Ravendale House

About a week ago I suddenly realised I couldn’t hear anything, I was surrounded by complete silence. Was I worried? Not at all, as I quickly realised the silence was due to a lack of  starlings.

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I think I’m in danger of becoming a meteorological bore, apart from the odd sojourn into refrigeration, I seem to be obsessed with the weather. I’m even boring myself. Perhaps it’s because we’re not having any weather, or at least none of the right kind.

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By the time I went to bed on Monday night I was sick to death of the sight of fridge/freezers, measurements and cubic capacities were running round my head, but I couldn’t ignore the fact we still didn’t have one and time was running out.

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I’ve often worried, during the power cuts we get here from time to time, about the food in the freezer and how long it would last, should the power not return within a reasonable time scale, say 12 hours or so.  Well not any more.

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Here we go again. Not for the first time I’ve been caught out by early May frosts.

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The weather is at it again, it just can’t seem to get going. One good day is followed by two or more bad ones.

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As much as I love all living creatures, furry,  feathered or otherwise, starlings have never been one of my favourite birds. They always seem aggressive and argumentative, and perfectly able to look after themselves with their sharp beaks.

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