, nature and conservation, green energy and open source software but my frustration with the way billionaires are trashing our world will inevitably feature at times.
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Last Notes npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB I have said before that my macro lens is not best suited to ornithology but this came out very well. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB A corollary to that is the different perspective on time. Big tech in the USA initially played the long game of entrapment. Now everything has its focus on immediate extraction. Quarterly performance is 'long-term'. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB Wanting to get on with it is understandable 😃 npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB Not only is the giant echium alive, it is growing vigorously. The abutilon too. I presume that both take their cue from day length. January is likely to pose the biggest threat. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB There is supposedly a drift towards giving consumables for Xmas. That seems like a very good idea. Soap, subscriptions, food hampers, paper, bird seed... npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB I would call it Lutheran. Dark and proper. Highly suspicious of joy. At home in a bank, a town hall or the office of a solicitor. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB To those of us of a certain age, having fizzy drinks squirted over them. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB Comfrey and nettle. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB I was pushed through a shop window. The police were pretty solidly for the fascists. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB I have basking stones in my raised bed wildflower meadow. It isn't that often that I see it used for basking but I am probably not around at the right moment. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB This Dock Bug (Coreus marginata) seen this afternoon looks like a fortified rusty iron robot. Probably useful for loading flatbeds. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB This is why you should allow the dandelions in your garden to grow. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB All it takes is a bit of sun (oddly we are getting lots) and England becomes a quite magical place. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB Another Dark-edged Bee Fly (Bombylius major). npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB One of the issues with nature recording has been that for some categories, confirmation is very slow or there is just no response at all. That acts as a considerable discouragement. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB There is a mass of blackthorn in flower in the hedgerow but the blossom and small and rather unimpressive singly and the twigs are bare. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB They are brittle. They snap very easily. Mine has been in for ages and this is the first year it has got to a size where it bears a lot of flower. It seems very healthy. Growing in not very much but mostly leaf litter. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB This is one of my favourite plants. There was once a time when it was so common in gardens that it was viewed with snobbery. Too easy to grow. Too bright. npub1jxv0vw7ll22j9fe59vggam4ulcztxy8z00k39fk94k0uh9myxcpq9dxd5c LionelB A small-flowered catchfly (Silene gallica).
