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Last Night’s Moths
The weather is nice at the moment so after a nice geocache walk with first the beavers and Cubs, and then the Scouts last night we put the moth trap out. We aren’t getting huge number of moths at the...
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Red Mason Bees
I’m pleased to announce that our bee hotel has some new residents. Since installing it earlier in the year a few spiders have taken up residence in and around it, it’s roof has been used for sunbathing...
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More Bees Please
The Bee Hotel was a live with activity today – who’d have thought it could be so successful. I’m still working on my bee ID though. The larger bamboo canes seem to be filling up nicely with Red Mason...
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Kitzbuhel Day 5 – Covering some Ground
Day 5 of my trip to Kitzbühel and with my bike in transit back to Wales I’d have to rely on my feet for entertainment and transport today. I was up early, 3am to be exact so went for a nice early...
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Masses of Moths
Loads of moths in the moth trap last night: 1x Ruby Tiger 2x July Highflyer 2x Heart and Dart 1x Crescent Dart 6x Shuttle-shaped Dart 3x Common Footman 1x Rustic 1x Drinker 1x Scalloped Oak 1x Elephant...
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Big Butterfly Count
Morgan and I have just taken part in the Big Butterfly Count. It was a gorgeous day for it, 20ºC and sunny with butterflies and other flying bugs all over the place. It was hard to keep up with them...
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More Garden Flowers
Just some nice bright flowers from the garden. Enjoy! The post More Garden Flowers appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.
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Pink-barred Sallow
We put the moth trap out the other night. There wasn’t a huge number of moths in it by the morning but there was a new garden record for us in the form of a Pink-barred Sallow. Pink-barred Sallow...
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Sparrowhawk
Spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden the other morning. Typically my camera was in the car so I couldn’t get a decent photo of it, but her’s a quick snap from my phone from within the house. It’s taken...
View ArticleFlat Frogs, Flying Pheasants and Fabulous Fungi
Thankfully I may have overreacted in my frustration at twisting my ankle whilst on a run last Wednesday. Following the injury I rested it completely on Wednesday and Thursday and by the evening the...
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Goldfinches
Nice to see that my lack of work on the garden lately has it’s benefits. Goldfinches feasting on leftover seed heads. The post Goldfinches appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.
View ArticleHoliday to Dorset – Moors Valley Country Park
As was now customary on this holiday, I headed out first thing in the morning for an early morning walk to find some geocaches. This time I headed in a different direction along the network of Cycle...
View ArticleSwimming with Dolphins
Another early morning swim in Aberystwyth. This time with Helen, Emma, Richard, Larry, Martin and Victoria and a small pod of dolphins. We could see the dolphins in the bay before we got in, playing in...
View ArticleA Couple of FTF’s
Oooh, new geocaches and they aren’t too far from use either. We didn’t have time to get them on Thursday or Friday, but thankfully they were still there and no on had found them by Saturday. I would...
View ArticleFamily Days Out
As I think I’ve already mentioned, rather than having a proper family holiday this year Anna and I are taking several days here and there off work so that we can have lots of long weekends. Last...
View ArticleGarden Wildlife
Another glorious day here, cloud free skies, barely a breath of wind and temperatures hitting 21.3ºC. Not bad for the end of September. Garden Wildlife The garden was alive with wildlife when I went...
View ArticleSensational Swimming – A Secret Underwater Dawn
The days maybe getting shorter and summer maybe coming to an end, but we’ve had a sensational few days of open water swimming here in Aberystwyth. There has been no rain for a while and no wind either...
View ArticleDead Whale at Ynyslas
I’d already said that we’d have to get out for a family Boxing Day Walk, but encouraging Morgan to do so may not be easy. However, during my Boxing Day Swim I discovered from a dog walker that there...
View ArticleYnyslas Beach Whale Removal
The beached Whale at Ynyslas has been removed today. I just so happened to notice a digger go past the house whilst I was vacuuming the living room and thought to myself that it was probably going to...
View ArticleBig Garden Birdwatch
We had an extra incentive to do the Big Garden Birdwatch this year: points for the Green Impact Scheme. The Green Impact Scheme is an NUS run scheme that the University take part in aimed at reducing...
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