My mother got stung by a hornet in the night. Yes, again. Ailz and I walked round the house and located the new nest. The pest controller said the colony he smoked out a fortnight ago was last year's and we could expect this year's brood along shortly- in time for the fruit going rotten. There's a lot of fruit to go rotten in Kent.
Signs of Autumn
My mother got stung by a hornet in the night. Yes, again. Ailz and I walked round the house and located the new nest. The pest controller said the colony he smoked out a fortnight ago was last year's and we could expect this year's brood along shortly- in time for the fruit going rotten. There's a lot of fruit to go rotten in Kent.
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There Will Come Soft Rains
In 1950, Judy tells me, Ray Bradbury published an SF story about nuclear annihilation entitled "There will come soft rains" in which the…
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Woodpecker
"This is a bore," I mutter to myself. "I'm tired, I don't want to do it...." And the woodpecker on my shoulder…
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Birling Gap
It did rain, but very, very briefly. Later we went for a drive around our immediate area, pausing at the Birling Gap. Where the sea was quite a…
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