Monthly Archives: June 2024

Sunny Afternoon

Posted on 25 June 2024 by rpg

What do you do with 6 lbs cherries? Actually, that’s quite an easy problem, compared with the years we’ve had nearly 30 lbs from the tree at the back of the garden. It’s an old tree, and I’ve put the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Our House

Posted on 17 June 2024 by rpg

It’s not just the wrens. This is Shorty. Shorty is a year-old robin, one of the expanding family that lives in the shaggy old laurel tree out the front, and together with his (or her—difficult to tell with robins) parents/sibs, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Role Models for Girls?

Posted on 16 June 2024 by Athene Donald

Recently I received an email from a young girl (aged 8 and a half, as she signed herself off, with overtones of Adrian Mole) complaining about the lack of representation of women in STEM. As she says ‘If you want … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice

Posted on 8 June 2024 by Henry Gee

Thanks to our correspondent Mr K. Z. of High Barnet for this one seen in a shop window in Abergavenny.

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