https://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/04/03/how-to-tell-the-dead-from-the-living-its-the-news-from-britain-and-elsewhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_1461.jpegIMG_1461Irrelevant photo: Swans on the Bude Canal2026-04-03T19:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/03/27/the-glorious-revolution-a-couple-of-religions-and-a-warming-pan/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_1380.jpegIMG_1380Irrelevant photo: sunrise 2026-03-28T20:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/03/20/the-levellers-the-new-model-army-and-the-hot-water-wash/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_1458.jpegIMG_1458We're back to irrelevant photos: It's spring. Have a daffodil.2026-03-21T17:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/03/13/the-point-in-the-english-civil-wars-when-ordinary-people-got-involved/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/screenshot-2026-03-08-11.06.16.pngScreenshot 2026-03-08 11.06.16Oliver Cromwell, with thanks to Wikimedia Commons. If you look closely, I think you'll see a bit of lace at the collar. If I'm wrong about that, apologies. It's still Cromwell.2026-03-18T19:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/03/06/the-opening-moves-in-englands-conquest-of-ireland/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/henry_ii_plantangenet.jpgHenry_II_PlantangenetAnother relevant graphic: Henry II, another king, which means that he's not holding a mop to balance Diarmait's broom but something else highly symbolic.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/diarmait_mac_murchada_ms_700_f56r.jpgDiarmait_Mac_Murchada,_MS_700,_f56r2026-03-14T07:56:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/27/the-parliament-of-bats/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/screenshot-2026-02-20-15.13.16.pngScreenshot 2026-02-20 15.13.16The Duke of Gloucester, hanging his curtains. From Wikimedia Commons2026-03-02T13:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/20/archbishop-laud-religious-conformity-and-the-english-civil-wars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_1293.jpegIMG_1293Irrelevant photo: The north Cornish coast, although by now I can't remember which part exactly.2026-02-24T11:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/13/a-bit-more-prelude-to-the-english-civil-wars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_1446.jpegIMG_1446Irrelevant photo: Daffodils in bloom as I type. In February. I can't believe what I'm getting away with living here.2026-02-15T16:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/07/the-occupation-of-minneapolis-things-you-can-do/2026-02-09T19:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/06/a-prelude-to-the-english-civil-wars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1410.jpgIMG_1410Screamingly irrelevant and out of season photo: a lily of some sort. We weren't introduced, so it doesn't know my name either.2026-02-09T17:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/02/04/the-minnesota-ice-update/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_1385.jpgIMG_1385The usual irrelevant photo: Yes indeed, folks, it's the moon and two trees. They're in Cornwall, or at least the trees are. The moon was where moons usually are. It has nothing to do with anything. 2026-02-24T10:39:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/01/30/minnesota-trumps-immigration-raids-and-resistance/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1310.jpgIMG_1310Embarrassingly irrelevant photo: I did have some shots of Minneapolis in more peaceful (and warmer) times but I seem to have deleted them in an effort to free up some space on the phone. Oh well. Here's a photo or a prehistoric stone quoit in Cornwall. Anyone can spot the connection, right?2026-02-03T12:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/01/23/the-hedgehog-in-british-culture/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1394.jpgIMG_1394Marginally relevant photo: I don't have a photo of a hedgehog and draw the line at stealing someone else's. So in the absence of a hedgehog, here's a hedge. It's that scratchy looking thing running along the bottom of the photo. Can't quite make it out? That's okay. Just trust me on this.2026-01-29T13:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/01/16/why-the-past-wont-stand-still/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1391.jpgIMG_13912026-01-24T16:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/12/26/news-from-the-world-of-blogging/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_1262.jpgIMG_1262Irrelevant photo: North Cornish coast2026-01-03T18:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/01/09/playing-politics-with-typefaces-or-what-font-to-choose-as-the-world-falls-apart/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2025-12-18-14.35.36.pngScreenshot 2025-12-18 14.35.362026-01-16T16:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2026/01/02/nigel-farage-the-reform-party-and-a-very-british-form-of-racism/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1376.jpgIMG_1376Irrelevant photo: a neighbor's camellia, blooming in December2026-01-05T17:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/12/19/whatever-holiday-you-celebrate-at-this-time-of-year/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_0869-1.jpgIMG_0869 (1)Winter sunset2025-12-28T18:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/12/05/tis-the-season-to-sell-books/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/adw-final-packshot.pngADW FINAL packshot2025-12-12T11:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/12/12/tis-the-season-to-sell-books-part-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/other-people-manage.jpgOther People Manage2025-12-18T10:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/11/28/writing-people-out-of-history-in-real-time/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1288-1.jpgIMG_1288 (1)Irrelevant photo: a fougou--a prehistoric2026-02-03T17:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/11/21/black-soldiers-in-the-napoleonic-wars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1364.jpgIMG_1364Irrelevant photo: November sunset2026-01-01T18:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/11/14/reality-reporting-and-artificial-intelligence-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1362.jpgIMG_1362Irrelevant photo: gladiolus, blooming out of season2025-11-23T15:58:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/02/14/the-orkneys-a-bit-of-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0936.jpgIMG_0936Deceptive photo: This isn't from Orkney. It's from Cornwall--the opposite end of the country. Sorry. I'd rather cheat than steal other people's photos.2025-11-11T07:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/31/a-quick-note-before-the-most-recent-post/2026-03-27T21:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/11/07/gay-sex-treason-and-passionate-friendships-in-tudor-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1351.jpgIMG_1351Utterly irrelevant photo: Castell Cricieth2025-11-26T13:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/31/prostitution-and-virtue-in-victorian-england-josephine-butler-and-the-contagious-diseases-acts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1346.jpgIMG_1346Irrelevant photo: hills in North Wales.2025-11-04T16:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/24/cambridge-university-and-women-suspected-of-evil/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1312.jpgIMG_1312irrelevant photo: Men-an-Tol, in Cornwall.It's from the Bronze Age and your guess is as good as mine what it was for. 2025-10-26T19:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/17/public-consultations-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1313-1.jpgIMG_1313 (1)Irrelevant photo: My phone tells me this is whitebeam. It's sometimes right but it did once swear that a dahlia was a carnation, so don't place any heavy bets on this, okay? What I can tell you definitively is that it's a neighbor's tree.2025-10-21T18:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/10/anne-wentworth-feminism-and-the-spirit-of-prophecy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1300.jpgIMG_1300Even more irrelevant photo than usual: Madron Holy Well, Cornwall. The strips of cloth (and hair scrunchies, and dog bags) represent-- Well, they represent whatever the person who left them there wants them to represent: prayers, wishes, respect, anything else you can think of. I found them oddly moving. 2026-02-16T07:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/10/03/the-brigantes-a-bit-of-roman-era-british-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1288.jpgIMG_1288Okay, I'm pushing it here. This is a fougou--an elaborate prehistoric tunnel whose purpose no one's sure of--at Carn Euny, in Cornwall. Wrong end of Britain for this story, but it's part of a village that was in use until the fourth century CE.2025-10-09T13:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/09/19/stonehenge-cows-and-technology-a-roundup-of-british-archeology/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1267.jpgIMG_1267Marginally relevant photo: Stonehenge it's not, but it is a stone circle. This one's from Minions, in Cornwall.2025-09-23T08:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/09/26/shedding-a-bit-of-light-on-dark-age-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_1204.jpgIMG_1204Irrelevant photo: field and fog in September2025-09-29T11:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/09/12/a-quick-history-of-englands-bastard-children-and-their-mothers/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1251.jpgIMG_1251Irrelevant photo: rowan berries--or if you prefer, mountain ash2025-09-20T06:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/about/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/open-line.jpgOpen Linehttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-divorce-diet.jpgthe divorce diethttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/trip-sheets.jpgTrip Sheets2025-08-25T08:19:21+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/09/05/how-britain-adds-a-group-to-its-list-of-terrorist-organizations/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1237.jpgIMG_12372026-02-14T15:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/08/22/how-the-english-got-hereditary-family-names/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_1255.jpgIMG_1255Irrelevant photo: evening light, north Cornwall2026-01-31T15:58:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/08/29/the-boer-war-civilians-concentration-camps-and-emily-hobhouse/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_1256.jpgIMG_12562025-09-01T10:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/08/15/women-in-the-peasants-revolt-johanna-ferrour/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_1241.jpgIMG_1241Irrelevant photo: toadflax2025-08-24T19:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/08/08/samuel-pepys-the-great-fire-of-london-and-a-wheel-of-parmesan-cheese/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/great_fire_london.jpgGreat_Fire_LondonThe fire. With thanks to Wikimedia Commons2025-08-26T11:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/08/01/shipwrecks-and-wreckers-a-bit-of-english-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_0284.jpgIMG_0284The rocks where the Adaldise wrecked 2025-08-10T13:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/07/25/the-home-office-screws-up-yet-again-and-other-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_1196.jpgIMG_1196Irrelevant photo: a hydrangea2025-08-03T12:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/07/18/good-manners-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_1188.jpgIMG_1188Irrelevant photo: A morning glory--also called bindweed.2025-07-26T11:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/07/11/the-evolution-of-medieval-warfare/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_0841-1.jpgIMG_0841 (1)Yet another relevant photo: Stained glass window with a knight in the centerfold. .From Canterbury Cathedral.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_0309.jpgIMG_0309Yet another relevant photo: The knight, unfortunately, stepped out of the frame just as I took the picture, but here are some castle walls.2025-12-10T20:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/07/04/the-english-castle-a-quick-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_0705.jpgIMG_0705A rare relevant photo: Okehampton Castle, in Devon. In 1384, according to a sign, the Courtenay household number 135 people: the family, of course, plus 61 servants, 41 esquires, 14 lawyers, 8 clergymen, and 3 damsels--young, unmarried women. When the family moved on, they left behind a small garrison, a gatekeeper, a constable, and a few men-at-arms. 2025-08-16T16:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/06/27/murder-the-law-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_1145.jpgIMG_1145Very nearly semi-relevant photo: Foxglove. It can be poisonous, so if you're looking to kill someone . . .2025-07-04T14:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/06/20/murder-politics-and-trashy-gossip-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_1143.jpgIMG_1143irrelevant photo: begonia2025-06-23T12:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/06/13/ai-and-the-weirder-aspects-of-the-bayeux-tapestry-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_1130.jpgIMG_1130Irrelevant photo: poppies2025-07-13T05:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/06/06/a-political-party-a-lettuce-and-a-tortoise-walk-into-a-court-its-politics-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_1123.jpgIMG_1123A head of lettuce. Stay with me and it'll all make sense.2025-06-09T11:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/05/30/serfdom-freedom-and-misogyny-in-the-middle-ages/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/screenshot-2025-05-25-12.53.36.pngScreenshot 2025-05-25 12.53.36A rare relevant photo: medieval rural life--somewhere. 2025-06-02T06:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/05/23/immigration-and-the-windrush-story/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_1091.jpgIMG_1091Irrelevant photo: geraniums hanging out with a California poppy.2025-07-10T09:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/05/16/a-quick-history-of-greenwich-mean-time/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_1079.jpgIMG_1079Vaguely relevant photo: Navigation at sea comes into the story. This is as close as most of my photos come to relevance.2025-05-19T14:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/05/09/death-and-technology-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_1054.jpgIMG_1054Irrelevant photo: azalea2025-05-13T19:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/05/02/englands-star-chamber-and-the-rule-of-law/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_1025.jpgIMG_1025Irrelevant photo: camellia blossom2025-05-05T19:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/04/25/a-spy-in-henry-viis-court/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_1004.jpgIMG_1004Irrelevant photo: I was going to tell you this was an ornamental cherry but my phone swears it's a plum. Either way, it doesn't believe in growing fruit. 2025-04-30T14:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/04/18/things-that-got-lost-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_0985.jpgIMG_0985Irrelevant photo: a camellia2025-04-24T09:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/04/11/dido-elizabeth-belle-more-on-the-ambiguities-of-slavery-in-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-03-17.33.03.pngScreenshot 2025-04-03 17.33.03Dido Elizabeth Belle (left) and her cousin, Elizabeth. What the hell, it's in the public domain.2025-04-27T12:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/04/04/mary-prince-the-ambiguity-of-slavery-in-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_0979.jpgIMG_0979Irrelevant photo: daffodils growing in a hedge. I'd love to run a picture of Mary Prince but there are none.2025-04-18T10:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/03/28/a-quick-history-of-britains-railways/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_0955.jpgIMG_0955Irrelevant photo: crocuses2025-03-31T18:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/03/21/education-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_0968.jpgIMG_0968Irrelevant photo (yes, we're back to them): daffodils for sale outside the shop. I don't know what the weather's doing where you are, but here it's spring.2025-04-08T17:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/03/14/education-in-anglo-saxon-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-08-15.07.57.pngScreenshot 2025-03-08 15.07.57A runic alphabet. If I'm lucky, it's the Anglo-Saxon one, but I can't swear to that.2025-05-22T13:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/03/07/black-british-history-the-parts-that-get-left-out/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-03-15.18.51.pngScreenshot 2025-03-03 15.18.512025-03-11T19:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/02/28/did-the-roman-empire-stick-its-nose-into-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0945.jpgIMG_0945Irrelevant photo: Snowdrops--one of the very early spring flowers. Or depending on how you count these things, winter flowers.2026-01-30T15:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/02/21/archeology-in-britain-a-roundup/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0943.jpgIMG_0943A hand-crafted nail. No idea how old it is, but I didn't even have to dig to find it. There's been some construction in the neighborhood and I happened to kick this, so presumably someone else kicked it up. 2025-04-12T16:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/02/07/evolution-of-the-british-diet/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0941.jpgIMG_0941I don't usually post more than one photo, but I was afraid you wouldn't believe me about baked beans. Look at that label: "not a want but a need."https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0940.jpgIMG_0940A very rare relevant photo: food. The leeks (at the back) are grown in Cornwall. I can't vouch for the others but there's a good chance the cauliflower was as well. The red cabbage? Possibly. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0942.jpgIMG_0942I don't usually post more than one photo, but in case you didn't believe me about baked beans, read the label: "not a want but a need."2025-03-19T19:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/01/31/was-pre-roman-britain-matriarchal/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0929.jpgIMG_0929Semi-relevant photo: This is Fast Eddie, who's relevant only because we've been told (sort of) that women with power become childless cat ladies. Okay, I'm stretching it, but hey, he's a great cat and I needed a photo to drop in here.2025-02-04T12:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/01/24/bathing-in-the-middle-ages/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-22-14.09.11.pngScreenshot 2025-01-22 14.09.11Medieval illustration of people bathing.2025-01-29T18:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/01/17/a-quick-history-of-the-english-longbow/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/theglorioustaleofbayeux.pngTheGloriousTaleOfBayeuxA very rare nearly relevant graphic: An archer and some dead guy., all in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Battle of Hastings, which in turn is mentioned below. 2025-06-05T06:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/01/10/life-in-a-medieval-house/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0914.jpgIMG_0914Irrelevant photo--except that it was cold enough overnight to leave frost on the fields.2025-11-04T15:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2025/01/03/if-the-holidays-are-over-whos-watching-you-now/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0878.jpgIMG_0878Semi-relevant photo: a camellia, blooming away in December. It doesn't care who you are, how old you are, or even whether you have a gender. 2025-03-16T18:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/12/28/a-new-theory-about-stonehenge/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0891.jpgIMG_0891Semi-relevant photo: I doubt much in this photo has changed since Stonehenge was built. Except that cameras were invented.2025-01-20T14:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/12/20/seasons-greetings-and-all-that-stuff/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_1939.jpgIMG_19392025-01-02T13:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/12/06/the-pilgrimage-of-grace-bigods-rebellion-or-dissolving-the-monasteries-part-3/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0744.jpgIMG_0744Irrelevant photo: montbretia2024-12-19T16:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/12/13/lambert-simnel-and-the-princes-in-the-tower/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0888.jpgIMG_0888The usual irrelevant photo: a Cornish hedge2024-12-20T08:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/03/a-quick-history-of-english-hedges/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strangles-high-cliff-001.jpgstrangles & high cliff 001Irrelevant photo: 2025-05-22T12:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/11/29/the-lincolnshire-rising-or-dissolving-the-monasteries-part-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_0870.jpgIMG_0870Irrelevant photo: a geranium2024-12-05T21:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/11/22/dissolving-the-monasteries/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_0869.jpgIMG_0869Irrelevant photo: sunset2024-12-04T10:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/11/15/class-and-language-in-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_0725.jpgIMG_0725Irrelevant photo: begonia2024-11-25T14:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/11/08/exporting-segregation-black-g-i-s-in-britain-during-world-war-ii/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_0818.jpgIMG_0818Screamingly irrelevant photo: The river Something or other, flowing through Canterbury's city center2025-01-26T17:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/11/01/sewage-patents-and-post-truth-politics-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_0860.jpgIMG_0860Irrelevant photo: An azalea blossom2025-03-29T15:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/10/25/church-and-state-in-medieval-england-thomas-becket-and-henry-ii/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_0833.jpgIMG_0833A rare relevant photo: the pulpit in Canterbury Cathedral2024-10-29T07:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/10/18/the-americanization-of-british-english-and-the-anglicization-of-german/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_0825.jpgIMG_0825Semi-relevant photo: The white cliffs of Dover, guarding England against an invasion of foreign words2026-01-28T18:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/10/11/britains-blue-plaques-or-how-to-make-history-snooze-worthy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_0799.jpgIMG_0799Irrelevant photo: The Bude Canal on a (rare) sunny day.2024-11-04T14:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/10/04/skara-brae-and-neolithic-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_0727-1.jpgIMG_0727 (1)Irrelevant photo: hemp agrimony2024-11-29T15:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/09/27/what-tea-bag-makes-the-best-cup-of-tea-and-other-british-dilemmas/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0776.jpgIMG_0776Irrelevant photo: We haven't had a cat for a while, so here's Fast Eddie.2024-10-02T12:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/08/30/the-battle-of-cable-street/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_0726.jpgIMG_0726Screamingly irrelevant photo: everlasting pea 2024-09-03T06:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/09/20/the-fun-hasnt-gone-out-of-british-politics-yet/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0745-1.jpgIMG_0745 (1)A nearly relevant photo, but you'll have to read to the end to find out why. This isn't the cat in the news but our own Fast Eddie.2024-09-23T12:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/09/13/are-foxhunters-an-ethnic-group/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0724.jpgIMG_0724Irrelevant photo: a begonia2024-09-16T18:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/09/06/stonehenge-the-story-keeps-changing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/k-mitch-hodge-oq9pecond48-unsplash.jpgk-mitch-hodge-oQ9pECond48-unsplashA rare relevant photo, with thanks to K. Mitch Hodge2026-01-27T19:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/08/16/who-were-the-bluestockings/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_0747.jpgIMG_0747Irrelevant photo: Montbretia. It's pretty but it's an invasion son of a bitch.2024-08-29T17:23:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/08/23/no-britain-hasnt-had-a-civil-war-lately/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_0769.jpgIMG_07692026-01-27T17:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/08/09/englands-church-ales/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_0731.jpgIMG_0731Irrelevant photo: toadflax2024-08-12T20:16:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/08/02/adults-are-running-britain-again-but-theres-still-fun-to-be-had-at-the-tory-leadership-contest/2024-08-05T06:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/07/26/english-protestantism-and-the-kings-book-of-sports/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0648.jpgIMG_06482024-07-29T06:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/07/19/the-class-hierarchy-in-anglo-saxon-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0712.jpgIMG_0712Irrelevant photo: rosebay willowherb, a.k.a. fireweed2025-09-10T15:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/07/12/how-people-slept-in-the-middle-ages/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0706.jpgIMG_0706A rare relevant photo: Bedstraw2024-08-09T06:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/07/05/odd-stuff-about-britains-election/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0662.jpgIMG_0662Semi-relevant photo: A red flower. A peony in this case, not the red rose that Labour uses as its logo.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0709.jpgIMG_0709Irrelevant photo: a begonia2024-07-12T18:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/06/28/britains-amateur-archeologists/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0686.jpgIMG_0686Irrelevant photo: St. John's wort, a.k.a. rose of sharon2024-07-05T06:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/06/21/british-voters-struggle-under-wave-of-manifestos-as-election-nears/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0664.jpgIMG_0664Irrelevant photo: Wheee! Poppies.2024-07-02T17:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/06/14/the-hundred-years-war-in-two-thousand-words/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0646.jpgIMG_0646Irrelevant photo: Valerian growing in a neighbor's hedge.2024-06-20T11:05:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/06/07/drugs-apostrophes-and-culture-wars-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0638.jpgIMG_0638Irrelevant photo: a begonia2026-01-26T18:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/05/31/everything-you-need-to-know-about-britains-upcoming-election/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0618.jpgIMG_0618Irrelevant photo: 2024-06-03T11:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/05/17/the-early-english-novels-morality-and-oooh-transgression/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0574.jpgIMG_0574Irrelevant photo: I'm reasonably sure this is a speedwell, 2024-05-22T15:03:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/05/24/the-early-english-novel-part-2-clarissa-which-was-too-long-even-in-the-abridged-form/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0545.jpgIMG_0545Irrelevant photo: a rhododendron2024-06-02T18:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/05/10/the-anglo-saxon-silver-penny-and-the-blank-spots-in-anglo-saxon-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0557.jpgIMG_0557Irrelevant photo: A camellia--which wouldn't have been in Britain when the Anglo-Saxons were traipsing around.2024-05-19T06:43:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/05/03/politics-fleas-and-lettuce-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0565.jpgIMG_0565Irrelevant photo: Wild garlic. I don't know if it repels fleas but it keeps the midges away.2026-02-21T14:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/04/26/as-if-running-a-marathon-wasnt-hard-enough-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_0562.jpgIMG_0562Irrelevant photo: Honesty--which is, honestly, the name of the flower. 2024-05-02T05:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/04/19/the-early-days-of-britains-national-health-service/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_0548.jpgIMG_0548Irrelevant photo: A camellia--although if you read to the end it becomes semi-relevant since you could argue that it's deepest pink. Or at least tinged with red.2024-04-21T15:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/04/12/britain-enters-the-contest-to-be-second-best/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_0511.jpgIMG_0511Irrelevant photo: I have no idea what this is but I am certain it grew in the right country. 2024-05-07T06:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/04/05/will-the-real-london-please-stand-up/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_0518.jpgIMG_0518Irrelevant photo: Pussywillows--a sign of spring.2026-01-25T16:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/03/29/a-quick-history-of-britains-gun-laws/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_0519.jpgIMG_0519Irrelevant photo: The Bude Canal.2025-11-11T08:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/09/15/the-imaginary-crime-report-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0319.jpgIMG_0319Irrelevant photo: Trethevy Quoit2026-01-22T20:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/03/22/how-many-prime-ministers-does-it-take-to-destroy-a-party/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_0520.jpgIMG_0520Irrelevant photo: primroses and lesser celandine.2026-01-24T19:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/03/15/britains-unexploded-bombs/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_0459.jpgIMG_0459Irrelevant and ever so slightly ironic photo: a sunrise, looking as hopeful as any sunrise will2024-04-11T10:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/03/08/love-death-and-adverbs-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_0505.jpgIMG_0505Irrelevant photo: an azalea blossom2026-01-24T19:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/03/01/what-the-british-really-talk-about/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_0497.jpgIMG_04972026-01-24T07:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/02/23/inventing-the-post-office-a-bit-of-british-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0477.jpgIMG_04772024-04-12T11:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/02/16/now-out-in-paperback/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/a-decent-world-pb-ecard-3-1.jpgA Decent World PB ecard 3 (1)2024-02-19T18:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/02/09/britains-unwritten-constitution-and-its-ahem-challenges/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0481.jpgIMG_0481Irrelevant photo: I have no idea what this shrub is, but it's growing outside a neighbor's house and it flowered in late January. I'm impressed.2024-02-17T15:18:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/what-else/2024-01-30T14:35:04+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/02/02/british-traditions-tea-tomatoes-and-the-house-of-commons/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-01-28-1.02.22-pm.pngScreenshot 2024-01-28 1.02.22 PMA relevant photo--a rare item around here. These are Yeomen of the Guard, in uniform, searching the nonexistent cellars and looking very serious about it.2024-02-16T08:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/01/26/of-mice-and-men-and-women-and-barbie-dolls/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0460.jpgIMG_0460Irrelevant and ever so slightly ironic photo: a sunrise, looking as hopeful as ever 2024-02-10T12:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/01/19/telling-the-girls-from-the-boys-in-anglo-saxon-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0305.jpgIMG_0305Irrelevant photo: I'm not sure what these are. They're red. They're berries. I'm reasonably sure they're not edible, although as someone or other said about mushrooms, "They're all edible, but some of them only once."2024-04-03T18:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/01/12/english-slavery-the-legal-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0314.jpgIMG_03142024-01-25T18:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2024/01/05/spring-flowers-in-january/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0416.jpgIMG_0416Periwinkle--ourshttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0414.jpgIMG_0414Camellia, ourside a differnt neighbor's househttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0415.jpgIMG_0415Primroses on a neighbor's lawn2024-01-22T12:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/12/29/portcullis-house-and-westminster-palace-the-crumbling-seats-of-british-government/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0406.jpgIMG_0406Irrelevant photo: stormy seas near Bude2024-04-10T07:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/12/15/party-gate-artwork-sweeps-the-turnip-prize/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_1953.jpgIMG_1953Irrelevant photo: fields after a frost.2023-12-27T08:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/12/22/whatever-you-celebrate-at-this-time-of-year/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0358.jpgIMG_03582024-01-11T12:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/12/08/wards-and-guardians-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0318.jpgIMG_03182023-12-29T18:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/7045-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/adecentworld9781800751491_epub.epub_.jpgADecentWorld9781800751491_EPUB.epub2023-12-03T20:06:54+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/12/01/parliament-the-british-crown-and-the-tug-of-war-over-money/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0323-1.jpgIMG_0323 (1)Irrelevant photo: rose hips2023-12-09T20:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/11/24/how-much-does-a-free-portrait-of-the-king-cost/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_0377.jpgIMG_0377Irrelevant photo: I think this is a kind of thistle. Anyway a wildflower.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_0339.jpgIMG_0339Irrelevant photo: No, it's not a photo of the king, it's of a hopelessly scenic English village.2023-12-29T04:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/11/17/musical-chairs-artificial-intelligence-and-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_0341.jpgIMG_0341Irrlevant photo: Real grapes, growing above the tables at an outdoor cafe this past summer.2024-06-07T17:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/11/10/strange-english-customs-the-ashbourne-royal-shrovetide-football-game/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_0381.jpgIMG_0381Irrelevant photo: a romantic-looking shed door.2026-01-23T17:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/11/03/quaint-olde-english-laws/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_0398-1.jpgIMG_0398 (1)Irrelevant photo: Sunrise behind the village shop.2023-11-13T07:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/10/27/religious-oaths-in-british-history-or-how-to-keep-groups-you-dont-like-out-of-parliament/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_0396.jpgIMG_0396A rare relevant photo: This is Li'l Red Cat, a.k.a. Kitten Little, who still can't figure out why some humans think <i>childless cat lady</i> is an insult.2023-11-07T07:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/10/20/lucy-hay-englands-civil-war-and-history-looking-the-other-way/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_0393.jpgIMG_0393Irrelevant photo: Cornwall's foggy cliffs--or one of them anyway.2023-10-24T20:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/10/13/the-conservative-party-drains-its-shallow-pool-of-talent/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_0376.jpgIMG_0376Irrelevant photo: Not a dandelion but one of a zillion flowers that look like them but aren't. 2023-10-30T06:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/10/06/queerness-and-the-natural-order-of-things-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_0373.jpgIMG_0373Irrelevant photos: beach huts near Whitby.2023-10-17T11:08:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/09/29/a-quick-history-of-the-british-lifeboats/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0323.jpgIMG_0323Irrelevant photo: rose hips2023-10-11T10:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/09/22/the-posh-report-class-culture-and-snobbery-in-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0275.jpgIMG_0275A rare relevant photo: a kind of hydrangea that someone once told me is posh. The2025-04-30T14:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/09/08/cornwalls-prayerbook-rebellion/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0302.jpgIMG_0302Irrelevant photo: A magnolia blossom. For some reasons, it decided to bloom a second time this summer2023-09-21T12:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/09/01/the-an-gof-rebellion-with-a-bit-of-cornish-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0294.jpgIMG_0294Irrelevant photo: what could be more Cornish than a Japanese anemone?2023-09-05T08:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/08/25/who-was-trelawny/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0273.jpgIMG_0273Irrelevant photo: a begonia flower2023-09-02T12:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/08/18/artificial-intelligence-food-and-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0284.jpgIMG_0284Irrelevant photo: the Cornish coastline2026-01-22T17:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/08/11/the-monmouth-rebellion-and-the-king-who-wasnt/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0280.jpgIMG_0280Irrelevant photo: mountain ash berries. Fall is coming. Or autumn , if we're speaking British.2023-08-18T18:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/08/04/whos-the-prime-minister-today/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_0274.jpgIMG_0274Irrelevant photo: I wouldn't swear to it, but I think this is called a balloon flower, for the shape of the blossom before it opens out.2023-08-12T15:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/07/28/britains-home-office-whats-it-really-like/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_0262.jpgIMG_0262Irrelevant photo: a tuberous begonia flower2023-08-06T17:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/07/21/how-not-to-pronounce-english-place-names/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_0236.jpgIMG_0236Irrelevant photo: hydrangeas2026-01-21T20:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/07/14/the-control-freaks-of-tudor-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_0246-1.jpgIMG_0246 (1)Irrelevant photo: Meadowsweet, which was once used to flavor mead.2023-07-18T19:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/07/07/counter-elites-and-the-shortage-of-doctors-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_0253.jpgIMG_0253A rare relevant photo, but you'll have to read to the end to find out why: Gay Pride celebration in Bude, Cornwall2023-07-15T19:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/06/30/the-house-of-lords-how-it-formed-and-what-it-does/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0238.jpgIMG_0238Irrelevant photo: morning glories, a.k.a. bindweed2023-07-08T06:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/06/23/why-a-member-of-parliament-cant-resign-and-how-they-do-it-anyway/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0233.jpgIMG_0233Irrelevant photo: roses in a nearby town.2026-01-21T17:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/06/16/politics-phones-and-pandemics-or-normal-life-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0212.jpgIMG_0212Irrelevant photo: A lily. The name starts with a Z, but that's as close as I can get.2023-06-25T20:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/06/09/conscientious-objectors-in-world-war-i-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0172.jpgIMG_0172Irrelevant photo: campion and stitchwort growing by the roadside2026-01-21T11:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/06/02/a-decent-world/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/adecentworld9781800751491_epub.epub-3.jpgADecentWorld9781800751491_EPUB.epub (3)2023-06-10T05:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/05/26/its-never-the-big-things-small-scandals-in-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0171-1.jpgIMG_0171 (1)Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's flowering bush. No idea what it's called, although more than one person has told me. 2023-05-29T12:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/05/19/bathrobes-political-scandals-and-crime-its-the-news-from-britain-and-elsewhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0149.jpgIMG_0149Irrelevant photo: A poppy about to open.2023-05-28T18:39:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/05/12/the-coronation-bling-what-did-it-all-mean/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0147.jpgIMG_0147The Photo of Irrelevance2026-01-20T17:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/05/05/british-politics-how-all-party-parliamentary-groups-work/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0120.jpgIMG_0120Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's tulip.2023-05-11T19:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/04/28/how-do-we-end-that-pesky-inflationary-spiral/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_0119-1.jpgIMG_0119 (1)Irrelevant photo: bluebells and wallflowers.2023-06-12T18:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/04/21/why-british-history-isnt-the-story-of-a-white-country/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_0109.jpgIMG_0109Irrelevant photo: Cuckoo flowers--also called lady's smocks, milkmaids, and mayflower. It's a member of the Brassicaceae family, and yes, it will be on the test.2025-06-07T07:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/04/14/of-chatbots-and-culture-wars-and-imaginary-incidents/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_0088.jpgIMG_0088Irrelevant photo: camellia2023-04-18T12:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/04/07/archeology-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_0050-1.jpgIMG_0050 (1)Irrelevant photo: The north Cornish coast.2023-04-11T12:21:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/31/a-king-three-mps-and-a-former-prime-minister-walk-into-a-blog-post/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_0057.jpgIMG_0057Irrelevant photo: a hyacinth2023-04-06T05:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/24/nasal-sprays-as-a-defense-against-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_0059.jpgIMG_0059Irrelevant photo: primroses2023-04-03T17:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/other-people-manage/2023-03-17T09:09:06+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/21/other-people-manage-now-available-in-paperback/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/opm-da-pb43.jpgOPM DA PB432023-04-03T10:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/10/who-lived-in-early-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_0033.jpgIMG_0033Irrelevant photo: hellebore2023-04-16T07:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/08/an-update-on-afghan-artist-hafiza-qasimi/2023-03-14T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/17/the-last-invasion-of-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_0043.jpgIMG_0043Irrelevant photo: Primroses on a frosty morning.2023-10-09T14:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/03/03/britains-great-salad-crisis-and-other-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_0030.jpgIMG_0030https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/opm-pb-ecard-1.jpgOPM PB ecard 12023-03-06T07:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/13/why-is-britain-called-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/strangles-high-cliff-004.jpgstrangles & high cliff 004Marginally relevant photo: This is Britain. It doesn't explain anything, but it is what we're talking about.2024-03-05T13:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/02/24/a-quick-history-of-the-cornish-pasty/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_0028.jpgIMG_0028Irrelevant photo: a hellebore2024-01-04T02:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/02/17/a-possible-treatment-for-long-covid-brain-fog/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_0022.jpgIMG_0022Irrelevant photo: Daffodils in February.2023-05-22T06:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/02/10/has-britain-moved-on-from-wallpapergate/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_0012.jpgIMG_0012Irrelevant photo: A frosty morning in January2025-12-14T19:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/02/03/viking-england-it-wasnt-all-about-hairy-scary-raiders/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_0010.jpgIMG_0010Irrelevant photo: Azalea blossom. In January. Indoors, I admit, but even so...2023-02-05T18:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/01/27/why-the-normans-invaded-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/theglorioustaleofbayeux-3.pngTheGloriousTaleOfBayeux (3)Want to make your own Bayeux Tapestry?2023-02-19T20:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/23/the-inescapable-holiday-post/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1746.jpgIMG_1746Marginally relevant photo: This is not a Christmas pudding, it's the Christmas shih tzu, tucked safe in his bed, visions of roast beef filling his head.2022-12-30T10:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/19/drugs-denials-and-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1945.jpgIMG_1945Irrelevant photo: This is from our recent cold snap.2022-12-21T07:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/01/13/want-to-buy-evelyn-waughs-old-house-youll-need-all-your-spare-change/2025-12-14T17:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/01/07/long-covid-and-the-vaccines-do-they-give-us-any-protection/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_1938.jpgIMG_1938Irrelevant photo: Fields after a December frost.2023-01-13T04:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/30/a-us-tradition-invades-britain-and-other-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1831.jpgIMG_1831Irrelevant photo: I almost remember the name of this, but that's not quite enough. It's a flower, and I didn't grow it.2023-02-21T18:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2023/01/20/covid-flu-and-the-fight-against-airborne-viruses/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_1942.jpgIMG_1942Irrelevant photo: An azalea, now blooming indoors.2023-01-25T05:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/02/the-future-of-mrna-vaccines/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1869.jpgIMG_1869Thoroughly irrelevant photo: a neighbor's dahlia2022-12-08T10:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/16/what-the-2021-census-tells-us-about-britain-christianity-and-brussels-sprouts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1834.jpgIMG_1834Irrelevant photo: A begonia in warmer days. 2023-06-21T05:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/12/09/who-elizabeth-i-really-was-a-conspiracy-theory-from-english-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1905.jpgIMG_1905If you get as far as the end of the post, you'll discover that that this photo is entirely relevant, and Li'l Red is, as you can see, horrified.2023-01-23T22:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/11/25/how-twitter-banned-a-meteor-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1878.jpgIMG_1878Irrelevant photo: A California poppy2022-11-29T08:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/11/18/the-corn-laws-food-money-and-political-power/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1888.jpgIMG_18882022-11-21T19:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/11/11/a-very-british-way-of-saying-no-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1868.jpgIMG_1868Irrelevant photo: a neighbor's dahlia2022-11-21T19:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/10/28/covid-news-should-we-be-losing-sleep-over-the-new-variants/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_1880.jpgIMG_1880Irrelevant photo: A California poppy. Or since it's growing in Cornwall and is at least four generations in, maybe by now it's a Cornish poppy. (That's a bit of an in joke and I'll explain it if anyone's interested.)2023-01-13T20:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/11/04/britain-slavery-and-contradiction/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_1882.jpgIMG_1882Irrelevant photo: Osteospermum2022-11-09T16:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/10/20/who-hasnt-resigned-yet-its-politics-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_1801.jpgIMG_1801Largely irrelevant photo: This isn't Larry the Cat, just some cat I saw sitting in a window, looking like it would like to be someplace else. 2022-11-10T16:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/10/14/translating-from-english-to-english-what-does-pudding-mean-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_1865.jpgIMG_1865Irrelevant photo: a begonia flower2022-12-26T04:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/10/07/the-latest-thing-in-conspiracy-theories-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_1851.jpgIMG_1851Irrelevant photo: A pedestrian crossing in Camden, London.2025-12-14T16:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/09/30/bits-of-good-news-about-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_1832.jpgIMG_1832Irrelevant photo: It must be time for another cat photo. This is Fast Eddie, who doesn't look like he was assembled correctly but was. Really.2022-10-05T06:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/09/23/britain-cancels-all-news-out-of-respect-for-the-queen/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_1843.jpgIMG_1843Irrelevant photo: Nicotiana--and if it looks like I photoshopped a frowny face into the center, I didn't. The flower grew that all by itself.2022-09-26T14:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/09/09/prime-ministers-and-oversize-vegetables-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_1744.jpgIMG_1744Okay, these are blackberries, not vegetables, and they're normal size, but this is as close as we get to a relevant photo around here. 2022-09-17T17:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/09/16/when-england-decriminalized-heresy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_1771.jpgIMG_1771Irrelevant photo: I thought, given the topic, we might need something nice to look at. These are begonias.2026-01-19T18:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/09/02/covid-it-aint-over-till-its-over/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_1763.jpgIMG_1763Irrelevant photo: an orchid2022-12-10T14:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/08/26/how-to-enjoy-british-politics-imaginary-menu-items-hard-hats-and-triple-negatives/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_1748.jpgIMG_1748Irrelevant photo: a neighbor's dahlia2026-01-19T18:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/08/19/a-quick-history-of-the-chartist-movement/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_1737.jpgIMG_1737Irrelevant photo: It's been a while since we've had a cat photo, hasn't it? This it L'il Red Can, who's no longer so little but can't seem to escape his name.2022-08-25T06:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/08/16/sample-of-other-people-manage-now-available-online/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/other-people-manage.jpgother-people-manage2022-09-19T07:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/08/12/what-happens-when-you-elect-a-pony-as-your-mayor/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_1720.jpgIMG_1720Irrelevant photo: a sunflower--our neighbor's.2022-10-28T17:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/08/05/a-woman-artist-in-afghanistan-dreams-of-letting-her-hair-fly-free/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hafiza20qasimi20-20the20woman20itself20is20a20symbol20of20peace2.jpegHafizaQasimi-Thewomanitselfisasymbolofpeace[2]From a painting by Hafiza Qasimi.2022-08-14T06:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/29/its-variant-day-at-the-covid-cafe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1680.jpgIMG_16802022-08-06T13:40:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/22/who-gets-to-vote-on-britains-next-prime-minister/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1664.jpgIMG_1664Irrelevant photo: a hydrangea2022-07-26T11:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/15/an-incomplete-guide-to-boris-johnsons-downfall-or-how-to-have-fun-with-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1643.jpgIMG_1643Irrelevant photo: Purple toadflax2022-07-26T11:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/06/oops-2/2022-07-10T06:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/08/what-causes-long-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1635.jpgIMG_1635Irrelevant photos: Morning glories--or as the British call them, bindweed.2022-07-17T18:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/07/01/medieval-englands-piepowder-courts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1529.jpgIMG_1529Irrelevant photo: a California poppy after the rain.2022-07-07T17:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/06/24/what-foods-are-native-to-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1548.jpgIMG_1548A rare relevant photo: St. John's Wort. It's native to Britain but a couple of varieties were introduced in the 17th century. So it's native but also not. Nothing's ever simple, is it?2026-01-18T13:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/06/17/the-corby-pole-fair/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1546.jpgIMG_1546Marginally relevant photo: A traditional British phone box, now converted into a second-hand bookstore that's raising money to maintain a village defibrillator.2022-06-19T06:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/06/10/how-no-confidence-votes-work-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1536.jpgIMG_1536Screamingly irrelevant photo: a peony2022-06-17T14:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/06/03/celebrating-the-queens-wtf-jubilee/2022-07-28T10:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/05/27/monkeypox-and-inflation-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_1501.jpgIMG_1501Irrelevant photo: osterspermum (I think) surrounded by may. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_1505.jpgIMG_1505Irrelevant photo: Red campion with a side of nettles.2022-06-10T19:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/05/20/are-the-expiration-dates-on-covid-test-for-real/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_1480.jpgIMG_1480Irrelevant photo: a poppy2022-06-12T06:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/05/13/sexism-and-tractor-porn-in-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_1467.jpgIMG_1467At long last, I bring you a relevant photo: This lovely flower is called honesty. What could be more appropriate?2026-01-18T13:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/05/06/other-people-manage-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/other-people-manage-1.jpgOther People Manage (1)2022-05-13T05:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/04/29/saffron-in-britain-a-quick-history/2026-01-19T18:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/04/22/the-british-government-conquers-whatever-century-this-is/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_1397.jpgIMG_1397Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's maple doesn't care if there's a fence in the way.2022-05-03T05:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/04/15/shreds-of-hope-in-the-pandemic/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_1394.jpgIMG_1394Irrelevant photo: an ornamental cherry tree. Or I think it's a cherry. 2022-04-28T13:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/04/08/why-britains-days-off-are-called-bank-holidays/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_1360.jpgIMG_1360Entirely relevant photo: This is Fast Eddie (we all have to slow down sometimes), who doesn't have to wait for a bank holiday to take a break.2022-04-17T05:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/04/01/updates-on-the-fight-against-covid-from-far-uvc-to-nasal-sprays/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_1357.jpgIMG_13572022-04-10T12:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/03/25/mothering-sunday-and-mothers-day-a-short-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_1337.jpgIMG_1337Marginally relevant photo: spring flowers. Actually a little early for either Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday.2025-03-14T07:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/03/18/british-government-contributes-toward-environmental-protesters-fines/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_1339.jpgIMG_1339Irrelevant photo: a camellia2022-03-31T14:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/03/11/finding-covids-weak-spot/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_1320.jpgIMG_1320Irrelevant photo: "Allow me to explain why we need to keep this box."2022-05-26T19:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/03/04/what-does-freedom-of-the-city-mean/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_1291.jpgIMG_1291Irrelevant photo: This was taken during Storm Dudley or Eunice, although I'm damned if I remember which one. or Eunice2022-03-11T15:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/02/25/news-of-britains-royal-mail-some-advice-about-social-media/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1289.jpgIMG_1289Irrelevant photo, stolen from an earlier post because I can't seem to email new photos to myself: One of the first wild primroses of the year.2022-03-11T06:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/02/18/what-do-we-know-about-the-new-omicron-variant/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1287.jpgIMG_1287Irrelevant photo: The first celandine are out. They're looking a little bruised, as if they've gone nine rounds with King Winter, which they have, but they're in bloom.2022-02-23T14:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/02/11/a-quick-history-of-the-english-breakfast/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1266.jpgIMG_1266Irrelevant photo: a slightly battered rose, blooming in February. 2024-02-20T08:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/02/04/how-to-get-a-license-for-your-goldfish-and-other-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_1274.jpgIMG_1274Irrelevant photo: a lily2025-12-28T18:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/01/28/is-the-pandemic-over/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_1278.jpgIMG_1278Irrelevant photo: The first daffodils are out. 2022-02-11T10:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/01/21/party-news-from-britain-and-oh-you-know-other-places/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_1250.jpgIMG_1250Irrelevant photo: Cornwall's trees may not tell you which way the wind's blowing, but they do let you know where the prevailing winds come from.2022-01-27T07:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/01/14/the-end-of-roman-britain-instability-and-the-hoxne-hoard/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_1062.jpgIMG_1062Irrelevant photo: Once again, I'm not sure what these are. Let's just call them some of the many red berries that cheer us through the fall and winter.2022-04-30T06:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2022/01/07/can-a-vaccine-protect-against-all-covid-variants/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_1216.jpgIMG_1216Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's camellias just came into bloom. In January.2022-03-05T07:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/12/31/the-north-south-divide-in-english-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0914.jpgIMG_0914Irrelevant photo: St. John's wort, or rose-of-sharon.2022-02-10T15:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/12/24/wassailing-and-english-traditions/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_1178.jpgIMG_1178Irrelevant photo: Sunrise, January 22.2021-12-26T20:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/12/17/what-we-know-about-the-omicron-variant/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_1103.jpgIMG_1103Irrelevant photo: Flowers from last summer's village produce stall.2022-01-14T13:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/12/10/a-minnesotan-admits-belatedly-that-it-does-actually-snow-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_1138.jpgIMG_11382022-01-14T16:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/12/03/what-are-englands-home-counties/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0922.jpgIMG_0922Irrelevant photo: wild sweet peas.2024-04-10T07:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/11/26/fireflies-and-covid-vaccines-meet-conspiracy-theories/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_1043.jpgIMG_1043Irrelevant photo: Bindweed, also known as a morning glory2022-12-11T08:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/11/19/fighting-climate-change-one-misplaced-city-at-a-time/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0956.jpgIMG_0956Irrlevant photo: flowers trying to escape a neighbor's garden.2025-12-15T07:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/11/12/other-people-manage/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/opm-pre-order-gif-v1.gifOPM Pre-order gif v1https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/opm-twitter3.jpgOPM Twitter3https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/opm-twitter2.jpgOPM Twitter22021-12-10T13:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/11/05/how-a-british-town-becomes-a-city/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_1097.jpgIMG_1097Irrelevant photo: a begonia2021-12-24T13:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/10/29/the-politics-and-economics-of-an-english-abbey/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fall-218-001.jpgfall 218 0012022-03-08T19:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/10/22/kids-covid-and-the-delta-variant/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_1104.jpgIMG_1104Irrelevant photo: Cut flowers at the village produce stall.2021-12-02T17:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/10/15/so-the-normans-invaded-england-in-1066-what-happened-next/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_1090.jpgIMG_1090Irrelevant photo2021-11-27T11:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/10/08/the-future-of-covid-plus-updates-on-the-fight-against-it/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_1075.jpgIMG_1075Irrelevant photo: Japanese anemone, with a bite out of it. That's to prove the beauty of imperfection and all that stuff.2021-10-10T16:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/10/01/xx-3/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_1076.jpgIMG_1076Irrelevant photo: Fall is the season of red berries. I'm not sure what these are, but I'm pretty sure they're inedible. 2026-01-19T18:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/09/24/what-will-it-mean-if-covid-stops-being-a-pandemic/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_0765.jpgIMG_0765Irrelevant photo: The north Cornish coast.2022-02-09T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/09/17/how-the-victorians-cleaned-house/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_1018.jpgIMG_1018Irrelevant photo: This is Fast Eddie, Senior Cat of the Houeshold, who did not consent to bringing in a kitten and is not amused.2026-01-16T16:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/09/10/how-mi5-keeps-britains-secrets-safe-ish-and-other-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_0963.jpgIMG_0963Irrelevant photo: It's red berry season. I have no idea what these are. They're not edible, though, at least as far as I know.2021-09-25T07:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/09/03/what-british-swear-word-is-going-out-of-style/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_0786.jpgIMG_0786Irrelevant photo: hydrangea with butterfly2021-10-04T15:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/25/what-does-it-mean-that-a-covid-vaccine-is-say-70-effective/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0908-1.jpgIMG_0908 (1)Irrelevant photo: Red clover. I'll come back with more kitten photos soon. 2021-11-14T19:39:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/27/your-ten-minute-history-of-the-english-courts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0881.jpgIMG_0881Irrelevant photo: Li'l Red Cat2021-09-01T16:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/20/introducing-lil-red-cat/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0862.jpgIMG_0862Introducing Li'l Red Cat, our newest time-wasting device. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0834.jpgIMG_0834Li'l Red with Minnie the Moocher, who keeps his ears clean and generally convinces them both that she's his mother.2021-09-03T16:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/kitten-cat-and-dog-pictures/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0833-1.jpgIMG_0833 (1)Introducing Li'l Red Cat.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mostly-moose-005.jpgmostly moose 005Moose, repurposing the Fast Eddie's scratching post, which Eddie wasn't in love with anyway. It didn't survive long after this picture.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/moose-005.jpgmoose 005Introducing (belatedly) Moose, on the right, with Minnie the Moocher on the lefthttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/the-big-guy-005.jpgthe big guy 005Someone sent Fast Eddie a box of catnip. Which explains why he's a little out of focus. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/the-big-guy-002.jpgthe big guy 002https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/trinity-5-of-13.jpgTrinity (5 of 13)Eddie. Photo by Trinity.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/skye-1-2-of-17.jpgSKYE 1 (2 of 17)Moggy. Photo by Skye.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/july-eddie-002.jpgjuly eddie 002https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/july-eddie-041.jpgjuly eddie 041https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/penhele-019-2.jpgpenhele 019 2Stalking in the spinach.2026-02-06T08:03:28+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/13/law-in-anglo-saxon-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0761.jpgIMG_0761Irrelevant photo: mallow2026-01-11T17:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/08/younger-sicker-quicker-does-the-delta-variant-target-young-people/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0746.jpgIMG_0746Irrelevant photo: a begonia2021-08-15T12:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/06/medieval-justice-in-england-trial-by-ordeal-by-jury-and-by-combat/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0780.jpgIMG_0780Irrelevant photo: hydrangea2021-08-12T05:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/08/03/by-the-numbers-how-to-help-covid-outrun-the-vaccines/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_0762.jpgIMG_0762Irrelevant photo: The north Cornish coast2021-09-29T19:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/30/curse-tablets-in-roman-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0785.jpgIMG_0785Irrelevant photo: From the Department of Useful Road Signs comes this beauty.2021-08-02T07:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/25/can-fermented-soybeans-destroy-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0700.jpgIMG_0700Irrelevant photo: a wild orchid. 2021-07-29T19:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/23/has-anything-like-long-covid-happened-before/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0769.jpgIMG_0769Irrelevant photo: roses2021-07-30T06:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/17/are-the-fully-vaccinated-likely-to-get-long-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0770.jpgIMG_0770Irrelevant photo: traveler's joy2021-10-04T07:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/16/how-england-became-christian-twice/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0694.jpgIMG_0694Irrelevant photo: nasturtians2021-07-24T14:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/10/bread-in-medieval-england-part-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_20210522_214211_020.jpgIMG_20210522_214211_020Trencher loaf, made by Evendine Bakery.2021-07-27T07:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/09/bread-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0701.jpgIMG_0701Irrelevant photo:2025-08-12T06:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/07/why-englands-ditching-the-face-mask/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0691.jpgIMG_0691Irrelevant photo: The Cornish coast2021-08-03T16:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/04/how-kids-learned-to-fake-positive-covid-tests-and-why/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0635.jpgIMG_0635Irrelevant photo: Another wildflower I can't identify. 2022-01-06T14:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/01/news-from-the-department-of-good-government/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0637.jpgIMG_0637Irrelevant photo: I should know the name of this one but I can't rattle it loose. Eri-something? It'll come to me once it's no longer needed.2021-07-03T13:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/02/who-were-the-anglo-saxons/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_0636.jpgIMG_0636Irrelevant photo: I can't remember the name of this, but if you have one you suddenly find you have a thousand and you're pulling them up everywhere.2021-10-19T10:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/27/xx-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0634.jpgIMG_0634Irrelevant photo2021-07-17T19:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/23/covid-cornwall-and-the-g7-meeting/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0633.jpgIMG_0633Irrelevant photo: honeysuckle2021-06-29T17:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/25/a-short-history-of-the-1918-flu-pandemic/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0622.jpgIMG_0622Irrelevant photo: a peony 2021-07-16T14:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/20/what-does-it-mean-to-say-we-have-to-live-with-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0619.jpgIMG_0619Irrelevant photo: poppies2021-06-28T06:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/18/food-a-quick-history-of-the-british-curry/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0505.jpgIMG_0505Irrelevant photo: a geranium2026-01-09T18:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/16/will-the-pandemic-ever-end/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0524.jpgIMG_0524Irrelevant photo: The Bude Canal2022-10-23T16:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/13/cc/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0496.jpgIMG_0496Irrelevant photo: a rose2021-06-17T07:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/10/fighting-covid-the-useless-gestures-and-the-useful-ones/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0522.jpgIMG_0522Irrelevant photo: I wish I could tell you what this is. It's one of a whole set of large white wildflowers that I've never been able to tell apart. They don't look all that much alike, but somehow I just can't sort out large white flowers.2021-06-14T15:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/11/indentured-labor-in-the-british-empire/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0509.jpgIMG_0509Irrelevant photo: geranium2021-06-16T06:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/06/how-long-does-covid-immunity-last/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0504.jpgIMG_0504Irrelevant photo: a poppy2021-06-15T12:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/04/what-happened-after-britain-abolished-slavery/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0489.jpgIMG_0489Screamingly irrelevant photo: Thrift. I have no idea why it's called that. 2021-06-07T21:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/06/02/when-covid-proximity-sensors-go-wrong/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0483.jpgIMG_0483Irrelevant photo: strawberry blossoms2021-06-03T17:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/30/mask-mandates-and-individual-liberties/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0481.jpgIMG_0481Irrelevant photo: Yet another rhododendron. They stay in bloom for a long time. It's not my fault that I've been posting a lot of them.2021-06-02T13:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/22/britains-corn-laws-that-bit-of-history-you-slept-through-turns-out-to-be-fascinating/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_3919-1.jpgIMG_3919 (1)2021-09-20T19:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/28/indentured-servitude-and-slavery-in-britain-its-colonies/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0497.jpgIMG_0497Irrelevant photo: a rose2021-06-21T16:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/27/is-it-safe-for-vaccinated-people-to-go-maskless/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0469.jpgIMG_0469Irrelevant photo: cornflower2021-05-28T14:15:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/25/hows-the-new-covid-variant-affecting-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0466.jpgIMG_0466Irrelevant photo: bluebells2022-05-23T14:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/23/the-great-british-flake-shortage/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0449.jpgIMG_0449Irrelevant photo: thrift2026-01-09T18:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/21/britain-meets-napoleon-and-they-fight-a-few-wars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0315.jpgIMG_0315Screamingly irrelevant photo: An African violet2021-05-26T06:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/19/what-did-people-do-during-lockdown/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0495.jpgIMG_0495A vaguely relevant photo, since I've mentioned cars, and by extension driving2026-01-09T18:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/16/is-it-safe-to-lift-covid-restrictions/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0325.jpgIMG_0325Irrelevant photo: An ornamental cherry blossom. We tried growing non-ornamental cherries. The birds didn't even bother to say thanks.2021-05-20T14:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/12/why-some-folks-who-recovered-from-covid-keep-testing-positive/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dsc_0295.jpgDSC_0295Irrelevant photo: Daffodils by a stream.2021-05-21T06:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/14/strange-british-festivals-the-world-custard-pie-championship/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0442.jpgIMG_0442Irrelevant photo: rhododendron2021-07-13T12:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/10/covids-silver-lining-another-zoom-call-goes-wrong/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0445.jpgIMG_0445Irrelevant photo: rhododendron2021-05-12T18:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/07/a-quick-history-of-town-criers/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0144-1.jpgIMG_0144 (1)Screamingly irrelevant photo: primroses.2023-11-03T09:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/05/the-covid-chronicles-is-herd-immunity-still-possible/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0438.jpgIMG_0438Irrelevant photo: Wood anemones.2021-05-15T00:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/01/the-wallpapergate-scandal/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0389.jpgIMG_0389Irrelevant photo: speedwell--a wildflower.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0329.jpgIMG_0329Irrelevant photo: Wallflowers2021-05-04T17:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/05/03/the-wallpapergate-scandals-gone-freerange-welcome-to-nannygate/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_0389-1.jpgIMG_0389Irrelevant photo: speedwell--a wildflower2026-01-09T18:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/28/no-vaccinated-people-do-not-shed-spike-proteins/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0415.jpgIMG_0415Utterly irrelevant photo:2021-05-01T16:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/27/a-nice-british-scandal/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0398.jpgIMG_0398Irrelevant photo: Wild primroses with violets.2021-05-01T14:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/30/the-london-police-strikes-of-1918-and-1919/2021-05-01T06:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/23/the-nineteenth-century-english-cop/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0330.jpgIMG_0330Irrelevant photo: hellebore2021-04-27T10:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/22/real-world-information-on-covid-vaccine-effectiveness/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0359-1.jpgIMG_0359 (1)Irrelevant photo: apple blossoms2021-04-26T19:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/20/why-the-royals-didnt-wear-uniforms-at-phils-funeral/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0274.jpgIMG_0274Irrelevant photo: Osteospermum--probably. 2021-04-24T19:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/18/the-covid-testing-dilemma/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/dsc_0298.jpgDSC_0298Irrelevant photo: rhododendrons 2021-04-21T18:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/16/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0313.jpgIMG_0313Irrelevant photo: potted violas.2026-01-07T20:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/14/the-herd-immunity-debates/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0311.jpgIMG_0311Irrelevant photo: a rose. Indoors. It's too early in the year for them outdoors yet.2021-04-30T00:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/11/news-of-international-lego-thieves-and-monarchists-in-mourning/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0272-1.jpgIMG_0272 (1)Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's camellia peeping out from behind the stone wall.2021-06-06T17:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/09/archeological-finds-and-treasure-from-a-country-knee-deep-in-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0295.jpgIMG_0295Irrelevant photo: camellia buds.2021-06-07T13:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/07/home-brew-covid-research-meets-goldilocks/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0316.jpgIMG_0316Irrelevant photo: 2021-04-14T06:08:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/05/do-vaccines-keep-us-from-transmitting-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0301.jpgIMG_0301Irrelevant photo: More daffodils. 2021-04-13T17:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/04/britains-commission-on-racism-reports-that-everythings-fine/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0294.jpgIMG_0294Irrelevant photo: A camellia.2021-07-13T07:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/02/the-overpriced-easter-egg-report/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0282.jpgIMG_0282Marginally relevant photo: This is your Easter periwinkle. If you don't celebrate Easter, don't worry about it--I don't either. As far as I know, it's not an Easter flower.2021-04-05T15:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/04/01/the-covid-update-for-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_0284.jpgIMG_0284Irrelevant photo: Blackthorn2021-04-06T18:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/29/how-dangerous-is-covid-to-kids/2021-04-05T06:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/26/who-policed-england-before-it-had-police/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0143.jpgIMG_0143Irrelevant photo: primroses.2021-03-28T16:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/27/is-a-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-a-pipe-dream/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0281-e1616703952804.jpgIMG_0281Irrelevant photo: Primroses. The yellow ones are wild and the pink are what happens when domesticated ones go out on their own and cross-pollinate. 2021-04-10T05:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/24/the-astrazeneca-vaccine-update/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0283.jpgIMG_0283Irrelevant photo: Blackthorn.2021-05-20T17:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/22/some-good-news-about-covid-and-some-bad/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0259-1.jpgIMG_0259 (1)Irrelevant photo: hyacinth2021-03-27T13:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/20/all-the-news-you-dont-need-to-know/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0254.jpgIMG_0254Irrelevant photo: A Cornish stone wall, with the sea in the background. 2021-04-11T12:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/18/more-on-why-countries-are-pausing-the-astrazeneca-vaccine/2021-03-21T18:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/17/why-countries-are-suspending-use-of-the-astrazeneca-vaccine/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0223.jpgIMG_0223Irrelevant photo: alexander2021-04-11T06:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/19/policing-politics-and-womens-safety-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0123.jpgIMG_0123Irrelevant photo: a daffodil2026-01-05T18:26:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/14/how-countries-respond-to-a-pandemic-from-the-competent-to-the-stupid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0269.jpgIMG_0269A rare relevant photo: Fast Eddie, following the sleep experts' advice. I know, you haven't gotten to that part yet, but it's in here somwhere.2021-03-18T21:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/12/how-the-magna-carta-works-in-modern-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0266.jpgIMG_0266Irrelevant photo: A camellia. They're in bloom at this time of year.2021-03-18T08:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/10/royal-watchers-know-all-even-before-it-happens/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0234.jpgIMG_0234Irrelevant photo: Lesser celandine, growing between rocks.2021-03-19T16:13:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/05/the-fork-makes-its-slow-way-to-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0235.jpgIMG_02352024-07-18T10:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/08/cutting-nurses-pay-during-a-pandemic/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0247.jpgIMG_0247Irrelevant photo: violas2021-07-16T18:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/06/jackie-weaver-has-authority-everywhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0245.jpgIMG_0245Completely irrelevant photo: cyclamen2021-03-07T16:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/03/cold-combustion-as-a-way-to-kill-covid/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0228.jpgIMG_0228Irrelevant photo: crocuses2021-03-07T15:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/03/02/the-search-for-normalcy-can-a-vaccine-block-covid-transmission/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0227.jpgIMG_02272021-03-05T22:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/27/how-do-we-unlock-a-lockdown/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0157.jpgIMG_0157Daffodils. Take three and call me in the morning--or is that joke so dated that you have to be over 70 to get it?2021-03-07T13:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/24/women-men-and-meetings-jackie-weavers-advice-on-zoom-meetings/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0170.jpgIMG_01702025-12-12T19:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/22/two-ways-covid-isnt-transmitted/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0145.jpgIMG_0145Irrelevant photo: A cheery yellow flower to take your mind off toilets. This is a lesser celandine--one of the year's early flowers. 2021-02-26T07:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/26/how-to-get-to-work-on-time-in-the-19th-century/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_4324-1.jpgIMG_4324 (1)A rare relevant photo. This is a knocker-upper from London. She was known for using a peashooter to wake people up.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_4324.jpgIMG_43242021-03-05T09:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/20/art-v-covid-round-one-goes-to-the-opera-singers/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0144.jpgIMG_01442021-02-22T13:36:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/17/does-lockdown-damage-the-economy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0142.jpgIMG_0142Irrelevant photo: Crocuses coming up in spite of our recent cold snap.2021-04-16T11:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/19/just-when-we-thought-american-isolationism-was-over/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0119.jpgIMG_0119A rare relevant photo: This is Fast Eddie. He is a cat--on Zoom, off Zoom, in any and all situations. He is also, it's worth noting, not a lawyer.2025-12-31T18:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/15/how-does-covid-quarantine-actually-work/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0108.jpgIMG_0108Irrelevant photo: Primroses that I haven't gotten around to planting. When it isn't too cold to get them into the soil, it's raining. When it isn't raining, it's too cold. 2021-02-19T14:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/13/how-covid-mutates-and-why-that-might-be-a-good-thing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0088.jpgIMG_0088Irrelevant photo: One of Janey's crocuses.2021-02-20T07:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/12/cornish-history-the-prayerbook-rebellion/2021-04-27T18:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/09/how-to-complicate-a-public-health-message/2021-03-30T19:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/08/fighting-to-outrun-covids-mutations/2021-02-13T07:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/06/how-likely-is-covid-reinfection/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0104.jpgIMG_0104Irrelevant photo: A hellebore, a.k.a., a Christmas rose.2021-02-18T18:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/03/covid-variants-vaccines-and-hand-washing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0092-1.jpgIMG_0092 (1)Irrelevant photo: The first spring violets.2021-02-08T16:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/02/nutburgers-covid-variants-and-yes-good-news-stories/2021-02-08T18:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/02/05/the-cornish-diaspora/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0085.jpgIMG_0085Irrelevant photo: A wild primrose. Although it's in Cornwall, so let's call lit semi-relevant.2025-02-15T12:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/30/new-vaccines-vaccine-wars-schadenfreude-and-a-feel-good-story/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0081.jpgIMG_0081Irrelevant photo: The daffodils are just starting to blossom. Really. In January.2021-04-01T19:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/30/brexiteria-grownup-politics-and-the-plymouth-hoe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0082-1.jpgIMG_0082 (1)Irrelevant photo: A camellia bud. 2021-02-28T16:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/27/britains-covid-death-toll-is-now-double-the-blitzs/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0079.jpgIMG_0079Irrelevant photo: A foggy morning.2021-01-30T14:22:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/26/your-covid-update-for-the-day/2021-01-28T07:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/29/edward-colston-and-the-statue-in-bristols-harbor/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0073.jpgIMG_0073Irrelevant photo: A snowdrop. In bloom in January. Unbelievable.2021-02-01T08:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/23/how-much-should-we-worry-about-the-british-covid-variant/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0068.jpgIMG_0068Irrelevant photo: A winter tree.2021-04-06T14:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/20/all-the-lovely-people-in-the-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0063.jpgIMG_0063Semi-relevant photo: No one human has bitten this dog. At least to the best of my knowledge.2021-01-28T17:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/18/can-you-catch-covid-outdoors/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0041-1.jpgIMG_0041 (1)2021-01-22T07:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/17/unintended-consequences-from-brexit-to-bitcoins/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0051.jpgIMG_0051Irrelevant photo: primroses.2021-05-14T23:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/16/how-boris-johnson-can-fuck-up-a-free-lunch-again/2021-06-10T16:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/13/lockdown-in-a-hall-of-mirrors/2021-01-25T12:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/12/herd-immunity-sterilizing-immunity-and-the-current-best-guesses/2021-07-31T06:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/15/english-history-the-yeoman/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_3951.jpgIMG_39512026-03-26T11:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/09/brexit-paperwork-and-bad-metaphors/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/spring-rain-eddie-007.jpgspring rain, eddie 007Irrelevant photo: a daffodil after a rain.2021-01-14T20:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/08/dwile-flonking-another-strange-english-tradition-possibly/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/202101-img_3942.jpg202101 IMG_3942Irrelevant photo: The fields after a frost. 2021-05-19T17:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/06/a-snapshot-of-pandemic-britain/2021-01-09T13:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/04/the-covid-medical-news-roundup/2021-03-25T15:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/03/hope-raises-its-reckless-head-above-the-covid-parapet/2021-01-12T06:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/02/the-great-brexit-cut-and-paste/2021-01-04T06:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/contact/2020-12-31T10:04:43+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/30/will-britain-go-into-another-full-lockdown/2021-02-28T17:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/28/brexit-the-queen-and-falling-iguanas-its-the-news-from-britain/2021-01-04T11:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/26/how-to-eliminate-covid-and-other-pandemic-news/2020-12-28T19:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/23/the-new-covid-variant-and-what-britain-does-during-lockdown/2020-12-24T17:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/01/01/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-twenty-something/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_3921-1.jpgIMG_3921 (1)Irrelevant photo: A flower. One I don't know the name of.2021-01-14T21:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/21/xxx-3/2020-12-23T11:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/22/christmas-2020/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3924-1.jpgIMG_3924 (1)Santa Shit Tsu wishes you a happy holiday.2020-12-24T14:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/19/xxx-2/2020-12-21T12:05:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/25/starling-murmurations/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/untitled-134-of-140.jpguntitled (134 of 140)https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/untitled-166-of-343.jpguntitled (166 of 343)https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/untitled-89-of-140.jpguntitled (89 of 140)https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3896.jpgIMG_3896https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3892.jpgIMG_38922020-12-26T07:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/16/xx/2020-12-24T08:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/14/brexit-santa-and-bad-sex-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-12-21T10:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/12/how-long-covid-immunity-lasts-and-other-pandemic-news-from-britain/2021-01-03T16:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/11/the-roots-of-the-english-parliament/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3882.jpgIMG_3882Irrelevant photo: The last of the begonias, from October.2020-12-14T13:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/18/the-peterloo-massacre-or-how-the-british-got-the-vote/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3908.jpgIMG_3908Irrelevant photo: I just have to toss in a photo of holly sometimes before Christmas. Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, have a good one.2021-01-17T17:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/09/writers-who-bake-ellen-hawley/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_4056-1.jpghttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_4056.jpgFeatured Image -- 46082020-12-11T10:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/08/xxx/2020-12-10T15:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/05/how-the-pandemic-tempts-us-into-insults-and-sports-metaphors/2021-01-19T13:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/04/turning-the-devils-stone-one-of-those-strange-british-traditions/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_3883.jpgIMG_3883Irrelevant photo: We've forgotten what these are, but they have berries at this time of year. I'm running low of flowers.2025-12-29T18:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/12/02/bunnies-scotch-eggs-and-religions-england-greets-the-pandemic/2020-12-27T19:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/30/how-england-defines-a-substantial-meal-during-a-pandemic/2021-04-27T05:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/26/the-oxford-vaccine-a-quick-update/2020-12-01T08:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/25/what-stolen-science-tells-us-about-the-pandemic/2020-11-28T16:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/27/the-rotten-borough-and-the-history-of-british-voting-rights/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/untitled-75-of-118.jpguntitled (75 of 118)https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_3913.jpgIMG_3913Irrelevant photo: An azalea starting to blossom indoors.2021-01-22T19:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/23/how-to-turn-a-covid-cluster-into-an-outbreak/2020-11-25T15:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/21/feelgood-stories-and-fuckups-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-12-05T06:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/20/how-to-bake-brownies-and-improve-intercultural-understanding/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_3904.jpgIMG_3904xx2020-12-05T07:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/18/the-problems-with-mass-covid-testing/2020-11-21T07:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/16/whered-the-money-go-play-the-thrilling-new-boardless-game/2020-11-19T15:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/14/british-prime-minister-fires-british-prime-ministers-brain/2020-11-23T18:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/13/cathedral-cats-soy-sauce-and-highway-signs-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_3902.jpgIMG_3902What could be more relevant to a post that opens with cats than a photo of birds? This is a murmuration of starlings. In the winter, they flock together to roost in the trees at the edge of the field--thousands upon thousands of them.2025-12-29T18:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/11/what-not-to-do-on-twitter-and-other-news-from-britain/2020-11-16T07:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/10/what-might-a-vaccine-mean-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-11-17T01:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/09/reform-uk-covid-and-the-definition-of-freedom-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-11-12T15:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/08/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-a-few-success-stories-and-some-screwups/2020-11-10T14:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/05/pesky-science-and-contact-tracing-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_3873.jpgIMG_38732020-11-19T18:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/01/lockdown-part-two-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-11-09T13:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/31/are-clothes-essential-in-a-pandemic-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-11-05T11:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/11/06/the-skeleton-army-and-the-salvation-army/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_3871.jpgIMG_3871Irrelevant photo: An October seed pod. A friend thinks they're from a lily, in which case I'll guess a yellow flag, which grows wild. 2020-11-07T18:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/28/what-were-not-supposed-to-do-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-11-01T01:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/26/feeding-hungry-kids-england-strikes-back/2020-10-28T15:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/24/politicians-and-hungry-kids-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/spring-rain-eddie-001.jpgspring rain, eddie 001Irrelevant photo: Starlings in the neighbors' tree. They're gathering in larger flocks, probably getting ready to migrate. The Scandinavian starlings spend their winters here. The ones that spend the summer here head south in the winter. Go figure.2020-11-11T08:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/21/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-for-at-least-the-next-20-minutes/2020-10-25T06:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/20/sexy-onions-and-the-bayeux-tapestry-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/theglorioustaleofbayeux-2.pngTheGloriousTaleOfBayeux (2)Late addition: The final panel of the Bayeux Tapestry has been discovered. All this time, it was on my computer.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/theglorioustaleofbayeux-1.pngTheGloriousTaleOfBayeux (1)My very own Bayeux tapestry. 2021-09-08T15:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/23/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-20ish-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_3876.jpgIMG_3876Irrelevant photo: flowers from a village produce stall.2025-12-29T18:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/30/the-gawthorpe-maypole-procession-and-world-coal-carrying-championships/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_3860.jpgIMG_3860Irrelevant photo: You may have already guessed that this is not a maypole. It's not even a spring flower, it's an autumn one. 2020-11-01T16:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/17/local-lockdowns-and-as-always-money-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-10-24T17:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/16/suffragists-sufragettes-and-votes-for-women/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_3856.jpgIMG_3856Irrelevant photo: a red hot poker. Not, obviously, a real one. A flower.2020-10-30T06:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/13/the-pandemic-news-science-social-media-and-the-rule-of-six/2020-11-10T13:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/12/how-to-choose-a-new-career-courtesy-of-the-british-government/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_3834.jpgIMG_38342025-12-28T18:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/10/tumble-dryers-and-twitter-its-the-nonpandemic-news-from-britain/2020-10-13T14:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/07/movies-apps-and-money-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-10-10T14:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/05/covid-the-great-british-bake-off-and-other-pandemic-news/2020-10-24T21:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/09/sweary-parrots-and-who-gets-to-be-gay-lesbian-bacon-tomato-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-11-26T16:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/03/covid-singing-and-the-london-marathon-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-10-05T17:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/10/02/quinine-malaria-and-empire/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_3778-2.jpgIMG_3778 (2)Irrelevant photo: a begonia2025-12-28T19:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/30/why-young-adults-dont-have-a-get-out-of-covid-free-card/2020-10-05T19:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/29/does-the-covid-virus-work-nights-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-10-06T21:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/26/freedom-survival-and-flag-waving-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2025-12-28T19:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/25/math-medicine-and-research-its-the-news-from-britain-and-elsewhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_3791.jpgIMG_3791Irrelevant photo: Stones at the top of Rough Tor (pronounced Ruff Tor--don't ask me).2025-12-28T19:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/24/covid-brexit-and-a-nice-cup-of-tea/2020-10-29T08:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/23/restrictions-conspiracy-theories-sewage-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-09-30T16:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/20/still-disinfecting-the-groceries-news-on-how-covids-spread-plus-other-sciency-stuff/2020-09-28T08:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/19/covid-the-brain-and-the-toffs-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-09-28T08:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/15/the-vulnerabilities-of-younger-people-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-09-30T19:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/18/oh-no-you-wont-a-quick-history-of-the-british-panto/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_3806.jpgIMG_3806https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_3804.jpgIMG_3804https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_3807.jpgIMG_3807Irrelevant photo: No fall--or autumn, if I'm pretending to be British--is complete without a picture of heather. It's everywhere. It's2021-06-30T08:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/12/moonshots-and-international-law-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-09-21T06:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/11/annie-besant-does-cristianity-secularism-socialism-and-theosophy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_3772.jpgIMG_3772Irrelevant photo: a day lily. 2020-09-22T16:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/09/brexit-covid-spikes-and-lies-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-09-19T06:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/07/gender-sex-welsh-and-wildfires-its-the-news-roundup-from-the-uk-and-the-us/2020-09-15T06:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/05/flags-and-rust-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-09-13T18:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/02/lizards-sewage-antisemitism-and-rembrandt-its-the-non-pandemic-news-from-britain/2025-12-29T18:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/30/love-at-first-sight-antibodies-and-vaccines-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-09-06T07:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/26/face-masks-baronets-and-a-parallel-universe-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-28T19:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/09/04/stonehenge-nuclear-fusion-and-pepperoni-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-09-13T17:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/24/fun-with-the-pandemic-its-the-update-from-britain/2020-09-11T17:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/28/the-bristol-bus-boycott/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_3833.jpgIMG_3833Irrelevant photo: I wouldn't swear to it, but I think this is a viola. At any rate, it's a volunteer. 2020-12-29T12:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/22/scapegoats-efficiency-and-contracts-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-09-09T08:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/21/comparative-swearing-and-the-regulation-of-language/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_3773-2.jpgIMG_3773 (2)Irrelevant photo: I don't remember what this one's called. It's a flower. It's blue.2025-12-28T20:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/18/education-chaos-and-lawsuits-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-09-02T09:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/16/nanobodies-and-jellyfish-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-28T19:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/14/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-whos-counting/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_3817.jpgIMG_38172025-12-28T21:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/13/standardization-and-movable-goal-posts-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-28T06:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/11/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-with-a-side-of-cultural-appropriation/2020-08-12T15:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/08/money-masks-and-rumors-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-10T21:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/06/small-changes-in-the-world-of-pandemic-britain/2020-08-08T06:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/04/yet-another-game-changer-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-17T09:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/01/lockdowns-spikes-and-communication-problems-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-15T10:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/08/07/the-early-quakers/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_3733.jpgIMG_3733Screamingly irrelevant photo: An old-fashioned kind of hydrangea. I've got my British snobberies right (which is far from a sure thing), they're the classier kind and the fuller ones for the people who don't know any better.2020-08-09T08:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/29/quarantine-sunburn-and-interplanetary-theology-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-07-31T17:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/26/non-pandemic-news-from-britain-wallabies-archeology-and-poetry/2020-08-07T07:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/25/tea-biscuits-and-sewage-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-07T07:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/31/everything-we-dont-know-about-aphra-behn/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_3766.jpgIMG_3766Irrelevant photo: This is one of about a dozen big, flat wildflowers that don't look alike but are similar enough that I doubt I'll ever learn their names.2025-12-28T21:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/24/the-city-of-london-where-medieval-silliness-meets-modern-finance/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_3732.jpgIMG_3732Irrelevant photo:2025-12-24T07:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/20/masks-anti-masks-treatments-and-vaccines-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-07-28T17:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/18/hope-despair-and-statistical-glitches-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-01T07:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/14/face-masks-tutting-and-electric-fences-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-07-29T05:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/10/tea-coffee-and-shareholders-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_3731.jpgIMG_3731Irrelevant photo: Somebody else's flowers. I have no idea what they are.2020-07-18T15:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/12/the-national-health-service-lockdown-rules-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-21T06:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/11/coffee-mugs-and-vaccines-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-07-28T02:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/17/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-20ish/2020-07-24T13:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/08/boris-johnsons-minders-other-pandemic-and-black-lives-matter-news-from-britain/2020-09-13T17:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/07/drinking-while-drunk-driving-while-black-advertising-while-fake-its-the-news-from-britain/2025-12-10T09:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/04/traffic-cones-pubs-and-coronavirus-testing-its-the-news-from-britain/2020-10-26T12:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/02/moles-pizza-and-remdesivir-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-08-19T11:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/30/fairy-dust-and-pushups-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3760.jpgIMG_3760Irrelevant photo: a thistle2020-07-15T08:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/27/social-not-much-distancing-its-the-pandemic-update-from-mostly-britain/2020-07-01T06:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/25/bring-your-dog-to-work-day/2020-07-25T17:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/07/03/english-history-how-heavy-was-the-norman-yoke/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_3673.jpgIMG_3673Irrelevant photo: erigeron2023-05-12T07:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/26/strange-british-customs-the-whittlesea-straw-bear-festival/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3660.jpgIMG_36602021-07-02T10:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/24/britains-back-in-business-and-to-hell-with-the-virus/2020-08-10T15:19:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/23/take-your-cat-to-work-day/2020-07-14T19:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/22/the-news-from-britain-with-neolithic-sites-and-new-coronavirus-tests/2025-12-23T18:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/20/the-british-news-update-complete-with-a-make-your-own-stonehenge/2020-07-02T08:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/17/the-ministry-of-impulsive-decisions-reports-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/untitled-4-of-12.jpguntitled (4 of 12)Irrelevant photo: Hydrangea--our neighbors'. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2020-06-30T18:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/15/surfers-black-lives-matter-and-the-star-count-its-the-news-roundup-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3724.jpgIMG_3724Relevant photo: A Black Lives Matter demonstration in Camelford, Cornwall.2025-12-13T19:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/11/the-pandemic-update-in-which-britain-tries-to-beat-the-world/2020-06-22T15:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/08/the-black-lives-matter-update-from-britain/2020-07-08T06:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/19/the-south-sea-bubble-and-the-national-debt/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3658.jpgIMG_3658Irrelevant photo: mallow2025-12-23T07:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/12/britains-chimneys-and-chimney-sweeps/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3668.jpgIMG_3668Irrelevant photo: osteospermum2025-03-22T08:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/06/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-with-half-dressed-politicians-and-questionable-databases/2020-06-22T18:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/04/a-quick-pandemic-update-from-britain-from-the-department-of-we-told-you-so/2020-06-06T07:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/03/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-downing-street-plays-musical-chairs/2020-06-11T07:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/02/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-numbers-alcohol-and-ice-cream/2020-06-11T08:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/31/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-lockdown-lunacy-and-a-mention-of-minneapolis/2020-07-02T12:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/28/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-swans-spike-and-scunthorpe/2020-05-30T17:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/27/volunteers-the-virus-and-the-wayback-machine-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-06-05T07:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/29/a-perfectly-ordinary-cheese-scone-recipe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3692.jpgIMG_3692Okay, I'll play fair. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3693.jpgIMG_3693Sorry--I ate mine before I got the camera out.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3691.jpgIMG_3691Wonderfully appealing illustration: The dirty dishes. Every baking project ends in dirty dishes.2021-06-04T18:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/06/05/censorship-and-freedom-of-the-press-in-england-a-quick-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3709.jpgIMG_3709Irrelevant photo: St. John's wort, getting ready to bloom.2020-06-11T09:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/25/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-political-edition-boriss-brain-breaks-boriss-rules/2020-05-29T20:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/24/good-news-goat-news-and-some-dry-stuff-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2020-06-03T19:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/21/cheese-spiders-and-um-lets-not-put-that-in-the-headline-its-the-pandemic-update-from-britain/2025-12-22T19:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/19/pandemic-reports-from-the-departments-of-health-bad-planning-and-unlikely-allies/2020-05-21T07:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/17/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-and-elsewhere-arms-archeology-and-apps/2020-07-26T12:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/15/the-anglo-saxons-and-the-normans-how-hunting-turned-to-poaching/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3600.jpgIMG_3600Irrelevant photo: Camellia blossoms. They weren't here when the Anglo-Saxons and Normans were running around--they're an import.2020-05-17T05:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/14/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-sniffer-dogs-and-the-return-to-work/2020-05-28T20:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/13/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-fake-mustaches-golf-balls-and-antibodies/2020-05-24T09:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/11/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-science-censorship-and-birthday-celebrations/2020-05-19T07:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/09/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-protective-gear-black-holes-and-dead-rats/2020-05-18T06:11:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/22/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-may-2020-edition/2020-06-03T18:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/07/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-tracing-testing-and-goals-no-one-expects-to-meet/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3613.jpgIMG_3613Irrelevant photo, because we all need something cheery in our lives: This is a very strange geranium that only flowers after three years. Then it kicks the bucket and you have to hope you save some seeds. 2020-05-13T05:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/05/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-hope-hype-and-a-tiger-running-loose/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3617.jpgIMG_3617Irrelevant photo: A something plant. We got it last year and whatever is it, it survived the winter.2020-05-07T07:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/04/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-research-testing-and-spitting-your-coffee/2025-12-24T17:48:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/02/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-testing-protective-gear-and-condom-sales/2020-05-05T06:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/01/english-traditions-may-day/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3602.jpgIMG_3602Relevant photo: Any flower can pass as relevant to a post about May Day. These are, I think, an ornamental cherry.2020-07-05T09:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/05/08/the-pandemic-and-the-dunkirk-spirit/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_3621.jpgIMG_3621Semi-relevant photo: This is called honesty, which comes into the story toward the end, when we talk about myth-making.2020-09-08T07:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/27/the-pandemic-update-from-britain-visors-volunteers-and-outsourcing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/untitled-20-of-57-1.jpguntitled (20 of 57) (1)A store in Launceston, Cornwall, has set out a table offering fabric to anyone making protective gear. 2020-05-20T15:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/21/alfred-the-great-his-world-and-his-legend/2020-04-23T15:35:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/22/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-no-guns-and-no-protests-but-not-much-protective-gear/2020-07-02T13:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/15/pandemic-news-from-britain-conspiracies-opera-and-where-the-flour-went/2025-12-21T17:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/13/the-pandemic-news-from-britain-cats-profiteers-rule-breakers-and-the-dunkirk-spirit/2025-12-10T09:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/17/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-ive-stopped-counting/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/alexander.jpgAlexanderIrrelevant photo: Alexanders--a forerunner of celery, brought to Britain by the Romans as a vegetable and still edible although I admit I've never gotten around to trying them.2020-04-29T07:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/07/pandemic-news-from-britain-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bizarre/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3601.jpgIMG_3601Startlingly relevant photo, but you'll need to read to the end to understand why2020-05-24T06:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/10/hot-cross-buns-at-the-widows-son-pub/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3570.jpgIMG_3570Irrelevant photo: heather2024-03-29T12:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/24/marriage-sin-and-sexuality-in-tudor-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3568.jpgIMG_3568Irrelevant (and less than brilliant) photo: Daffodils. I need to get out and take some more pictures. 2020-06-08T19:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/01/the-pandemic-news-from-britain/2020-04-15T17:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/04/03/birds-bills-booze-and-the-virus-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3565.jpgIMG_3565Irrelevant photo: Crocuses. They're not afraid of the corona virus.2025-12-22T19:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/03/23/protective-gear-and-flaming-vicars-its-the-pandemic-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/road-home.jpgRoad homeSemi-relevant photo: What could be cheerier than a bare, windblown tree in the midst of a pandemic? Photo by Ida Swearingen. 2020-03-29T14:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/03/27/the-british-census-what-a-country-wants-to-know-about-itself/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3567-2.jpgIMG_3567 (2)Irrelevant photo: a hellebore. 2020-03-30T16:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/03/13/odd-british-traditions-the-tichborne-dole/2020-03-16T19:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/03/06/lord-mayors-tan-washing-green-washing-and-australia-washing-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/flowers-35-of-48.jpgFlowers (35 of 48)Irrelevant photo: primroses.2020-03-24T07:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/03/20/hope-despair-sex-and-racism-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3564.jpgIMG_3564This is Moose, hard at work. He keeps the vandal hordes from breaking in, even when they're disguised as neighborhood cats.2020-06-03T05:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/28/the-great-fire-of-london-and-the-search-for-culprits/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3559.jpgIMG_3559Screamingly irrelevant photo: strawberry leaves after a frost.2020-05-29T15:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/21/the-u-k-star-count-2020/2020-05-08T08:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/14/coronavirus-british-quarantine-and-the-eyam-plague-village/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3561.jpgIMG_3561Sorry, I should have a picture of a goat. Will a cat do? This is Fast Eddie, in his most typical pose.2020-04-13T15:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/11/apologies-3/2020-02-14T08:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/01/31/happiness-depression-drunks-and-codpieces-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/december-january-004.jpgdecember-january 004Irrelevant photo: A camellia blossom. In January.2020-02-19T11:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/01/17/hereward-the-wake-fights-the-big-bad-normans/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/oct-nov-2019-007.jpgoct-nov 2019 007Irrelevant photo: a red hot poker.Not an actual one, you understand. A flower called that.2025-12-08T13:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/02/07/the-anarchy-or-what-happens-when-everyones-named-matilda/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/december-january-001.jpgdecember-january 001Irrelevant photo: A neighbor's tree seen from our back yard. Which needs trimming.2020-02-25T20:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/01/10/co-ops-in-britain-yet-another-bit-of-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/oct-nov-2019-016.jpgoct-nov 2019 0162022-02-02T15:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/01/24/the-search-for-robin-hood/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/oct-nov-2019-036.jpgoct-nov 2019 036Irrelevant photo: no idea what this is called, but it adds some color to the winter.2025-12-08T13:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/12/30/hogmanay-what-to-do-when-you-cant-celebrate-christmas/2020-01-05T13:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2020/01/03/apostrophes-politics-and-village-pubs-its-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/oct-nov-2019-023.jpgoct-nov 2019 023Completely irrelevant photo: an azalea.2025-12-12T19:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/12/27/the-first-london-coffee-houses/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/oct-nov-2019-020.jpgoct-nov 2019 020Irrelevant and out-of-season photo: pears on our tree this fall.2020-01-22T19:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/12/20/human-books-the-bad-sex-awards-and-the-vagina-museum-its-the-news-from-britain/2025-12-20T16:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/12/13/a-quick-history-of-debtors-prisons/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/oct-nov-2019-038.jpgoct-nov 2019 038Irrelevant photo. A plant. Which is not in debt, blooms all summer, and is happy to hide indoors all winter so it can bloom again next summer. But I don't remember what it's called.2020-07-17T12:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/12/06/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-19-ish/2025-12-20T16:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/29/the-peasants-revolt-england-1381/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/oct-nov-2019-029.jpgoct-nov 2019 029Completely relevant photo. This is Fast Eddie, free cat of this village.2019-12-10T15:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/20/news-from-the-fringes-of-britains-election-a-midweek-bonus-post/2019-12-06T13:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/22/life-at-the-bottom-of-the-heap-in-medieval-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sept-2019-003.jpgsept 2019 003Irrelevant photo: a rose2020-01-29T08:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/15/mistaken-identities-in-the-mostly-british-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sept-2019-009.jpgsept 2019 009Irrelevant photo: begonia 2025-12-20T16:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/08/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-nineteenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sept-2019-002.jpgsept 2019 002Irrelevant photo: roses.2025-12-20T07:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/02/the-brexit-update-with-elections/2019-11-12T14:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/23/the-short-brexit-update-with-pumpkins/2019-11-04T08:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/20/the-brexit-update-with-some-old-ladys-bananas/2019-10-30T06:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/17/the-brexit-update-with-a-virus/2019-10-20T15:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/18/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-18-ish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sept-2019-003.jpgsept 2019 003Irrelevant photo: One rose.2019-11-04T08:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/11/01/the-jacobite-rebellion-who-the-hell-was-jacob/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/june-023.jpgjune 023Irrelevant photo: This is orange. You're welcome.2019-11-08T08:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/25/the-news-from-britain-hedgehogs-space-aliens-and-golden-toilets/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sept-2019-009.jpgsept 2019 009Irrelevant photo: A begonia.2025-12-20T07:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/11/the-news-from-britain-gin-scotch-and-the-gender-pay-gap/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sept-2019-010.jpgsept 2019 010Irrelevant photo:California poppies. Because we all need something to cheer us up.2019-10-14T15:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/09/brexit-with-warring-headlines/2019-10-21T01:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/05/the-brexit-update-with-shampoo/2019-10-09T13:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/30/the-brexit-update-with-queens-and-cash-and-prime-ministerial-groping/2019-10-04T12:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/10/04/the-cerne-abbas-giant/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sept-2019-005.jpgsept 2019 005Irrelevant photos: Hydrangeas. But if you follow any of the links concerning the giant you'll find photos of him instead. 2019-10-29T20:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/27/new-british-traditions-the-chap-olympiad/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/june-020.jpgjune 020Irrelevant photo: I'm not completely sure what we're looking at here. 2019-10-29T20:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/24/the-brexit-update-this-time-with-spider-brooches/2019-10-05T11:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/22/the-brexit-update-a-country-on-hold/2019-09-28T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/19/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-seventeenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sept-2019-007.jpgsept 2019 007Irrelevant photo: A gerbera daisy. 2019-09-26T23:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/12/the-brexit-update-with-gorilla-suits/2019-10-17T15:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/09/another-update-from-brexit-britain/2019-11-20T19:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/06/news-from-britain-brawls-bugs-and-brexit/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/june-015.jpgjune 015Irrelevant photo: North Cornwall cliffs.2025-12-19T17:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/04/the-brexit-update-4-september-2019/2019-09-08T10:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/31/the-brexit-update-again/2019-09-21T19:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/30/odd-british-traditions-witches-white-rabbits-and-medieval-calendars/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/early-june-032.jpgearly june 032Irrelevant photo: love-in-a-mist2019-11-17T09:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/09/13/smoke-chimneys-and-beds-in-tudor-times/2019-09-18T09:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/23/british-traditions-lammas-sheep-racing-and-nightgown-parades/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/june-003.jpgjune 003Irrelevant photo: Poppies. They used to grow wild in fields of grain. Here they've had considerable encouragement.2019-09-06T12:42:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/11/the-brexit-update/2019-08-21T17:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/02/the-gordon-riots-religion-poverty-and-no-revolution/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/june-005.jpgjune 005Absolutely relevant photo, because what's a riot without a flower or six?2019-11-06T10:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/28/britain-gets-a-new-cabinet-an-update/2019-08-06T14:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/16/wigs-and-powdered-hair-notes-explores-bad-hair-centuries/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/june-024.jpgjune 024Irrelevant photo: erigeron.2025-12-19T17:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/19/everything-you-need-to-know-about-brexit/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/june-006.jpgjune 006Irrelevant photo to give you some relief from an otherwise grim picture: a field with corn marigolds.2020-01-24T15:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/08/09/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-sixteenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/st-nectans-004.jpgst nectan's 004Irrelevant photo: St. Nectan's Kieve2025-12-19T17:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/26/more-news-from-britain-and-elsewhere-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/june-012.jpgjune 012Irrelevant photo: poppies growing with corn marigolds.2019-08-16T07:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/08/voting-once-is-such-fun-theyre-voting-twice-how-britain-chooses-a-prime-minister/2019-09-01T06:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/05/hats-and-the-house-of-commons/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/early-june-013.jpgearly june 013Irrelevant photo: I'm reasonably sure these are osteospermum. It sounds like a disease, but it's not. That much I am sure of.2024-03-16T13:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/12/britain-goes-metric-except-where-it-doesnt/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/early-june-024.jpgearly june 024Irrelevant photo: a rose2025-11-15T08:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/28/medieval-sexuality-and-the-catholic-church/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-013-1.jpgapril 2019 013Irrelevant photo: apple blossoms--a photo I stole from last spring.2025-08-04T11:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/13/lions-and-bears-and-british-politicians/2019-06-20T08:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/14/what-really-happens-in-britain-and-elsewhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/april-2019-019.jpgapril 2019 0192025-12-18T18:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/10/drugs-british-politicians-part-2/2019-06-18T18:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/10/drugs-and-british-politicians-a-bonus-post/2019-07-11T15:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/31/lord-buckethead-and-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-079.jpgapril 2019 079Irrelevant photo: A rhododendron. The season's over. Really, I need to get out there and take some new pictures.2019-12-03T06:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/21/a-quick-history-of-british-slang-how-to-keep-the-outsiders-out/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/april-2019-094.jpgapril 2019 094Irrelevant (and out of season) photo: a camellia.2019-07-27T06:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/06/07/how-king-john-signed-a-document/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/april-2019-056.jpgapril 2019 056Irrelevant photo: Sunset from the cliffs near St. Materiana.2019-07-14T16:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/24/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-fifteenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-086.jpgapril 2019 086Irrelevant photo: A camellia. The entire British nation loves camellias. Everyone who doesn't left in disgust.2025-12-17T20:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/17/the-house-of-lords-under-their-feet/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-017.jpgapril 2019 017Irrelevant photo: This is not the carpet in the House of Lords, it's a windflower.2019-07-28T12:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/11/the-crimean-war-a-link/2019-05-12T06:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/18/what-mps-wear-in-the-house-of-commons/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trebarwith-049.jpgtrebarwith 049Irrelevant photo: Thrift.2019-05-09T17:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/10/the-crimean-war-europe-sits-down-at-a-wobbly-table/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-067.jpgapril 2019 067Marginally relevant photo: Re-enactors, out for an evening's practice. Whatever battle they were re-enacting took place well before the Crimean War. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the guy carrying two genuine medieval plastic bags.2025-12-17T20:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/23/a-quick-introduction-to-morris-dancing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/morris-dancers-2.jpgmorris dancers 2Irrelevant photo: Morris dancers. Because what could be more fun that putting on a costume and whacking at one stick with another stick?2019-05-05T09:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/05/03/brexit-stockpiling-cats-and-smart-doorbells/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/april-2019-093.jpgapril 2019 093Irrelevant photo: Bluebells at Lanhydrock in mid-April. .2019-08-12T20:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/04/05/saints-sex-and-kings/2025-12-18T17:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/03/29/news-of-things-that-dont-exist/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mid-feb-001.jpgmid-feb 001Irrelevant photo, since these do exist. Or did. Crocuses blooming in February.2025-12-17T17:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/04/26/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-fourteenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mid-feb-002.jpgmid-feb 002Irrelevant photo: hellebore2019-06-08T07:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/04/19/is-an-excess-of-money-clogging-up-your-life/2019-04-23T19:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/04/12/a-quick-history-of-the-royal-mail/2019-05-19T17:35:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/03/22/2823/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mid-feb-013.jpgmid-feb 013Irrelevant photo: Watching the sea in mid-February.2019-04-20T06:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/03/01/hegehogs-and-britishness/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/feb-2019-006.jpgfeb 2019 006Irrelevant photo: Snow on a camellia bud in February. We had two or three inches. Half of Cornwall jumped in their cars and ran off the road.2019-07-30T18:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/15/is-berwick-upon-tweed-at-war-with-russia/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fall-218-006.jpgfall 218 006Irrelevant photo: After last week's orange berries, we're moving on to red berries. I really do need to get out and take some new pictures. There's an entire world out there--or so they tell me.2024-08-03T15:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/03/15/how-britains-parliament-votes/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/feb-2019-043.jpgfeb 2019 043Irrelevant photo: A tree. Pointing--as trees around here do--away from the coast and its winds.2025-12-17T17:26:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/03/08/all-the-news-that-fits/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/feb-2019-047.jpgfeb 2019 047Irrelevant photo: A violet--one of the first spring flowers. Or winter if you listen to my neighbors. If flowers bloom, I think it's spring.2019-03-16T16:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/23/cromwell-parliament-etc-a-link/2019-02-26T07:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/25/strange-british-traditions-whuppity-scoorie/2019-03-06T07:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/22/parliament-cromwell-charles-and-tourette/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/feb-2019-001.jpgfeb 2019 001Sleep well, Minnie. The dog food stash has been topped up.2019-03-11T19:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/08/what-people-want-to-know-about-britain-part-thirteen-ish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fall-218-002.jpgfall 218 002Irrelevant photo: Orange berries. What would you do without me to explain these thing to you?2019-02-12T17:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/02/dark-skies-in-england/2019-06-09T07:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/01/25/stale-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dec-18-010.jpgdec 18 010Irrelevant photo: One of those magical British plants that bloom in the winter. It starts with a C. 2025-12-17T07:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/02/01/british-traditions-the-ceremonial-mace/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dec-18-008.jpgdec 18 008Irrelevant photo: This has nothing to do with anything, and it's not even in season. I just thought we might all need something nice to look at by now.2019-02-17T08:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/01/18/inebriation-news-mostly-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dec-18-001.jpgdec 18 001Irrelevant photo: Primroses. This is the season for them. I know I'm engaging in non-British activities when I say this, but I feel very lucky to live in a climate where flowers bloom in the winter.2019-03-06T07:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/01/11/professional-hazards-of-being-a-virgin-queen/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fall-218-008.jpgfall 218 008Irrelevant photo: A flower I don't remember the name of.2019-02-10T13:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/14/how-tea-soaked-through-britains-social-structure/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/summer-2018-082.jpgsummer 2018 082Irrelevant and out of season photo: begonias2019-01-03T18:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/01/04/what-people-want-to-know-about-britain-part-twelveish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/id-001.jpgi,d 001A rare relevant photo: This is Fast Eddie, our resident cat expert.2019-02-08T13:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/28/2635/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fall-218-009.jpgfall 218 009Irrelevant photo: begonia blossom2019-01-04T18:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/23/2740/2019-01-15T05:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/the-divorce-diet/2019-01-03T18:02:18+00:00weekly0.6https://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/19/recipe-links-scones-clotted-cream-and-other-good-stuff/2018-12-21T10:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/16/crime-in-london-a-bonus-post/2019-01-03T17:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/21/christmas-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/br-sprout-002.jpgbr sprout 002What did I get for Christmas this year? Why, a crocheted brussels sprout. With eyes. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dec-18-013.jpgdec 18 0132021-10-24T07:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/07/how-the-scone-discovered-britain/2025-01-14T08:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/12/01/more-news-from-britain-and-as-a-bonus-new-zealand/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/swanage-0721.jpgswanage 072Screamingly irrelevant photo: The white cliffs of--nope, not Dover. They're in Dorset, near Swannage.2018-12-15T13:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/11/30/magna-carta-the-charter-of-the-forest/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/strangles-high-cliff-022.jpgstrangles & high cliff 022Irrelevant photo: hemp agrimony--a wildflower.2018-12-15T09:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/11/16/cold-off-the-press-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/summer-2018-043.jpgsummer 2018 043Irrelevant photo: The Cornish coastline.2018-12-02T11:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/11/09/a-quick-history-of-english-castles/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/swanage-036.jpgswanage 036Relevant photo: A bit of castle ruin, complete with tourists.2020-05-18T14:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/11/02/2577/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/penzance-ludon-woods-044.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 044Irrelevant photo: cotoneaster, pronounced ka-TONE-ee-aster.2019-04-06T16:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/11/23/more-news-from-britain-and-elsewhere/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/summer-2018-037.jpgsummer 2018 037Irrelevant photo. This, dear friends, is a flower.2025-12-17T16:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/10/26/ancient-british-traditions-from-bun-throwing-to-shin-kicking/2018-11-15T15:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/10/15/cops-and-donuts-in-the-u-s-and-britain/2025-12-16T20:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/10/05/how-french-is-england-a-quick-lesson-in-geology/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/penzance-ludon-woods-022.jpgIrrelevant photo: a stone age monument.2018-10-19T18:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/10/19/2522/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/summer-2018-055.jpgsummer 2018 055Irrelevant (and out of season) photo: hydrangea2018-10-28T06:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/10/12/budget-cuts-crime-and-technology-in-modern-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/autun-7-of-7.jpgautun (7 of 7)Irrelevant photo: Virginia creeper. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2025-12-16T20:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/09/28/to-hell-with-britain-news-from-all-over/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/summer-2018-005.jpgsummer 2018 005Irrelevant photo: If I remember right, this is a thistle. Gorgeous, isn't it?2025-12-16T20:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/18/british-christmas-traditions-the-brussels-sprout/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/penzance-ludon-woods-013.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 013Irrelevant photo: gorse (that's the yellow stuff) and heather (that's the purple)2020-01-01T21:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/09/21/the-clameur-de-haro-and-the-legacy-of-feudalism/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/summer-2018-009.jpgsummer 2018 009This isn't the Duke of Wellington on his horse, it's a wild horse on the Cornish cliffs, but it's as close as I could come.2018-10-08T17:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/09/10/tolpuddle-a-link/2018-09-11T08:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/09/07/the-tolpuddle-martyrs/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/summer-2018-072.jpgsummer 2018 072Screamingly irrelevant photo: a geranium.2018-09-30T06:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/31/englands-lost-patron-saint/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/april-2018-085.jpgapril 2018 085Irrelevant photo: Yes, it's a dandelion, doing its bit to help its species take over the world.2018-09-02T19:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/09/14/stale-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/summer-2018-076.jpgsummer 2018 076Irrelevant photo: A California poppy in Cornwall.2025-12-17T16:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/24/the-news-roundup-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/isle-of-mull-011.jpgisle of mull 011Irrelevant photo: Leaves. But you probably guessed that.2018-09-03T09:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/17/brazilian-spiders-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/april-2018-024.jpgapril 2018 024No, not Brazilian spiders but still (read on) a rare and relevant photo. It's a rhododendron blossom.2018-09-21T12:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/10/english-peasant-revolts-the-swing-rebellion/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/isle-of-mull-043.jpgisle of mull 043irrelevant photo:2018-08-18T17:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/08/04/links-and-assorted-good-stuff-i-cant-let-you-miss/2018-08-23T18:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/07/27/england-st-george-and-the-flag/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/isle-of-mull-029.jpgisle of mull 029Irrelevant photo: Yeah, any serious blogger would show you a picture of a flag. This isn't a flag. It isn't even England. It's a stone circle in Scotland.2018-08-03T20:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/07/13/british-news-you-almost-missed/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chope-photo.jpgchope photoA rare relevant photo: the underwear that decorated Christopher Chope's office door. Photo from the Guardian.2018-07-18T07:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/07/20/2371/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/isle-of-mull-025.jpgisle of mull 025Irrelevant photo: A boat on the beach on Iona.2018-07-25T19:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/07/06/2351/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/isle-of-mull-041.jpgisle of mull 041Irrelevant photo: a poppy2018-07-24T17:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/29/what-the-world-really-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-10ish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/isle-of-mull-046.jpgisle of mull 046Irrelevant photo: a bee (yes, it is there) in a strange flower whose name, as usual, I don't know.2018-07-06T06:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/10/apologies-2/2018-06-11T17:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/15/funding-the-church-of-england/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/isle-of-mull-004.jpgisle of mull 004Semi-relevant photo: What happens to a religious building the isn't kept up. This was once a convent on Iona, in Scotland. 2018-06-21T08:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/22/chasing-the-gray-lady/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-2018-0191.jpgapril 2018 019Irrelevant photo: rhododendronhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-2018-019.jpgapril 2018 019Irrelevant photo: 2025-12-16T07:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/30/the-gloucester-cheese-rolling-a-handful-of-links/2018-06-01T11:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/08/toilet-doors-in-the-u-s-and-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-2018-001.jpgapril 2018 001Irrelevant photo: A camellia, added for the sake of balance. 2019-07-27T08:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/17/the-ducks-of-britain/2018-06-09T18:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/18/modern-life-in-historic-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/march-april-2018-019.jpgmarch-april 2018 019Irrelevant and now out of season photo: rhododendron budding despite the snow. 2025-12-16T07:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/04/20/how-is-spam-changing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/id-002.jpgVaguely relevant photo: Fast Eddie, who can't be bothered opening doors. He has people who do that for him.2018-06-14T12:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/13/lets-try-this-again-the-butter-witch-link/2018-05-17T06:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/13/beltane-and-the-butter-witch-a-link/2018-05-14T18:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/06/01/teaching-english-to-the-english/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-2018-030.jpgapril 2018 030Totally irrelevant photo: a camellia. 2019-06-11T12:05:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/11/celebrating-may-day-in-britain/2018-05-30T15:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/25/beneath-londons-streets/2018-06-20T21:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/05/04/the-houses-of-parliament-are-falling-down-falling-down-falling-down/2018-07-03T06:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/04/27/whats-new-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/march-april-2018-017.jpgmarch-april 2018 017Irrelevant--and out of season--photo. Cornwall in the snow. It snows every ten years, give or take a decade. First we all tell each other how beautiful it is and when it doesn't go away within two hours we think the world's ending.2025-12-16T07:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/04/07/april-fools-day-in-britain-a-link/2018-05-13T19:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/04/06/april-fools-day-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/spring-rain-eddie-002.jpgspring rain, eddie 002Irrelevant photo: Yet another whatsit plant, in bloom.2018-04-21T08:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/04/13/village-raffles-and-the-cornish-methodists/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/feb-2018-025.jpgfeb 2018 025Irrelevant photo: A rare bit of snow on the whatsit plant in February. 2018-05-26T21:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/31/a-link-to-why-britains-great/2018-04-08T15:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/23/british-easter-eggs-its-the-price-that-counts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/spring-rain-eddie-006.jpgspring rain, eddie 006Relevant but slightly odd photo: This is Fast Eddie (he sneaks into the text later) in motion. 2018-04-17T05:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/16/2209/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/spring-rain-eddie-004.jpgspring rain, eddie 004Relevant photo: Crocuses that survived the freeze.2018-05-12T23:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/30/2195/2018-04-29T16:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/12/whats-happening-to-asylum-seekers-in-britain/2018-03-31T19:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/24/american-schools-and-their-guns/2018-04-12T10:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/23/from-math-to-fried-chicken-the-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/feb-2018-015.jpgfeb 2018 015Irrelevant photo: an azalea blossom. 2025-12-15T17:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/09/the-dorset-knob-throwing-contest/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/feb-2018-005.jpgfeb 2018 005Irrelevant photo: strange plant a friend gave us2025-12-15T17:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/16/cheddar-man-and-british-prehistory/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/feb-2018-009.jpgfeb 2018 009Screamingly irrelevant photo. Primroses. If it ever stops raining, we may get these planted. In the meantime, they live on the kitchen counter, which I've clever hidden.2025-12-15T17:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/12/mugs-two-links/2026-01-09T18:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/03/02/off-the-shelf-comparisons-in-the-u-s-and-the-u-k/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/beasts-003.jpgbeasts 003Completely relevant photo: Have I mentioned that we're going to the dogs?2018-03-08T19:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/09/ethnicity-in-britain-and-the-u-s/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/beasts-005.jpgbeasts 005Irrelevant photo: It looks like last week's semi-relevant photo, but the text is different. I only do this to see if you're paying attention.2018-06-18T17:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/26/british-values-and-chicken-tikka-masala/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dec-2017-0041.jpgdec 2017 004Irrelevant photo: Winter trees.2018-02-22T11:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/02/02/more-news-from-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/beasts-004.jpgbeasts 0042018-03-01T11:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/22/british-food-and-online-arguments-another-link/2018-01-23T07:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/21/2131/2018-04-10T09:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/19/2086/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/frost-017.jpgfrost 017Irrelevant photo: frost. 2018-02-08T10:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/22/why-the-british-eat-christmas-pudding/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/penguin.jpgpenguinObviously relevant photo: This is the universal penguin of winter holidays. If you're in the southern hemisphere, be patient, because winter'll get to you eventually.2019-12-02T10:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/05/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-eightish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/exeter-cottages-029.jpgexeter, cottages 029Irrelevant and out-of-season photo: Thrift. I really need to get out and take some more photos. Sorry.2019-02-05T14:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/29/things-that-actually-happen-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/penheale-004.jpgpenheale 004Irrelevant and out-of-season photo: This is a flower. In case you weren't sure.2018-01-06T19:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2018/01/12/2093/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dec-2017-003.jpgdec 2017 003A very nearly relevant photo: This is Minnie the Moocher. It takes more than loud bagpipes to keep her up at night. Or during the day. If you're going to throw a loud party, she's the neighbor you want to have.2019-01-24T19:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/17/2102/2017-12-18T10:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/12/christmas-crackers-a-link/2017-12-14T16:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/01/is-british-food-dull-and-inedible/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/flowers-35-of-48.jpgFlowers (35 of 48)2018-05-21T16:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/03/the-joys-of-pre-metric-measurements/2018-01-10T03:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/15/british-advent-calendars-nothing-exceeds-like-excess/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lights-dogs-007.jpglights, dogs 007Semi-relevant photo: These are the Advent shih-tzus. 2018-03-02T10:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/12/08/translating-british-english-into-american/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/flowers-august-008.jpgflowers, august 008Irrelevant and wildly out of season photo: hydrangea.2018-09-19T06:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/11/24/what-i-learned-from-spam-lately/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/strangles-high-cliff-001.jpgstrangles & high cliff 001Irrelevant photo: field patterns near the Cornish coast2017-12-12T05:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/11/14/the-christmas-cards-facebook-banned/2018-05-13T19:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/11/17/a-survey-of-british-surveys/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/strangles-high-cliff-016.jpgstrangles & high cliff 016Vaguely relevant photo: A bunch of junk I collected on a local beach. We have a village beach clean every week, and once you start noticing plastic junk on the beach, you find yourself collecting it everywhere. Nobody tossed this into the recycling bins--they just tossed it into the sea instead.2017-12-05T20:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/11/10/swearing-affirming-and-the-magna-carta/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/strangles-high-cliff-030.jpgstrangles & high cliff 030Irrelevant photo: If I'd mentioned the War of the Roses, I might've tried to slip this in a relevant, but this is the only place in the post that it gets a mention.2017-11-18T14:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/11/03/guy-fawkes-night-who-what-when-where-and-why/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/strangles-high-cliff-009.jpgstrangles & high cliff 009Screamingly irrelevant photo. And what's worse, I've forgotten the name of the thing. It's a wildflower, and I should know it.2018-10-18T08:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/25/how-to-boost-your-stats-by-screwing-up/2025-12-13T19:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/24/oops/2017-10-25T10:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/27/stuff-that-really-goes-on-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/strangles-high-cliff-033.jpgstrangles & high cliff 033The usual irrelevant photo: A rose from our garden. Roses here get black spot--or ours do, anyway. It's the damp. They lose leaves like mad, but so far they seem to survive anyway. There's a lesson there if you want it. At my age, I've lost a few leaves myself.2017-11-20T15:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/06/cornish-history/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tintagel-dig-002.jpgtintagel dig 002This may give you an idea of https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tintagel-dig-003.jpgtintagel dig 003This is not me filling a wheelbarrow with dirt.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tintagel-dig-001.jpgtintagel dig 001A shockingly relevant photo: Tintagel Castle. This is on the bit that was left on the mainland when the land bridge to the island collapsed.2017-12-17T15:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/10/20/british-manners/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/strangles-high-cliff-032.jpgScreamingly irrelevant flowers. Whatsit flowers. In bloom. In our yard. They're wonderful--the slugs don't eat them.2017-12-04T16:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/26/another-thing-i-cant-let-you-miss/2017-10-21T20:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/22/news-from-the-british-press/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/late-august-2017-012.jpglate august 2017 012Irrelevant photo: Virginia creeper getting ready for autumn.2017-11-02T10:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/16/stuff-i-just-cant-let-you-miss/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the-big-guy-004.jpgthe big guy 004Fast Eddie as a liquid and a solid.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the-big-guy-003.jpgthe big guy 003This is Fast Eddie not caring what the calendar says. 2018-05-05T07:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/08/of-kings-and-car-parks/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/late-june-2017-012.jpglate june 2017 012Semi-relevant photo: At cat, it is said, may look at a king, and Fast Eddie's looking. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn't found any. It's all voles and mice around here.2018-05-13T19:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/29/what-the-world-really-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-sevenish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/late-august-2017-036.jpglate august 2017 036This isn't just an irrelevant photo, it's stolen from an earlier post. I'm putting this post together on a toy typewriter and, what the hell, it's available.2017-10-05T07:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/15/the-joys-of-spam-part-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/late-june-2017-001.jpglate june 2017 001Yest another irrelevant photo: a day lily. 2020-09-03T17:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/20/best-headline-of-the-week/2018-05-12T20:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/15/banning-pineapples/2017-08-18T10:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/04/ants-slugs-and-bankers-snippets-from-the-british-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trebarwith-lydford-etc-june-008.jpgtrebarwith, lydford, etc. June 008Semi-relevant photo: our pansies, which the slugs and snails just love2017-08-27T12:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/11/weetabix-british-breakfasts-and-plasticated-creativity/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trebarwith-lydford-etc-june-012.jpgtrebarwith, lydford, etc. June 012irrelevant photo: a poppy2018-05-13T19:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/09/a-report-from-the-department-of-deceptive-appearances/2018-05-12T20:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/09/01/1897/2018-03-13T10:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/26/filling-potholes-chicago-style/2018-05-12T19:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/24/quotes-from-politicians-who-should-have-shut-up/2017-07-31T06:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/08/25/parliament-and-the-queens-speech/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trebarwith-lydford-etc-june-001.jpgtrebarwith, lydford, etc. June 001Screamingly irrelevant photo: Trebarwith Strand2017-09-03T07:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/20/breaking-news-trainy-mctrainface-meets-the-public/2017-07-30T15:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/12/british-schools-kids-commas-and-tests/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trebarwith-lydford-etc-june-006.jpgtrebarwith, lydford, etc. June 006Irrelevant photo: Valerian. This will not be on the test.2017-07-20T13:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/14/news-from-around-the-world/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trebarwith-lydford-etc-june-033.jpgtrebarwith, lydford, etc. June 033Irrelevant photo: elderflower2017-08-23T22:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/07/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain-part-sixish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/penheale-009.jpgpenheale 009Irrelevant photo: I have no idea what this is. Other than a flower, of course.2017-07-11T09:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/28/more-than-you-need-to-know-about-fish-and-chips/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trebarwith-027.jpgtrebarwith 027Irrelevant photo: a surfer, riding a rock.2018-05-13T19:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/07/21/1833/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trebarwith-005.jpgtrebarwith 005Irrelevant photo: flower on a blackberry bush--or bramble.2017-08-30T19:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/30/of-potholes-and-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/penheale-039.jpgpenheale 039Relevant but fake photo: This is--as you may have figured out--a rubber duck. Or a plastic one but they're called rubber ducks, so let's not argue. We were getting on so well. But it's not in a pothole, it's in a bowl in our back yard.2017-09-29T08:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/16/what-really-matters-in-british-politics/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trebarwith-006.jpgtrebarwith 006Irrelevant photo: Buttercups.2017-06-23T08:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/19/british-traditions-may-day-in-oxford/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trebarwith-004.jpgtrebarwith 004Marginally relevant photo: This is a flower--a lupine to be specific. May Day has to do with the coming of summer, when flowers bloom. 2017-06-30T16:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/11/understanding-the-uk-election/2023-05-27T14:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/12/emergency-calls-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trebarwith-053.jpgtrebarwith 053Irrelevant photo: wild gladiolus2017-06-18T15:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/09/british-regionalisms/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trebarwith-002.jpgtrebarwith 002Irrelevant photo: columbine, or granny's bonnet--or Aquilegia vulgaris if you prefer.2017-06-16T08:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/05/how-british-and-american-electoral-systems-differ/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trebarwith-017.jpgtrebarwith 017A couple holding hands and walking into the sea to avoid election news? Nah, just a day at the beach.2017-06-19T20:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/29/news-about-the-english-language/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trebarwith-003.jpgtrebarwith 003Screamingly irrelevant photo: This petunia does not speak English. Or any other language. Shocking, isn't it?2017-09-10T14:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/06/02/the-joys-of-spam/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trebarwith-0511.jpgtrebarwith 051Screamingly irrelevant photo: wall pennyworthttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trebarwith-051.jpgtrebarwith 051Irrelevant photo: wall pennywort2017-07-16T12:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/26/how-to-buy-peace-of-mind-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/late-april-2017-002.jpglate april 2017 002A vaguely related photo: If this doesn't bring you peace of mind--well, I've done my best.2017-06-03T15:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/22/the-collapse-of-british-civilization/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/late-april-2017-016.jpglate april 2017 016Irrelevant photo: The north Cornish coast. Which has lots of water, but it happens to be salty.2017-05-26T08:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/15/cornish-wildflowers-alexanders/2017-05-20T20:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/19/british-food-the-ploughmans-lunch/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/eddie-basket-003.jpgeddie, basket 003Irrelevant photo #2: This is what Fast Eddie looks like when he has an appointment with the vet.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/eddie-basket-002.jpgeddie, basket 0022017-08-03T07:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/12/how-to-behave-like-a-british-aristocrat/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/late-april-2017-026.jpglate april 2017 026Repeat photo, which has now become relevant: alexanders2017-05-21T12:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/09/living-dangerously-the-cornish-cream-tea-goes-nationwide/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/swan-84599_1280.jpgswan-84599_1280A rare relevant photo: Swan with cygnets, from Pixabay.2018-03-13T10:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/05/05/mugwumps-haggis-and-whether-americans-understand-geography/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/early-april-020.jpgearly april 020Irrelevant photo: It's time for a cat picture, don't you think? Here's Fast Eddie, sleeping through the news.2017-07-18T17:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/04/30/how-to-make-clotted-cream-a-link/2017-05-02T02:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/04/28/1716/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/early-april-017.jpgearly april 017Irrelevant photo: A bunch of junk I picked up in a few minutes on the beach, including plastic rope from fishing nets, assorted other bits of plastic junk, and a shotgun shell. The local weekly beach clean continues, and the organizers have set up a board encouraging people to do their own two-minute beach cleans--and providing plastic bags.2018-08-05T10:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/04/21/immigration-body-language-and-the-apostrophe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/early-april-007.jpgearly april 007A photo that would've been relevant to last week's post: Here's the poster promoting the Cadbury egg hunts. 2019-06-16T12:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/04/14/1702/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/march-038.jpgmarch 038Semi-relevant photo: A rhododendron, getting ready to blossom. Come on--it's a spring flower. That's as close a match as you're likely to find here.2017-04-30T07:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/04/07/the-oxford-comma-and-political-activism/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/march-046.jpgmarch 046Irrelevant photo: a camellia. 2025-12-13T19:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/31/britain-money-laundering-and-poisonous-snakes/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/march-007.jpgmarch 007Irrelevant photo: The daffodils have been in bloom since late January. 2017-04-13T12:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/24/what-happens-when-british-manners-break-down/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feb-march-014.jpgfeb-march 014Irrelevant photo: crocuses. 2017-03-30T15:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/17/getting-arrested-in-new-york/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feb-march-006.jpgfeb-march 006Screamingly irrelevant photo: Rhubarb, just coming up. I took this in February--probably early in the month. After living in Minnesota, I can't believe what we get away with here.2017-04-23T19:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/10/singing-buildings-smart-condoms-immigration-and-other-stuff/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/frost-013.jpgfrost 013Screamingly irrelevant photo: This is a whatchmacallit. In our garden. 2017-03-19T15:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/05/british-trains-and-leaves-on-the-line-a-link/2017-03-07T12:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/03/03/british-storms/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frost-006.jpgfrost-006Irrelevant photo: 2017-07-13T09:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/02/24/britain-and-minnesota-taking-the-weather-personally/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frost-014.jpgfrost-014Marginally relevant photo: These are cyclamen, which bloom in the winter. 2017-03-20T16:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/02/17/were-all-immigrants-or-will-be/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frost-018.jpgfrost-018Irrelevant photo: Frost on the what's-it-called.2017-03-06T21:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/02/10/wading-in-the-shallows-of-the-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frost-008.jpgfrost-008Irrelevant photo: This was in bloom in December. 2017-03-05T13:27:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/02/03/1635/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/roman-wall-stone-in-garden.jpgroman-wall-stone-in-gardenBonus relevant photo: A single stone, carefully placed in the same yard, which I'd call a garden if I weren't, at heart, American. Our best guess is that that the wall was hit when Exeter was bombed during World War II.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/roman-wall-in-exeter.jpgroman-wall-in-exeterA rare relevant photo: A bit of Roman wall, now fencing off someone's garden in Exeter.2019-02-13T05:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/31/two-links-on-whats-happening-in-the-u-s/2017-02-08T10:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/29/following-captain-ahab-into-deep-deep-water/2017-02-06T20:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/27/modern-life-on-ancient-streets/2017-07-14T08:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/20/british-understatement/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frost-019.jpgfrost-019Irrelevant photo: a primrose in bloom on a frosty morning. 2020-11-27T08:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/11/apologies/2023-02-06T15:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/13/how-are-the-u-k-and-u-s-really-different/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mulfra-075.jpgmulfra-075Irrelevant photo: Cornish engine houses at Bottalick mine. The mine tunnels themselves went out under the sea.2017-05-09T07:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2017/01/06/u-k-letterboxes-and-u-s-mailboxes/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tintagel-1-of-26.jpgtintagel-1-of-26Vaguely relevant photo: The view from St. Materiana Church. If you know where to look, there's a castle out there. What's more romantic than that? Photo by Ida Swearingen2018-07-24T15:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/30/the-history-beneath-our-feet/2017-04-08T07:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/23/christmas-carols-as-folk-music/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mulfra-043.jpgmulfra-043Semi-relevant photos: They're not holly berries, but they're red. And whatever they are, they're around in the winter. 2017-01-06T15:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/18/a-breaking-my-own-rules-reminder/2016-12-23T20:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/14/brussels-sprouts-at-christmas-a-crisis-update/2017-01-04T13:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/16/british-bonding-rituals-the-weather/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/oct-eddie-flowers-031.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-031Relevant photo: These flower in the winter. That's how cold it gets. I'm pretty sure they're viburnam.2016-12-23T14:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/08/1556/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fringe-2010_1222.jpgfringe-2010_1222Relevant photo: A castle ruin near Edinburgh. Photo by Ida Swearingen2016-12-13T06:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/09/what-people-really-want-to-know-about-britain-part-5-or-6-or-possibly-7/2018-01-10T17:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/03/a-murmuration-of-starlings-a-link/2016-12-08T01:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/12/02/the-truly-important-news/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/oct-eddie-flowers-037.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-037Irrelevant photo: Runoff from a field, but it makes me understand how this landscape gave rise to tales of fairies and such.2018-07-08T19:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/11/25/petitioning-parliament-what-does-britain-truly-care-about/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/oct-eddie-flowers-033.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-033Irrelevant and moody photo of an empty bench2017-01-03T18:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/11/18/are-americans-louder-than-the-british/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/oct-eddie-flowers-048.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-048Irrelevant photo: Red campion (which is actually pink) surrounded by nettle leaves.2017-01-01T18:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/11/12/british-and-american-pronunciation-a-link/2016-11-15T14:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/11/11/the-bread-man/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/untitled-94-of-100.jpguntitled-94-of-100The Bread Man2016-12-21T16:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/11/04/british-and-american-pronunciation-and-other-ways-of-getting-in-trouble/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/oct-eddie-flowers-022.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-022Irrelevant photo: rosehips2017-05-04T08:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/10/28/bell-ringers-injuries/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/oct-eddie-flowers-044.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-044Irrelevant photo: Blackberries in October. Folklore holds that you shouldn't eat them after October 11 because the devil spits on them. Or in some versions of the tale, he pees on them. Yum. 2016-11-04T17:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/10/21/restoring-a-countrys-greatness-yorks-bell-ringers-the-royal-yacht-and-other-stuff/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/oct-eddie-flowers-015.jpgIrrelevant photo: We don't have any two-toes sloths in the house right now, so I asked Fast Eddie to fill in. You can see where he got his name.2016-10-28T18:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/16/manners-american-and-british/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mulfra-030.jpgmulfra 0302025-11-01T19:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/10/14/a-cornish-mile-and-a-cornish-saint/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/oct-eddie-flowers-018.jpgoct-eddie-flowers-018Irrelevant (and out of season) photo: Flower from our back yard. The bee's blurred, but if you look closely you'll see where the snails hide--something I didn't know until I looked at this on the screen.2016-10-19T09:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/10/07/1485/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tintagel-17-of-26.jpgtintagel-17-of-26Irrelevant photo: Tintagel Castle. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2024-11-13T17:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/10/05/asian-hornets-an-update/2016-10-08T19:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/30/spanish-slugs-asian-hornets-and-the-romance-of-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flowers-august-012.jpgflowers-august-012Irrelevant photo: hydrangeas2016-10-08T18:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/23/the-things-we-call-ourselves-british-titles/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flowers-august-013.jpgflowers-august-013Strangely relevant photo: This is a plant called lords and ladies.2017-02-16T17:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/21/things-you-can-blame-me-for-a-link/2016-09-24T12:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/16/how-people-find-a-blog-part-5ish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flowers-august-023.jpgflowers-august-023Irrelevant, and by now out of season, photo: foxgloves.2025-12-08T19:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/09/how-to-control-world-finance/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flowers-august-006.jpgflowers, august 006Irrelevant photo: Montbretia, which is pronounced, as far as I can figure it out, <i>mombretia.</i> It's as invasive as it is beautiful.2017-01-17T15:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/09/02/a-quick-visit-to-absurdistan/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flowers-august-008.jpgflowers, august 008Irrelevant photo: hydrangea.2016-09-16T10:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/24/trademarking-the-english-language/2016-09-02T19:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/26/trademarking-the-english-language-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/flowers-august-045.jpgflowers, august 045Irrelevant photo: Last sighting of my petunias before the slugs go 'em.2017-05-26T08:11:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/21/refugee-camp-in-calais/2016-08-22T11:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/19/how-the-village-cleans-a-beach/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/flowers-august-024.jpgflowers, august 024Irrelevant photo: meadowsweet, a wildflower that was once used to flavor mead. Or so my flower book tells me.2019-07-20T09:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/12/how-to-block-a-road/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3321.jpgIMG_3321More trouble, same lane. Aren't you glad not to be the driver? Photo by Duncan Walker.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_20160411_134325.jpgIMG_20160411_134325A delivery truck blocking the lane. I'd have missed it, but J. pointed out that it says, "Expert Logistics" on the side. Great logistics, there, folks. Photo by Duncan Walker.2016-08-20T13:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/07/an-improbable-link-about-surgery-in-guatemala/2016-08-07T16:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/29/how-to-flood-a-road/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/june-2016-005.jpgjune 2016 005Irrelevant photo: thrift growing on the cliffs.2016-12-23T14:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/19/a-quick-visit-to-political-absurdity/2016-08-04T08:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/08/05/how-people-find-a-blog-part-4ish/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/june-2016-019.jpgjune 2016 019Irrelevant photo: a dry stone wall, with lichen. Or if you want to see it as a metaphor, feel free.2019-12-06T13:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/22/nine-reasons-i-ignore-seo/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/june-2016-059.jpgjune 2016 059Yet another irrelevant photo2017-05-09T07:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/01/as-britain-leaves-the-european-union-part-2/2016-07-06T15:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/15/driving-in-britain-courtesy-and-narrow-roads/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/june-2016-035.jpgjune 2016 035Irrelevant photo: a stone circle at Minions.2024-12-02T13:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/07/08/gay-marriage-romance-and-village-life/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/june-2016-063.jpgjune 2016 063A surprisingly relevant photo: This is a flower.2020-10-01T06:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/28/as-britain-leaves-the-european-union/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/may-16-006.jpgmay '16 006Moody and irrelevant photo: a man watching the fog roll in.2016-08-26T20:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/24/do-people-really-say-spiffing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/may-16-014.jpgmay '16 014Irrelevant photo: Find the walker. Find the beach, for that matter. 2024-01-20T08:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/17/how-to-pronounce-british-place-names/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/exeter-cottages-021.jpgexeter, cottages 021Irrelevant photo: I'm not sure what these are, but they're in bloom right now.2020-11-14T18:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/14/british-road-signs-an-update/2016-06-15T13:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/10/driving-in-britain-road-signs-and-narrow-roads/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/exeter-cottages-005.jpgexeter, cottages 005Screamingly irrelevant photo: A couple of people asked what the china cottages I wrote about looked like, and what I did with the ones I didn't send to my friend. Here are the ones I have left.2023-09-11T19:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/01/thanks-a-link/2016-06-03T08:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/06/03/do-the-british-really-talk-about-the-weather/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/exeter-cottages-023.jpgexeter, cottages 023A rare relevant photo: people sitting outside Exeter Cathedral, in front of a statue of someone whose first name is Richard.2017-01-14T16:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/27/the-british-sense-of-humor/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/birdsnestinginpostalbox.jpgBirdsNestingInPostalBoxIrrelevant photo: Birds nesting in postal box, by D.L. Keur. Some of you will have already seem this--I posted a link last week. But D.L. was kind enough to email me the photo so no one can escape. Thanks, D.L. Much appreciated.2016-08-06T09:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/22/cornwall-photo-a-link/2016-05-26T09:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/20/village-life-and-chickens/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/may-16-001.jpgmay '16 001Irrelevant photo: Lupine leaves after a rain and before being eaten by slugs and snails.2025-12-12T15:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/13/great-british-traditions-the-boot-sale/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flowers-35-of-48.jpgFlowers (35 of 48)Irrelevant photo: primroses. Photo by Ida Swearingen2016-05-24T10:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/10/boaty-mcboatface-the-last-word/2016-05-31T14:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/08/boaty-mcboatface-an-update/2016-05-10T10:49:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/05/06/great-british-traditions-the-queens-tweeter-and-runners-in-fancy-dress/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fringe-2010_1222.jpgFringe 2010_1222Screamingly irrelevant photo: Ruin in the Firth of Forth, by Ida Swearingen. Don't you just love saying "Firth of Forth"?2021-05-12T19:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/29/great-british-traditions-the-atherstone-ball-game/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flowers-48-of-48.jpgFlowers (48 of 48)Screamingly irrelevant photo: primroses. It's spring. Photo by Ida Swearingen2016-05-08T06:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/22/boaty-mcboatface-an-unwritten-constitution-and-the-will-of-the-people/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/more-eddie-flowers-003.jpgmore eddie, flowers 003Irrelevant photo: a Cornish dry stone wall. 2017-07-21T12:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/18/british-american-english-a-link/2016-04-20T08:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/06/02/fighting-to-stay/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/passports.jpgpassports2026-02-02T19:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/15/life-in-the-village-the-white-cat/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/more-eddie-flowers-001.jpgmore eddie, flowers 001A surprisingly relevant photo: Fast Eddie, guarding the house.2016-05-07T09:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/08/1293/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rough-tor-hallagather-030.jpgrough tor, hallagather 030Irrelevant photo: Davidstow Moor.2016-04-30T09:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/04/caption-contest-a-post-easter-special/2016-04-19T08:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/04/01/on-the-good-ship-boaty-mcboatface/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bw-ass2-55-of-62.jpgB&W Ass2 (55 of 62)Irrelevant photo: Yes, the prevailing wind blows from the right. If, of course, you're facing the right way. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2019-07-26T19:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/03/25/easter-eggs-crime-sprees-and-writers-groups/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spring-2016-jen-004.jpgspring 2016, jen 004Screamingly irrelevant photo. J. with Moose. I'll stop with the cat and dog photos soon, but everything else I've shot lately is overexposed.2016-11-07T17:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/03/18/making-fun-of-the-house-of-lords-an-appreciation/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mostly-moose-011.jpgmostly moose 011Irrelevant photo: Minnie the Moocher and Fast Eddie, in a moment of bliss. 2016-04-04T09:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/03/11/comparative-idiot-proofing/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spring-2016-jen-005.jpgspring 2016, jen 005Irrelevant photo: The beach on a much nicer day than the day I'm typing this.2025-12-11T19:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/03/04/how-people-find-a-blog-part-2-or-3/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spring-2016-jen-002.jpgspring 2016, jen 002Semi-relevant photo: Fast Eddie, who gets a mention below. 2020-11-13T18:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/03/01/1255/2016-03-03T09:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/02/26/fighting-gay-marriage-with-nuclear-weapons-and-other-fun-stuff/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/storm-animals-004.jpgstorm, animals 004Strangely relevant photo (just keep reading; it'll almost make sense): Minnie the Moocher and Fast Eddie2016-10-13T10:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/02/19/wishing-you-a-belated-happy-pancake-day/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/batch-napier-ongaonga-2-of-125.jpgBatch Napier OngaOnga (2 of 125)Screamingly irrelevant photo: This is from New Zealand and has nothing to do with anything. Nice, isn't it? Photo by Ida Swearingen2016-03-13T15:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/02/12/important-stories-from-the-british-press/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london-transport-18-of-233.jpgLondon Transport (18 of 233)A rare relevant photo: A London tube station. Photo by Ida Swearingen2016-04-05T19:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/02/05/the-war-on-imaginary-drugs-u-k-style/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mostly-moose-019.jpgmostly moose 019Irrelevant Photo: Sometimes I feel like I'm being watched. That's Moose on the left and Minnie the Moocher on the right. And no, they can't come in.2016-02-25T12:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/02/03/two-links-one-update/2016-02-08T13:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/28/british-accents-a-couple-of-links/2016-01-29T18:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/29/britain-and-fandom/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mostly-moose-016.jpgmostly moose 016Irrelevant Photo: Why Wild Thing hasn't been able to take a photo of the puppy.2016-02-26T16:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/22/a-foreigners-guide-to-class-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/minions-18-june-164-of-225.jpgMinions 18 June (164 of 225)Irrelevant photo: near Minions. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2017-06-09T10:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/17/comparative-weather-a-link/2016-01-18T12:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/15/naming-storms-in-britain-and-ireland/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosc-evening-009.jpgbosc. evening 009Borderline relevant photo: Boscastle in the evening--and more to the point summer--light.2016-02-11T11:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/11/customer-service-more-links/2016-01-11T20:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/09/customer-service-in-the-u-k-a-link/2016-01-14T15:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/08/customer-service-in-the-u-s-and-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/trebarwith-strand-42-of-43.jpgTrebarwith Strand (42 of 43)Irrelevant photo: Evening at Trebarwith Strand. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2016-01-18T14:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2016/01/01/comparative-weather/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/penkenna-38-d-008.jpgpenkenna & 38 d 008Vaguely related photo: the cliffs in summer. If you look closely, you'll see an ice cream cone just outside the frame, on the left.2016-02-29T10:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/25/christmas-carols-in-the-u-s-and-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/candles-3.jpgcandles (3)Sending you light in the darkness and good wishes for whatever you celebrate.2016-01-07T18:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/11/its-all-tickety-boo/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moose-005.jpgmoose 0052025-10-09T13:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/08/new-posting-schedule/2015-12-13T21:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/04/adaptation-and-pig-headedness/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/storm-animals-013.jpgstorm, animals 013Irrelevant photo: The beach in a storm. The wind was high enough that I had stop walking during the gusts. 2016-03-01T13:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/12/01/the-british-and-their-pets/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/storm-animals-008.jpgstorm, animals 008I don't think the Big Guy's going to sleep here--he's not much of a jumper--but they made him a nice warm bed in an old doll carriage.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/storm-animals-007.jpgstorm, animals 007Spoiler alert: The Big Guy's been found.2016-02-29T16:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/27/1166/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/untitled-4-of-33.jpguntitled (4 of 33)This is one of Wild Thing's photos from about a year ago. 2015-11-30T08:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/26/thanksgiving-abroad-a-link/2015-11-26T21:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/25/whats-all-this-thanksgiving-hoo-ha/2015-11-26T02:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/20/fiddling-with-grammar-during-a-refugee-crisis/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/penzance-ludon-woods-069.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 069Irrelevant photo: These are the (gorgeous) seeds from a (n equally gorgeous) plant, montbretia, that serious gardeners just hate because it will take over entire counties. As far as I can figure out, it's pronounced momBREEsha. 2015-11-30T08:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/24/prohibition-and-sticky-toffee-desserts/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/penzance-ludon-woods-043.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 043Irrelevant photo: a volunteer cyclamen that planted itself by the back door2016-02-25T10:37:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/17/celebrating-thanksgiving/2019-12-01T15:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/13/cats-dogs-and-questions/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-big-guy-017.jpgthe big guy 017https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-big-guy-021.jpgthe big guy 021https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-big-guy-019.jpgthe big guy 0192015-12-06T11:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/09/comparative-tipping/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/penzance-ludon-woods-076.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 076Screamingly irrelevant photo: pampas grass, which is (I think) called something else here. Don't you love it when I'm informative?2016-01-07T18:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/06/talking-about-the-weather-a-lot/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/penzance-ludon-woods-011.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 011A rare relevant photo: digging clams on a foggy day. Marazion.2015-11-12T16:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/11/03/bizarre-british-festivals-the-flaming-tar-barrels/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tar-barrels.jpgtar barrelsHoly flaming tar barrels, they really do this. Sorry about the white space. The photo's from the official web site and I can't seem to crop the damned thing. 2015-12-31T20:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/30/bats-in-the-u-s/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/penzance-ludon-woods-063.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 063Irrelevant photo: a sign on a public footpath. If you want to get to Sheepdip, turn right.2015-11-06T16:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/13/how-people-find-a-blog/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chough.jpgchoughA chough, pronounced "chuff," Cornwall's official bird. It was driven to extinction in Cornwall, but a few years ago a pair flew over from Ireland and nested successfully, and a handful can now be found. Those who know are keeping their locations secret. I know and I ain't telling. Photo by Ida Swearingen, who ain't telling either.2016-10-24T09:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/27/what-the-world-wants-to-know-about-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/penzance-ludon-woods-020.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 020Irrelevant photo: Chun Quoit in the fog. This is an ancient monument near Penzance. No one knows what it purpose was, but it looks a lot like a giant stone ironing board.2016-04-23T10:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/23/updates-tea-and-medical-bureaucracy/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/penzance-ludon-woods-045.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 045Screamingly irrelevant photo: fall berries. I'm not even sure what they are. 2015-10-27T07:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/20/comparative-medical-bureaucracies/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/penzance-ludon-woods-004.jpgpenzance & ludon woods 004Irrelevant photo: The causeway to St. Michael's Mount, emerging as the tide drops. There's a castle out there, hidden in the fog. 2015-10-22T13:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/16/making-a-nice-cup-of-tea/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/eddie-other-stuff-028.jpgeddie & other stuff 028Irrelevant photo: wild blackberries, stolen from an earlier post but who'll notice?2017-02-03T19:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/02/1085/2018-12-19T09:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/09/the-fluid-ounce-and-the-british-passport/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-037.jpgswanage 037Irrelevant photo: Corfe Castle, in Dorset.2015-10-15T16:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/10/06/of-dukes-and-baronesses-and-scamsters/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-048.jpgswanage 048Irrelevant photo: teasels2015-10-10T08:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/26/bonus-post-link-to-a-response-about-racism/2015-09-28T17:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/29/a-very-british-sex-scandal/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-068.jpgswanage 068Since we're on a tacky subject, I thought I'd toss in a photo of tacky stuff on sale in Swannage last summer. Do you really want to read on?2015-10-23T12:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/25/cornwall-and-calais-small-actions-huge-issues/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flowers-haze-001.jpgflowers, haze 001Soothing and irrelevant photo2015-11-22T11:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/22/romantic-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/july-eddie-006.jpgjuly eddie 006Semi-relevant photo: flowers. Romantic, right?2015-11-19T10:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/18/1063/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-073.jpgswanage 0732015-09-24T12:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/17/golliwogs-in-public-and-in-private-memory/2015-09-27T09:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/15/comparative-racism-part-2-whats-it-like-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mulfra-096.jpgmulfra 096Beyond irrelevant photo: grasses after an autumn rain2015-09-28T07:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/12/comparative-racism-link-to-a-guest-post/2015-09-25T12:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/11/why-is-britain-called-great-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-102.jpgswanage 1022024-08-02T06:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/08/dealing-with-the-public-u-k-style-part-2/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-069.jpgswanage 069Irrelevant photo: beach huts at Swannage2015-09-14T10:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/04/dealing-with-the-public-u-k-style/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/swanage-078.jpgswanage 0782015-10-20T08:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/09/01/cornwall-gay-pride/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pride-2015-179-of-183.jpgPride 2015 (179 of 183)Cornwall Gay Pride. 2024-09-01T12:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/30/me-elsewhere-a-link/2015-09-01T08:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/29/knowing-some-of-the-answers-in-the-u-s/2015-08-30T08:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/28/knowing-all-the-answers-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/swanage-098.jpgswanage 098Chairs for rent, facing the beach. Swanage. 2015-10-15T20:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/25/chasing-lifestyles-in-swanage/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/swanage-049.jpgswanage 049Marginally relevant photo: a couple by the beach in Swanage. I don't know if this qualifies as a lifestyle. 2015-10-09T08:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/15/hamburger-extra-whats-ground-beef/2015-09-30T12:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/20/the-divorce-diet-ebook-is-on-sale-again/2015-08-23T19:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/21/putting-the-kettle-on/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/penhele-043.jpgpenhele 043Irrelevant photo: flowers. As if you couldn't have figured that out. 2015-10-07T08:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/18/on-being-an-incomer-in-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/005.jpg005Irrelevant photo: pansies. They bloom all year round here. Having lived in Minnesota, I'm still knocked out by that.2015-08-28T14:34:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/14/serving-texas-hamburgers-in-cornwall-part-2-the-definitive-recipe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mulfra-085.jpgmulfra 085Screamingly irrelevant photo: Tree at Madron Holy Well, near Penzance. The tradition of tying cloth to the tree goes back to pre-Christian times, which was originally believed to cure illness. Exactly why people do it today is anyone's guess. To cure illness; to brush shoulders with something ancient; to add their bit of cloth to something compelling.2015-11-18T20:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/11/serving-texas-hamburgers-in-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/0181.jpg018Irrelevant photo. Four people. Evening. The cliffs. 2015-08-21T20:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/07/terror-at-the-seaside-we-all-get-hysterical-about-gulls/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gull.jpggullA rare relevant photo, although it's from Belgium, not Cornwall. From Wikimedia, by Loki11. 2015-09-19T17:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/05/an-update-on-political-absurdity/2015-08-10T19:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/08/04/the-mother-of-parliaments-and-the-mother-of-all-silliness/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/july-eddie-019.jpgjuly eddie 019Screamingly irrelevant photo: Minnie the Moocher (left) and Fast Eddie2015-08-06T16:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/31/crime-in-britain-part-3-emergency-calls/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/badger_cornwall_4.jpgBadger_Cornwall_4Relevant photo. I couldn't help myself. I had no idea what a badger looked like before I moved here, so I thought I ought to toss one in. This is from Wikimedia, taken by Prosthetic Head, and don't ask me what that means. I'm only repeating what the data says. It's scarier than the badger if you ask me.2015-09-07T13:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/28/are-american-politics-absurd-enough/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gilbert_elliot_murray-kynynmond.jpgGilbert_Elliot_Murray-KynynmondSpeaking of absurdity: From the pose, this could be Washington crossing the Delaware and threatening to tip over the rowboat, but it's a picture of someone in a House of Lords robe. I'm not sure what period it's from. The hairstyles and the poses have changed but the robes are pretty much the same. From Wikimedia.2015-09-13T08:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/24/crime-in-britain-part-2-the-village-edition/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-040.jpgpenhele 040Marginally relevant photo: fog stealing the top of the cliff2015-08-23T19:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/21/community-life-in-a-cornish-village/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-eddie-005.jpgjuly eddie 005Irrelevant photo: St. John's wort, or rose of sharon2015-08-22T16:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/18/an-update-on-british-thunderstorms/2015-08-04T07:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/17/crime-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/untitled-8-of-33.jpguntitled (8 of 33)Irrelevant photo by Ida Swearingen, who's a better photographer than I am.2015-12-18T15:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/16/link-to-a-new-post-on-medium/2015-07-21T08:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/14/does-my-vocabulary-look-british-in-this/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/morris.jpgmorrisSemi-relevant photo: What's more English than morris dancing? I like this shot because the guy on the right looks like he's about to brain the guy on the left. Photo by Ida Swearingen.2017-12-10T19:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/10/british-wildflowers-and-british-roadsides/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/eddie-trebarwith-walk-0381.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 038Thrift growing by the coast. The church in the background is St. Materiana.2016-03-09T16:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/07/british-weather-is-everything-bigger-in-the-u-s/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/boat.jpgCamera ClubIrrelevant photo by Ida Swearingen2016-01-16T14:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/05/more-about-charles-causley-a-bonus-post/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-038-x.jpgpenhele 038 xIrrelevant photo, but foggy cliffs seemed to suit the mood. 2015-07-05T14:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/03/tea-on-the-lawn-what-could-be-more-english/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-067.jpgpenhele 067The inescapable rafflehttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-061.jpgpenhele 061https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-060.jpgpenhele 060https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-059.jpgpenhele 059I haven't a clue what the flowers are, so I'm not going to try identifying them.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-055.jpgpenhele 055https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-house-garden-67-of-173.jpgPenhele House Garden (67 of 173)Walking by the lakehttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/penhele-050.jpgpenhele 050Cream tea at Penhele2015-07-07T11:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/02/how-minnesotans-call-their-kids-an-extra/2015-09-18T20:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/07/01/playing-with-stereotypes/2015-07-01T14:51:37+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/30/british-stereotypes-of-americans-and-my-own/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/penhele-043.jpgpenhele 043Irrelevant photo: flowers growing in a drystone wall2025-12-08T19:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/27/divorce-diet-ebook-now-on-sale/2015-07-03T15:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/26/a-government-decides-to-promote-british-values/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-101.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 101Irrelevant photo: an old shed at Trebarwith Strand.2015-08-04T18:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/23/intercultural-adventures-reading-road-signs-in-the-u-k-and-the-u-s/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/road-sign.jpgroad signDamn near relevant photo, from Wikimedia. An American road sign--apparently part of a Highway Department test of dangerous signs. The speed limit isn't really 625 mph, it's 62.5. Why would anyone bother with .5 mph in a speed limit? Never mind. Someone had fun with it, I hope.) And the edge of the sign went through the windshield in a test crash.2016-06-11T07:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/19/cross-cultural-cat-calling-how-americans-call-a-cat-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cobbler-eddie-025.jpgcobbler, eddie 025Fast Eddie, the fiercest kitten for 10 yards in any direction2019-08-12T20:40:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/16/peach-or-blackberry-cobbler-an-american-recipe/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cobbler-eddie-006.jpgcobbler, eddie 0062015-08-16T07:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/17/publishing-on-medium-com/2025-12-15T07:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/13/hopelessly-cute-kitten-pictures-a-new-page/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/more-eddie-fields-041.jpgmore eddie; fields 041Fast Eddie, fast asleep2025-01-24T18:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/12/walking-the-cornish-coast-path/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-100.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 100https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-103.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 103Speedwellhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-056.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 056Wildflower that planted itself in the wall.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-058.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 058A stile. With a dog. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-115.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 115A bit of stone wall, partially covered by plantshttps://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-081.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 081Dry stone wall. The pattern's called curzyway in some places and jack and jill in others.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-043.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 043Spoil from an abandoned slate quarry.2017-10-01T15:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/09/writing-british-english-writing-american-english/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eddie-trebarwith-walk-027.jpgeddie, trebarwith walk 027Screamingly irrelevant photo: Fast Eddie attacks the laundry basket. I'll impose a short moratorium on cute kitten photos after this.2016-04-17T18:44:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/05/defending-the-honor-of-a-british-politician/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/more-eddie-fields-006.jpgmore eddie; fields 006Irrelevant photo: Fast Eddie, fast asleep. 2015-07-13T16:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/04/shameless-plug-for-the-divorce-diet/2015-07-10T07:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/06/02/a-cornish-beach-town-bans-the-mankini/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/later-may-2015-028.jpglater may 2015 028Semi-relevant photo. Primroses, taken in May (they're past their best now). I thought the primrose path might actually have a connection here.2015-07-13T08:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/29/accents-brits-sorting-americans-from-australians/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gloucester-004.jpggloucester 004Irrelevant photo: A view of Gloucester, from the path to the Cheese Rolling.2016-04-17T10:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/26/bizarre-british-festivals-gloucester-cheese-rolling/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gloucester-046.jpggloucester 046The kids' race.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gloucester-075.jpggloucester 075A runner looks a hesitant about getting caught by the rugby team.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gloucester-030.jpggloucester 030Helping an injured runner off the hill. Notice how the helpers are struggling to stay upright.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gloucester-020.jpggloucester 020Runners sliding downhill2015-06-07T07:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/26/lewis-carroll-and-the-british-parliament/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/more-eddie-fields-065.jpgmore eddie; fields 065Irrelevant photo: fields2015-07-02T07:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/22/lost-reader-located-a-link/2015-05-23T07:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/22/strange-stuff-non-brits-want-to-know-about-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/more-eddie-fields-056.jpgmore eddie; fields 056Screamingly irrelevant photo: Fast Eddie and the laundry2017-04-09T20:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/19/miss-marple-and-world-war-ii-evacuees/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lanhydrock-etc-0551.jpglanhydrock etc 055Remains of a church, destroyed in the bombing of Exeter city center, now preserved as a monument.2015-05-21T08:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/17/link-more-about-british-education/2015-05-18T18:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/16/british-school-uniforms-a-follow-up-post/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lanhydrock-etc-013.jpglanhydrock etc 013Irrelevant photo: celandine, a wildflower--one of spring's early ones, but still in bloom.2015-05-20T08:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/15/british-educational-terminology/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lanhydrock-etc-107.jpglanhydrock etc 107Irrelevant photo: rhododendrons and azaleas in bloom at Lanhydrock House2015-06-24T06:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/14/follow-up-an-innumerate-triumphs/2015-06-24T06:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/13/irrelevant-post-new-kitten-in-the-house/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fast-eddie-009.jpgfast eddie 009Fast Eddie and Minnie the Moocher. Sounds like a pool hall, doesn't it?https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fast-eddie-002.jpgfast eddie 002Fast Eddie. He has two speeds, High and Off. This is Off.2015-05-16T08:15:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/12/british-fashion-high-heels-and-dyslexia/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lanhydrock-etc-075.jpglanhydrock etc 075Irrelevant photo: bluebells in flower at Lanhydrock.2015-06-23T07:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/10/how-british-beer-is-brewed-an-expert-speaks/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lanhydrock-etc-097.jpglanhydrock etc 097Irrelevant photo: Rhododendron getting ready to bloom. 2016-10-16T15:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/09/how-british-and-american-beers-compare/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/drinks-on-the-bridge.jpgdrinks on the bridgeBeer at sundown. Photo by Ida Swearingen2025-02-15T22:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/08/english-place-names-where-did-the-missing-syllables-go/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-001.jpgpadstow may day 001Irrelevant photo: the Camel Estuary.2017-04-30T07:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/05/05/737/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-010.jpgpadstow may day 010Following the blue 'Oss.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-030.jpgpadstow may day 030If there's any rivalry between the followers of the Red 'Oss and the Blue 'Oss, it doesn't seem to turn into hostility. https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-023.jpgpadstow may day 023The second best way to see the 'Oss. It does get crowded.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-016.jpgpadstow may day 016The best way to see the 'Oss.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-011.jpgpadstow may day 011Again, from the children's parade.https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/padstow-may-day-027.jpgpadstow may day 027Relevant photo--something so rare it's an endangered species: The 'Obby 'Oss. It's good luck for the kids to touch it. These shots are from the children's parade, which is in the morning.2015-05-07T07:26:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/30/what-are-neighbors-like-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/beasts-004.jpgbeasts 004Smudge2025-12-11T19:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/28/what-brits-really-think-of-american-tourists/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lanhydrock-etc-064.jpglanhydrock etc 064Nearly relevant photo: Part of the Roman wall in Exeter. Hey, what tourist wouldn't want to see that? This bit is right beside a parking ramp--or car park, which sounds like a place cars go to play in their time off. The bit of modern fencing looks kind of puny beside it.2023-07-30T06:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/24/the-palace-guard-the-hat-the-bears/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/later-may-2015-027.jpglater may 2015 027Irrelevant photo: wallflowers, which aren't people who don't get asked to dance, but real spring flowers. That grow happily in field walls.2015-06-13T07:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/21/the-cornish-saints/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/later-may-2015-001.jpglater may 2015 0012015-04-25T08:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/19/summing-up-english-culture/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/later-may-2015-002.jpglater may 2015 002Irrelevant photo: You can look at almost any tree around here and see which way the prevailing winds blow.2015-05-03T15:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/17/the-british-legal-profession-and-its-wigs/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/may-2015-030.jpgmay 2015 030Vaguely related photo: A neighbor's holly makes a break for freedom. 2018-01-08T07:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/15/easter-candy-in-the-u-s-and-u-k-special-late-edition/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/may-2015-015.jpgmay 2015 015Irrelevant photo: Thatched cottage with gorse, heather, and may in bloom.2015-05-15T16:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/14/a-very-british-form-of-protest/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/may-2015-021.jpgmay 2015 021Irrelevant photo: Blackthorn in bloom. 2015-04-14T19:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/10/link-to-an-interview-2/2015-04-11T07:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/10/department-of-futile-exercises-summing-up-the-u-k-and-the-u-s/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowers-haze-029.jpgflowers, haze 029irrelevant photo: The coast on the same hazy day as the last waves-in-the-haze picture I posted.2015-05-31T07:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/07/class-and-power-in-rural-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowers-haze-001.jpgflowers, haze 001Irrelevant photo: The cliffs on a hazy day.2015-05-26T18:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/03/british-and-american-english-the-easter-update/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowers-haze-010.jpgflowers, haze 010Irrelevant photo: A tiny waterfall. Looking at this, you can almost believe the legends of fairies and little people.2015-07-15T15:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/04/01/with-apologies/2015-04-02T08:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/31/the-british-countryside-and-winnie-the-pooh/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-028.jpgflowers, haze 028Irrelevant photo: North Cornwall's coast on a hazy day2015-04-20T07:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/29/trouble-trouble-trouble/2015-04-02T19:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/27/going-postal-in-the-u-s-and-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-003.jpgflowers, haze 003Irrelevant photo: The primrose path. Really. These are wild primroses growing along Lover's Walk. I don't think the flowers are why the path got that name. It's one of the few paths in the parish where a couple could hope for a little privacy. 2015-03-30T14:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/25/british-english-and-u-s-english-a-link/2015-05-12T14:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/22/eating-your-way-across-north-cornwalls-landscape/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-008.jpgflowers, haze 008https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-007.jpgflowers, haze 007https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-012.jpgflowers, haze 012https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-018.jpgflowers, haze 0182015-05-09T07:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/24/commercial-carrots-in-blogworld/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flowers-haze-020.jpgflowers, haze 020Irrelevant photo: Here's Wild Thing me, failing to see the solar eclipse. Just out of range is a piece of cardboard with a hole in it, through which the image of the sun declined to make itself seen. It was hazy, and I'm guessing that was the problem. 2015-03-25T20:00:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/20/strange-british-traditions-cheese-roll-and-flaming-tar-barrels/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/launceston-misc-002.jpglaunceston + misc 002Irrelevant photo: Launceston Castle, with a church in the foreground2015-05-07T07:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/18/link-to-a-phototour/2015-03-19T12:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/17/stereotyping-the-english/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/late-winter-021.jpglate winter 021Irrelevant photo: Field patterns, late winter2015-04-07T10:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/14/notes-from-the-u-k-inspires-a-poem/2015-03-17T10:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/14/an-update-on-search-engine-terms/2015-03-16T08:15:28+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/13/what-people-want-to-know-about-americans-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/early-spring-005.jpgearly spring 005Irrelevant photo: Where cats hide on gray days2019-02-08T08:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/10/american-baking-in-cornwall-baking-powder-biscuits/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/early-spring-011.jpgearly spring 011Irrelevant photo: It's spring! Crocuses by our back door.2015-03-15T10:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/08/an-american-gives-directions-in-cornwall/2025-03-01T11:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/06/the-cornish-relay-delivery-system/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/late-winter-012.jpglate winter 012Irrelevant photo: Spot the direction of the prevailing wind.2015-04-28T17:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/03/avoiding-quaintness-in-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/late-winter-008.jpglate winter 008Irrelevant photo: early flowers. Damned if I remember what they're called. 2015-04-23T07:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/02/too-good-to-leave-in-the-comments-box/2015-03-07T08:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/27/british-parliamentary-traditions/2015-04-20T07:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/24/talking-more-trash-to-an-i-pad/2015-02-25T09:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/24/the-iconic-british-phone-box-goes-literary/2018-01-23T21:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/20/comparative-swearing-in-the-u-s-and-u-k/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/late-winter-002.jpglate winter 0022015-03-19T10:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/17/about-inconsistency-us-and-uk-headline-style/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/late-winter-009.jpglate winter 009Irrelevant photo: Late winter landscape. Yes, that's grass. It's been sitting there, green, all winter. 2015-04-13T09:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/13/more-about-manners-in-the-u-s-and-u-k/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/late-winter-025.jpglate winter 025Irrelevant photo: a camellia, coming into bloom in late winter.2016-01-29T10:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/12/measuring-time-in-ethiopia/2015-02-13T22:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/10/measuring-time-in-the-us-and-uk/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/late-winter-006.jpglate winter 006Irrelevant photo: freezing fog on Davidstow Moor.2015-02-21T17:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/06/weighing-myself-in-the-u-k-and-in-the-u-s/2015-02-18T19:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/03/winter-in-cornwall-winter-in-minnesota/2015-03-01T10:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/02/01/more-about-tea/2015-02-06T16:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/30/british-and-american-english-talking-about-tea/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/beasts-003.jpgbeasts 003Screamingly irrelevant photo2016-11-19T19:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/27/british-and-american-accents-talking-trash-to-an-i-pad/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/beasts-009.jpgbeasts 009Irrelevant photo: Our dog, who's real, even if she looks like a windup toy2015-02-21T11:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/25/protecting-children-from-english-geography/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/w-solstice-beasts-006.jpgw. solstice, beasts 006Screamingly irrelevant photo: What we do on a winter evening2015-03-15T09:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/24/more-on-nationality-and-culture/2015-01-24T10:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/24/continuing-the-conversation/2015-01-25T09:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/23/looking-american-on-culture-nationality-and-immigration/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parish-plod-004.jpgparish plod 004Semi-relevant photo: The sun shining on a herd of cows. (Actually, they were making sure we left their field, and I can't remember if the sun was shining on them or not--it looks like diffuse sunlight. Does that count?)2017-06-30T19:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/20/beer-and-british-politics-the-pub-landlord-runs-for-office/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mulfra-105.jpgmulfra 105Irrelevant Photo: Mulfra Quoit, in West Cornwall2015-01-27T08:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/30/waiting-for-the-publication-fairy/2015-08-29T07:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/06/07/the-life-in-the-u-k-test/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/british_flag-1.pngBritish_Flag (1)2016-03-09T16:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/10/01/spider-season-in-cornwall/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sppider.jpgA Spider, but Not at My House. Photo by Stefan-Xp2015-01-18T07:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/09/a-new-page/2015-01-10T20:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/21/celebrating-a-bulgarian-british-christmas/2014-12-21T14:23:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/23/singing-up-the-sun-a-late-report-on-an-early-solstice/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/w-solstice-beasts-021.jpgw. solstice, beasts 021Stone circle at Minions2014-12-26T15:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/26/a-foreigners-guide-to-boxing-day/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmas-cake.jpgxmas cakeChristmas cake. Photo by James Petts, on Wikimedia.2015-12-18T15:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/13/minims-and-crotchets-surviving-british-musical-notation/2015-01-17T09:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/01/06/cockney-rhyming-slang-its-real/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jack-russell_edited-1.jpgjack russell_edited-1Not J.'s dog. I'm cheating. Photo by Sellys, on Wikimedia.2026-02-04T15:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/19/a-foreigners-guide-to-christmas-in-britain/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas_pudding_being_flamed.jpgChristmas_Pudding_Being_FlamedChristmas pudding with flaming brandy. Photo by James Scott-Brown, on Wikimedia.2017-12-23T20:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.com/2014/12/16/strange-holiday-habits-of-the-british-and-of-one-wandering-american/https://notesfromtheuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/candle.jpgcandleSeason's greetings, y'all. Photo by Ida Swearingen2014-12-18T16:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://notesfromtheuk.comdaily1.02026-04-03T19:09:24+00:00