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Today’s postcards are all about ,appearing now, mainly in our bathroom & kitchen it would seem! After mating the spins a little golden lacy dome over its egg the grub will develop safely inside. I found this one on a Silverweed leaf

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2020-04-28

Spring flowers line the banks of the farm tracks spilling into the meadows & carpeting the orchards can there be anything so pretty or so welcome as fresh spring flowers now?

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2020-04-27

As soon as the sun comes out like this & day flying like this can be seen out and about enjoying the flowers the orange tip likes the honesty flowers & the moth can be seen high up in the clouds of blackthorn blossom

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2020-04-18

Up & down the tracks & scattered across the garden or have seeded themselves with abandon,ranging from dark wine,blueish purple,red & white. Here are two quick watercolour sketches done in preparation for a more considered painting

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2020-04-16

Blue flowers have always been a passion for me. Blue has an interesting & expensive history in art history as it came from far away lapis lazuli mines.
Today when I take a break from digging the veg patch I shall paint forget-me-nots

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2020-04-13

What I call butterfly season has just started.Already I’ve seen speckled wood,peacock,cabbage white and Tortoiseshell butterflies on the farm. So today I shall go on a butterfly hunt & see how many brown or purple hairstreak eggs I can find

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2020-04-08

0015 Hornsnozzler which will be auctioned on eBay - starting bid £1 in June 2020 Details https://t.co/P7i1GHIA59 Help us reach our target of Details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm

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2020-04-05

Today’s postcard is a busy little wren who is building a nest somewhere very close to our bathroom window. Wrens hold a special place in folklore in the UK which includes being crowned king of the birds!

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2020-04-04

Postcard 0328 'Spring' received for https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm We now have over 300 postcards. Help us reach our target of All details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm or DM for information

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2020-04-03

South facing hedges throw out new suckers of growth these would get mown out on most farms but this is where the likes to lay her eggs so we manage our hedges specially making sure there’s plenty of new growth for egg laying

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2020-04-01

Postcard 0322 'Red Rose' received all the way from for https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm We now have over 300 postcards. Help us reach our target of All details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm DM for information

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2020-03-28

An Owl pellet Maybe not a thing of obvious beauty but fascinating none the less owls swallow their prey whole regurgitating the indigestible parts such as fur bones teeth and feathers later.

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2020-03-24

Postcard 0229 Courage received for https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm We now have over 200 postcards. Help us reach our target of All details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm or DM for information

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2020-03-23

In the morning when the birds start singing again I’m going to take a leaf out of their book By spending the day listening to the sounds of the weather,the trees & the birdsong I will be grateful for the dawnchorus & the beauty of the primroses

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2020-03-18

Postcard 0015 Hornsnozzler received for https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm We now have over 200 postcards. Help us reach our target of All details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm or DM for information

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2020-03-18

Postcard 0185 Cat and Kitten received for https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm We now have over 200 postcards. Help us reach our target of Details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm or DM for info

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2020-03-10

Spring is uncoiling all over the farm now. The snowdrops are at their plentiful best & ferns are beginning to sprout this years growth which is fresh, green & full of promise

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2020-03-02

1st day back after half term and over 40 postcards waiting for including some by this very special Help us reach our target of for All details https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm

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2020-02-27

Conocephalum conicum also known as The Great Scented Liverwort. It’s the forage plant for the larval stage of the Epimartyria pardella moth and grows here at Sunnyhill Farm

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2020-02-20