Yes! Another generation :)

Maybe when they’re older they’ll remember these conversations, and the birds.

The other day I walked past a woman who was teaching her children to fear magpies. I tried to explain about this magpie family, and the reasons for swooping elsewhere, but it was useless…

A male magpie and I have shared a street for nearly 20 years now, never frightening each other with a swoop!

This is lovely Nicola. When I was reading old files in the National Archives years ago, I found a (boring) meeting agenda on which someone had doodled what I think is a learner-bell ringer’s code.

Oh how sad.

The best of mine this year sprang up self-seeded! The ones I actually planted were disappointing. Still, I’ll miss their cheery redness.