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Jeanie Croope's avatar

I love your "bad" sketch and especially your poppy print. Beautiful detail there.

All good wishes for a happy birthday year, since I know I missed the day. I hope it was happy!

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Deb Champion's avatar

Thanks jeanie x

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Andrew Jones's avatar

(Belated) happy birthday!

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Deb Champion's avatar

Thankyou. I went on a gannet hunt. It was excellent.

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Sarah's avatar

Happy Birthday!

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Deb Champion's avatar

Thankyou x

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Nancy's avatar

Happy Birthday!

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Rai Marsh's avatar

I shine a torch, low, over our local pool. The light attracts the insects and the bats swoop down feet from me, spot lit for a second, as they catch the flies.

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Deb Champion's avatar

That’s cool I think it’s the astronomer in me but using lights at night just makes me hiss and wail about my dark adaptation I’ll stick to offing up my head the to midges

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Rai Marsh's avatar

This pool is a few metres from a main road, 20 metres from a huge Tesco Extra, and so close to Birmingham the sky always glows red. So dark adaptation isn’t a thing for me 😉

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Anne Thomas's avatar

I guess I must go listen to Cosmo Sheldrake now

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Deb Champion's avatar

It’s not mandatory for subscribers to listen to cosmo sheldrake.

Yet.

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Anne Thomas's avatar

Your descriptions are so intriguing! Also I’m a fan of his brother Merlin

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Gail Griggs's avatar

Happy birthday! I enjoyed hearing the bats in your video. We get lots in our garden but I don't think I've ever heard them like that before. I think I've just assumed it was their wings.

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Deb Champion's avatar

You need a detector to hear the echolocation call like that, I use to be able to hear the social calls but I finally succumbed to being old

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Nancy's avatar

I adore your writings....but especially your tree painting.

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Deb Champion's avatar

Thanks Nancy, I painted some truely horrible messes yesterday to make up for that success x

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Lev Parikian's avatar

HB DC! And thank you (again) for the mention.

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Deb Champion's avatar

Actually I have a bone to pick with you because why are the bats the last chapter? Is this a ploy to make sure I read the whole book?

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Lev Parikian's avatar

It’s because they were the last to evolve flight and the book is in chronological order of evolution. Nothing personal.

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Deb Champion's avatar

That seem logical and I might let you off

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Cathy Cullis's avatar

Happy Birthday! I have not read yet but felt compelled for all good reasons to wish you a lovely day! How nice to have a birthday in May (mine is in dismal November)

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Deb Champion's avatar

Thanks Cathy! Probably not worth reading, have a nice day off x

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