Over the course of a year, we gather many things. Photographs in a our camera roll, which don’t reach social media; new memories, knowledge, or lessons, which run the risk of being forgotten. These things, I hope to collect together into a virtual scrapbook: blog posts which round up the week’s moments.
What made me smile
- Feeding ducks from my hand at Baddesley Clinton
- Finding fifteen flints over the fields, on a Mesolithic site
- Receiving my MA degree certificate in the post
- Finding a recipe for toffee muffins that I’d thought lost, and making them to share
- Seeing 31 different species of bird on a local walk, including a new one: a Yellowhammer!
- Going on a walk through the local woodlands after dark, and hearing a tawny owl and muntjac deer
What I’m reading
In my camera roll
With the snow on the ground and in the sky, there was a magical glow even in the dark… 
The first time I have seen a Yellowhammer – a new one to add to the list! 
A mesolithic flint blade I found while walking over the local fields! 
A little abandoned nest tucked in amongst the branches… 
My MA certificate – marking the end of my time as a student! 
That recipe for Toffee Muffins, if anyone wants to give them a try!
Nellie Cole 
Nice flint, should be in a museum. xx
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