Sometimes, even the breeze & rain & completely grey cannot deny us skylark song, such is the fire now in his spring-ready heart.

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Still departing from birds for now, place-name of the day 128 is MARTHAM (Norf). OE mearth + ham/hamm. ‘Dwelling or hemmed-in land where martens are seen’. I’ve still never seen one of these beauties. #PlaceNames #PlaceNameOfTheDay #naturewriting #NatureAndPlace

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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.

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Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect. “Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”

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Jim is always so excited when Charles comes in filthy from his adventures and in desperate need of the services of his personal valet.

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