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The Very Hungry Pupperino

Posted on 2 February 2023 by Henry Gee

On Monday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a sofa. On Tuesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a set of six mahogany dining chairs. On Wednesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a small semi-detached ex-Local-Authority house in Cromer, Norfolk. On Thursday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In July

Posted on 27 July 2022 by Henry Gee

Steve Brusatte: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals The ink hardly dry on his bestselling The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (which I reviewed here) palaeontologist Steve Brusatte returns with what can only be the natural successor. It’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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High Noon, And I’d Sell My Soul For Water

Posted on 24 July 2022 by Henry Gee

July, 1998, and I am in the field near Lake Turkana in Kenya. The rains have been kind — but not so kind that the various rivers that drain into the lake aren’t dry, sandy highways. The lake water itself … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wild!

Posted on 31 May 2021 by Henry Gee

Cromer is going wild! This notice from my daily constitutional shows that a small corner of a park, wedged between a childrens’ playground and the bowls club, is being allowed to let its hair down. I suspect that this will … Continue reading →

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Cool

Posted on 20 February 2021 by Henry Gee

What difference a couple of weeks makes. Recall that earlier this month I was out in a blizzard trying to secure a tarpaulin over the hen run, all the while running the risk of hypothermia, or at the very least … Continue reading →

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Cold

Posted on 9 February 2021 by Henry Gee

A pandemic is sweeping the nation. No, not that one – this one is avian flu. People with poultry are advised to keep their stock under cover. Chez Gee we have a number of semi-retired and fancy hens (that is, … Continue reading →

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The Maison De Girrafes Caption Competition #306

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Henry Gee

Lunchtime the bright spring sun blazed down so the dogs took me to the beach. This is what it looked like. Not bad for lunchtime, eh? But I digress.

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Echinoids

Posted on 9 February 2014 by Henry Gee

Here is a small collection of fossils. I’m posting this to celebrate the recovery of the second one along on the bottom row, found by me earlier today on Cromer East Beach while Crox Minor and I were walking the … Continue reading →

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What I Did In My Summer Holidays

Posted on 22 August 2013 by Henry Gee

Some of you might remember having visited our beach hut the Maison Des Girrafes Marine Biology Field Station. We gave this up about a year ago due to lack of use on our part – as well as the fact that … Continue reading →

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Pride

Posted on 27 July 2013 by Henry Gee

Today the Fine City of Norwich hosted its Pride event, and me and the Croxii went to take a look. Pride comes before a Hall. In this case, Norwich City Hall

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