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Getting the bird

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Last weekend, on the instructions of the RSPB and the BBC so who was going to dare decline, the nation counted its birds. For an hour of our own choosing on either the Saturday or the Sunday we were to sit peering into our  gardens cataloguing the wee wing-ed beasties as they dropped in for a visit. Robins – 2 of, Collared doves – 3 of, Sparrows – 4, no make that 5 of, Blue Tits – 2, 5, 3, DAMN keep still will ya! Starlings? Who’s here for Starlings? The instructions were to watch only for an hour and … Continue reading Getting the bird

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and it was all going so well..

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

After the snow we had mud and then we had torrential rain but today, just short of the frogs and boils which must surely follow, the day was glorious. Beautiful sunshine, the river at its height, blue sky reflected in large tracts of still water on the flood plain, and swans posing for photographs along the banks. Back in the garden, birds were visiting to take advantage of the food left out for them, and a butterfly – I kid you not – landed on the parasol. I kid you not about that unlikely feature either; every time I went out to … Continue reading and it was all going so well..

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Snowbound

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Due to an abundance of snow, and for the most part we’re inconvenienced here by even a light dusting, there has been quite a lot of down time lately. No doubt someone will mutter about the billions-worth of lost productivity and eventually we will find ourselves unaccountably responsible for the national debt due to chucking a few snowballs about instead of growling at co-workers and sending pointless emails with red flags attached. Meanwhile, in the absence of proper direction, much of the population is regressing to the year Daft and cavorting around in wellies with dogs. Any dogs will do, even … Continue reading Snowbound

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Trials of a MySpace Migrant

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Hello, I’m Suzanne and this is my online venture into Proper Blog Writing. I’ve blogged anonymously on MySpace for a couple of years now and seem to attract a larger number of bands hoping to sell me their home-made CDs than adoring fans in awe of my erudite prose and sparkling wit. Of course it could be that erudition and sparkle upped sticks and left home after a brief outing in around 1956 but heck a girl’s got to have ambition, right? Anyway, it seemed about time to move onto what appears to be a more grown-up platform for what may yet turn … Continue reading Trials of a MySpace Migrant

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