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The herring gull nesting in the chimney pots on our roof is now a parent as yesterday I spotted a chick. It's hard to see in this photo so I've annotated around it with a red box. I don't always see it as it's behind the metal chimney but sometimes it peers out the side… Continue reading Herring gull chick
A little part of me grieves whenever someone chops down a tree and this very nearly happened today. This morning some workmen appeared on our street to chop down several beautiful old beech trees. We did not receive any warning of this other than a street sign which appeared about a week ago to say there'd be roadworks… Continue reading Should I chain myself to a tree?
We've just returned from a very enjoyable departmental party at Ben's work. The pure maths department is very small so it was a small and friendly gathering. There were some other kids there and they paired up with our kids and spent the time tearing about the place and burning off energy. We cycled there and home… Continue reading Bicycles, birds, and mathematicians
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