Monthly archives: June, 2013

A Bit Like Buses

Having mentioned in my ‘May Country Life’ entry of a single Swallow sighting and bemoaning the lack of them here, guess what turns up a week later…..Yup,  you’ve guessed it, a Barn Swallow. He’s sitting on the power line going to the house and I bagged this shot mid morning. Throughout the day we noticed he would fly around and feed for 20 minutes or so, then perch back up on the line and sing…


Observing Session: 8, June

Despite all the wonderful weather of the last week, most nights have not been good for astronomy. The  cloud rolling in after the Sun goes down, being the usual culprit. Tonight was different. Perfect conditions. No wind, excellent transparency and very stable seeing.At this time of year, bagging those objects in Sagittarius is at the very top of of my list. The only problem is that it’s rising behind four trees. Apart from a…


Country Life: May

Outside Temp for April/May Well what a difference a bit of warmth makes.   In early April the temperature struggled to get into double figures, and when it did warm up,  the soil was still cold. It was only till about the first week in May that all hell started to break loose!  If you wanted a lawn, you would now have to start cutting the grass every 7 to 10 days now, as it’s…