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L3 (Day 33) Under a Cloud
We all waited plans drafted for when the snow fell. It waited too light dustings wafted in the east by north east wind. It spent the day circling the huddled city until dark then fell. ~ CLP 07/02/2021 →
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On Frosted Ground
Deep howl of winter trees low like birthing cattle flakes of frozen tears ~ CLP 07/02/2021 →
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L3 (Day 32)
Carrow Hill blurs; mist gives way to an easterly wind moving people urgently along the street except those that can’t, who shuffle wrapped in padded coats. . Thorpe St Andrew beyond the railway behind a grey shroud of rain is the backdrop to the shopping park lit bright at noon. Darkness is upon us. . →
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L3 (Day 31): Floods
There was rain most of the night and into first light of morning, adding to the flooding of fields, paddocks and open ground around Norwich. The Marriott Way was impassable just north of Hellesdon. Beyond Tavenham the power of the running flood water could be seen in the folds of its surface as it flowed →
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On Reflection
Echoed words recede Ripples on the lake flatten Clarity of air ~ CLP 04/02/2021 →
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L3 (Day 30): Betula Pendula
Along with buddleja, the silver birch, (betula pendula) is often the first tree to set down roots and become established in the most unlikely situations. It grows fast and its white bark seems to split under the stress of holding the slender trunk together as it shoots up. It quickly becomes a tree of ornamental →
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Going Viral (Updated)
I first posted the following senyrū on 25th January, 2020. ~ Aircraft travel fast Take us far off, bring us home With our souvenirs ~ n.b. A research report published today has provided clear evidence that the reason Covid-19 coronavirus spread so quickly from China and its neighbours to become a global pandemic was due →