The roulette wheel of Scottish weather spins from dire to delightful. Blue skies,the gentlest of breezes and - surprisingly for February - some warmth in the sun. This morning the field in front of the house is full of skittish curlews. There must be forty, possibly fifty, of them. As soon as we head out of the courtyard they fly off to the long grass down by the rocks.
The rangers are also busy and have started work on repairing the damage to the dunes. One set of workmen are doing their best to stabilize the large wooden posts that hold the dune defences in place. Two others, with a fork lift truck, are recovering as much of the old fencing as they can. They seem quite cheerful.
Today the beach is host to thousands of oyster catchers. They stretch, ten deep, for a good three miles along the sand. There must be something wonderful in the sea today. It's hugely reassuring to see the local bird life in such huge numbers. Let's hope that this is a signal that avian flu is disappearing.
This seems sensible :https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/09/neuropsychologist-on-biden-criticism-aging-science/
The music makes this a winner :https://youtu.be/BjLzH8qj0gQ
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If I was a workmen whose job involved dealing with the impact of stormy weather on Scotland's east coast, I'd certainly be feeling cheerful about my future employment prospects.
Cheers, Gail.
PS Nobby always like to read about terriers being terriers.
Sacré bleu indeed! I read somewhere not long ago about the threat to camembert and brie cheeses.
The shifting dunes will provide endless employment for the workmen, that's the problem with sand - it always shifts, it's so unstable. Stormy seas and high winds justadd to the collapse.
I feel fixing the dunes is a bit Cnut-ish, but that golf course is so important to St Andrews I guess they have to try.
I wish I shared your HPN1 optimism
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/bird-flu-uk-seabird-numbers-h5n1-great-skua-gannets
It's nice that the rangers had blue skies for their work. The piece on aging and memory was interesting.
Beautiful skies in your part of the world this morning.
The article on memory and ageing was interesting.
Bird Flu has arrived in the Canada Geese in my area of Ontario. I enjoyed the article on Memory and Brain function and read the Trump article as well.
The news about camembert and brie molds is depressing. I'll probably outlive my favorite cheeses.
The VW commercial brought back memories. First job after college was working for a Dutch student travel organization that hired a graduate Dutch lawyer or other candidate and a young American woman for a year to sign up college girls for summer European travel in VW buses with Dutch college guides. Imagine!!! The reward for light pay was a round-trip to Europe on a Dutch ship, the Grote Beer. Fond memories.
It still looks cold there, but that beach looks dog-ready! Thanks for sharing the VW commercial. Many memories for me as well.
My parents brought a Volkswagen back to the States after my Dad's Army assignment in Germany in the late 50s. Those early VWs look like theirs.
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