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		<title>The long wait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not the best way to start a trip!

After two days of really heavy rain and high winds in New England, there&#8217;s lots of flight delays and cancellations &#8211; and Logan Airport is packed! 
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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/14/the-long-wait</link>
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		<title>Bird sounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s raining and windy tonight, but last weekend in the nice weather I tried to record the sounds of the garden &#8211; hope this works for you to listen to &#8230;
(click the play symbol to listen, or click here to download)
If you listen carefully near the end, you might hear Chloe &#8220;chatting&#8221; to the birds!
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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/13/bird-sounds</link>
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		<title>First flowers of 2010?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next door in Pat &#038; Dave&#8217;s back garden &#8211; Snow drops!

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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/07/first-flowers-of-2010</link>
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		<title>Back garden pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enjoying this fine Spring-like day, we have the first hints of real Spring with bulb shoots coming up:

Most of the fish survived winter &#8211; Margaret counted more than 60 here:

(there&#8217;s a couple of Chloe pics too, here and here)
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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/07/back-garden-pictures</link>
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		<title>Another week, another walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back to Goose Cove reservoir, one week after the big winds took down trees; now, the trees are all cleared from the paths, leaving some neat cuts behind:

On the reservoir itself, ice is slowly giving way to water:



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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/07/another-week-another-walk</link>
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		<title>What a difference a day makes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, snow on the ground; today, bright blue sky, warm sunshine, and a LOVELY day!



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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/06/what-a-difference-a-day-makes</link>
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		<title>White coating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unusual weather overnight &#8211; we have a white coating over everything!

This is quite rare for us; is we get snow it&#8217;s generally at least a few inches &#8230; this we can just ignore! Though it looks pretty  
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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/05/white-coating</link>
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		<title>The ultimate Easter Eggs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how long these might have been in England, but I just discovered orange flavour Cadbury Creme Eggs today &#8230; YUM!

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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/03/01/the-ultimate-easter-eggs</link>
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		<title>First buds of 2010?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While walking the reservoir today, I saw this:

I&#8217;m surprised to see this, but I do think Winter 2009/10 was relatively mild and apparently this tree agrees &#8230;
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		<link>http://www.margaretandian.com/2010/02/28/first-buds-of-2010</link>
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		<title>Goose Cove Reservoir Trees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One week later, and another walk round the reservoir &#8211; no ice this week, and surprisingly few downed trees actually!

(the dog is Beau, who decided to walk the reservoir with me!)


(thanks, whoever cut this slot for us to walk through!)


More pictures in the Gallery
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