A rare moment

A window in Emerald Quay, Shoreham-by-Sea

Yesterday morning, I did something I’ve never had the chance to do in the last eight years: I lay in bed for a while and just looked out of the window. The girls had been into our room, and Iris had, rather cheekily, opened the curtains. They were back playing quietly in their own room, so there was no rush for us to be up. There was nowhere we needed to (virtually) be. Nothing was pressing.

So, I lay there while my wife dozed, and watched seagulls soar in the thermals above the buildings around.

And it was good.


It’s World Osprey Week, as European ospreys start returning to their nests for the breeding season.


Now, can I post to micro.blog from Ulysses OK?


A digest of nature-centric reading (and viewing) to round out your weekend.


Last night, we finished the last of the Christmas mead — just in time for spring.


New boats in the Adur.

Boats moored in the river Adur.

Beach fishermen.

Fishermen on Shoreham Beach.

Not this way, apparently.

A barbed wire fence blocking access to the water’s edge on Shoreham Beach.

Sea chains.

A chain in the Adur at low tide.A chain in the Adur at low tide.A chain covered in seaweed in the Adur at low tide.


Beach finds.

A pretty sea-worn shell from Shoreham Beach.