Category: Birds
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Top of the Bill

Here’s another old friend, Tufty! He was certainly top of the bill when it came to his diving prowess on the Lake… and after diving, where he resurfaced (obviously on top of the water!) would be anyone’s guess! Another Top Square for Becky’s photography challenge. As usual, click the panel below to go to her…
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First Flight of the Phoenix

Embers rise slowly As the chick takes its first flight Phoenix is reborn I started a quick doodle, and the colours took me here to a whimsical realm of the imagination. The realm where, just like the phoenix, mythologies can be reborn in any shape or form. Come with me as we enter and explore…
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The Hole

The hole is a home. Not the whole hole, but part. The hole is home to Well, it’s not a rat Or a vole Or a mole Though it has soul. Not the rat, vole or mole, but the hole. The whole hole, not part. It also has a heart. The hole (and vole, mole…
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Twenty-Four Days of Christmas: 11

On the Eleventh of December my Creation brought to me three Tufties swimming. Yes, I know that in the original version of the song, the number of gifts brought matched the day’s number, but it is very safe to say that this isn’t the original version of the song. And besides, I only ever saw…
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Twenty-Four Days of Christmas: 8

On the Eighth of December my Creation brought to me a muster, nay a pride, nay an OSTENTATION of peacocks. … they sung in ostentation… I think there may be just a tad more than eight there. Or maybe not.