Friday 25 March 2011

March

From the chapter on March:

'The great spotted woodpecker - a completely medieval bird, like a joker, or a jester with mask, cap and bells. The black and white skullcap, the deep red velvet tail. the barred, flamboyant costume and the outsized conk of a beak, absurdly vigorous in its hammering. How on earth does it stabilize its brain?

from 'Notes from Walnut Tree Farm'
by Roger Deakin

3 comments:

  1. i love this description.is it from a book?

    happy spring

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  2. Yes, it's from "Notes from Walnut Tree Farm' by Roger Deakin, more info here:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141039027/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0241144205&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0ZAXDZXHAQ97BKRNGEC9

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  3. What a long link, just google it!

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