Category: Nature
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What’s behind a cat’s stare?
She can sit and wait for hours on end In weathers wet and dry You look at her, she looks at you, And you have to wonder why? I wonder what she’s thinking As she sits and looks and stares Waiting for a snack perhaps Or thinking of her shares? Dreaming of adventures That only…
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The Meteorite of 1642
An earth-shattering event – well, not exactly earth-shattering in the true sense of the word – occurred on 4th August 1642. The town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, England, or Alborow as it was spelled back then, played host to this astronomical escapade. A 4lb meteorite fell from the sky at 5 O’clock – five of…
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The Hay Fever Dance
Seriously, hay fever is nothing to sneeze at. It hurts. You can’t see. You can’t breathe. You can’t talk. You can’t swallow. Yo can’t type. No hang on, that’s only one of my symptoms. It affects everybody in similar and different ways, but everyone who suffers suffers. Seriously suffers. I love being outside on a…
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Dusk is…
The time that’s neither dark nor light, the time between day and night The time that creatures settle down, the time that revellers head to town The time that quietens after a busy day, the time that children go in from play The time strange noises start to sound, the time long shadows cover the…
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Dark Night
Before I begin, this post has nothing to do with Batman. It would have been entitled “Dark Knight” if it were, but as my previous two posts have featured Super Heroes, and by pure chance they were Superman and Wonder Woman, it is easy to see how anyone who read the previous posts could get…
The Mansionic Perspective 