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Juliet’s Lantern

The kids were clever; they found a lantern which, when lit, rises up with air currents and wind giving a poignant symbolic focus to someone moving on. In the true spirit of Juliet it was of course light-hearted, shrieks of giggles and laughter, as it spun in every conceivable direction, gathering speed and eventually height, […]

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Shocks from the River Piddle

About three weeks ago “puppy” and I were walking along the River Piddle with mind in neutral and spotted a Sea Trout (possibly a Salmon) the size of my leg. He waggled off at some speed upstream unimpressed by our appearance. Well that is one for the book I thought in March. A few days […]

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Garden Open Days Dorset and Art and Sculpture Trail

Have a look at that little poster, the colourful one and you will know what this is about!Martin Debenham, under the Mulberry tree (we are in Debenham country)!A Robert Mileham, installed here for just one day!Other side!Bored resident of the River Piddle”Family feeding; note the different head colour of the teenage spotted woodpecker on the […]

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Weather Cocks

Of course most weather vanes / cocks are the classic cocks, but here in Dorset we have struck out for a few different ones. We have a lot of weather in England so we tend to talk about it, it is a “safe” subject difficult to offend anyone if you stick firmly to the subject […]

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