Tag Archives: spring

The ides of March.

Posted on Mar 15, 2017 by

14°C, cloudless sky and light wine. ​ A fine spring day. Large numbers of plants have burst into bloom this week. Warm weather has sped them on and I’ve seen the first bumble bees.

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Brown-field site.

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 by

12°C, dry with white cloud and weak easterly. I love this time of year. My fascination for the inner city wasteland is greatest now until June. Here is the first shoots of artimesia absinthium, (or is it vulgaris). This plant … Continue reading →

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One more mile.

Posted on Mar 22, 2015 by

I rode fixed with MapMyRide+! Distance: 58.3mi, time: 03:37:10, pace: 3:43min/mi, speed: 16.2mi/h. http://mapmyride.com/workout/913645993 Spring ride no.1: and it was a good one. With the summer wheels fitted and fresh brake blocks, the bike was ready. And, so was I. … Continue reading →

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New season.

Posted on Apr 13, 2014 by

Cycling, Distance: 63.23mi, time: 04:25:43, speed: 14.3mi/h. http://mapmyride.com/workout/535495432 First ride on the racing bike this year. It’s running as I left it, apart from new cables and bar tape. Though this tape looks all “retro”, it’s rather slippery compared to … Continue reading →

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Burnt Magnolia.

Posted on Mar 25, 2014 by

6C, cold day with hard frost. Poor magnolia was burnt by the hard frost on Tuesday morning. Cold weather waited for spring before visiting us. This is quite an early flowering variety, so it’s vulnerable really. |~~~~~~~o_o~~~~~~~| Posted from a … Continue reading →

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Hazel.

Posted on Mar 1, 2014 by

7°C, no wind, clear. Spring is just starting, ontime for the first of March. The garden is coming alive, and I have over 100 bulbs for a more colourful summer. After a decade, I cleared the lockup (where I keep … Continue reading →

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Horsetail verdentification.

Posted on Jun 3, 2013 by

18°C, clear. A decaying school near home. I dropped in today for a gander. There used to be a lot of work done on their garden, lots of fine plants surrounded by clambering wild plants. One cracked and mossy concrete … Continue reading →

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70 miles again.

Posted on May 26, 2013 by

14-18°C, clear, no wind. To repeat last weekend, rode 70 miles late a slightly better pace and far more comfortably. The saddle didn’t tilt this time. That careful work with a jewelry file on the ferrule worked as intended. Picture … Continue reading →

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Week off.

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

14C, lighter wind. I need a holiday. With a week off, this empty feeling should recede. A week is not enough to get everything done- domestic re-arrangements, hiking, visiting, (not least) marking. Anyway, I have been to a wedding. Of … Continue reading →

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Bank holiday.

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

12°C, getting warmer. Not my favourite choice this weekend, you can guess what I want to do. What I have to do is all domestic. For each of the last few years, Mayday has seen me camped in Wales, in between … Continue reading →

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