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Monthly Archives: January 2009
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Four eggs (about 4 of the hens now broody). Saw a stork standing among the ibises the other day. It is enormous – English heron would look small beside it. Greenfinch evidently exists here as well as the goldfinch, both … Continue reading
13.1.39
Two eggs (135 since 26.10.38.) In the cleft of the rock on the N. side of one of the hills near hear° are growing a plant like angelica, a fleshy plant with round leaves & quantities of moss. Evidently these … Continue reading
9.1.39.
Two eggs. Saw large flock of green plover, apparently the same as in England. Clear & fine, afternoons fairly warm.
VILLA SIMONT, 8.1.39
Cost of sending four rather heavy parcels to England, about Frs. 400. Two others not quite so heavy about Frs. 100 the two. The red tape in post offices here even worse than in France. The two which E. and … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged bureaucracy, graves, land ownership, lucerne, New Year, post office
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7.1.39.
Three eggs. There are now 3 hens broody. The pigeons are all right. Yesterday saw some men fishing in the Oued Tensift. Miserable little fish about the size of sardines. The bait is a kind of small earthworm which is … Continue reading
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