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Hyacinths, Woodpecker and A Word

I put the hyacinth bulbs in water in our Victorian bulb glasses today. They are very late and are now in a dark cupboard but I don’t know if they will work, certainly not in time for Christmas but maybe in time for my birthday.

A  Great Spotted Woodpecker visited us today.

I love words as regular readers will know. This one, from the Middle Ages, is the past participle of forswinke which means “exhausted from physical exertion.”  That’s been me for the last couple of weeks!

 
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Posted by on November 22, 2025 in birds, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized, Words

 

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