Walking up the metalled road to the Glen Finlas Reservoir a cuckoo went ahead perching on the telephone wires. At one point it went into the grass and then flew to a rock with a large wooly bear caterpillar in it’s beak.
Overtoun and Lang Craigs. Walked up to Black Linn this afternoon with Dorothy.
photos on the walkmap
Ransoms, wild garlic.
So the experiments continue at Reclaim Video with making this a fully functional, web-based VHS store. It is non-sensical, but that is kind of the point. We heard that streaming might be all the ra…
Delightfully insane! Although the footnote suggests method in the madness.
Overcast quite cold compared to last week, a little breeze. It rained for a couple of minutes, Cold rain.
The trees are all in leaf now, even the oak starting to unfurl.
Comfrey and apple blossom. Lots of woodruff under the trees.
The small bluebell patches neat the entrance are fully out.
A reed bunting among the other wee birds in the trees near the loch.
A couple of Great Crested Grebe (I think) on the loch.
The moor grass, heather and bracken is still pretty dead. Very dry underfoot today.
Heard a few cuckoos. A couple of jays flew across the moor.
Some lapwings, one harrying a buzzard.
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Wet petals
Apple Blossom
Watched: Crow Moon
I’ve watched this with my class several times now and a few more myself as prep. It is a lovely animation and a really good film to discuss the elements of film. Especially sound and music. Crows and a Raven, what is not to like! I’d highly recommend it if you are looking for a short, 5 minute, film to watch in upper primary during literacy lessons.
Monsieur Ka by Vesna Goldsworthy ★★★★☆ fascinating idea, the decedents of Anna Karenina in post war London.