Category: Nature
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Storms and Supermoons
It always happens. Whenever there’s a chance to view a spectacular meteor shower, the weather changes. The Perseids Meteor Shower reaches its dramatic climax between the tenth and thirteenth August 2014, meaning that, if we’re lucky, we’ll be able to see between sixty and a hundred shooting stars an hour. Last time I tried to…
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One Minute Doodle: Been Fishing
Weary. Hungry. Damp. Hot. And cold. Would you stop and wait whilst you had your portrait painted? This grizzly wasn’t very impressed either. Having never seen a grizzly up close before, this is a stretch of the imagination. After waiting in the stream for hours on end, and catching one salmon, I could imagine the…
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View from the window: Dragon’s Playground
They’re back. They’re here. It’s that time of year. The dragons return to the Grinds. The Mansion took me up high. To see them fly in the sky. And roar as they came in to land. They’ve not been here for a couple of years now, the dragons; it’s been quite quiet without them roaring…
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View from the window: Wet and Warm
I looked out of the Vestibule window this morningThe glare was bright, but without warningI saw that the trees were all wobbly-likeAs the rain was falling with all its mightI couldn’t see further beyond the treesBut the Mansion does that, it likes to teaseA tropical rainstorm seems to be in placeSo I think I’ll stay…