June 12, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 12th, 1780
Dragon-flies. Bees swarm. Sheep are shorn.
June 11, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 11th, 1780
Field-pease look well. All the young rooks ave not left their nest-trees. Glow-worms appear.
June 10, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 10th, 1780
Fraxinells begin to blow. Wheat-ears begin to shoot-out.
June 9, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 9th, 1780
Hoed the quick-sets at the bottom of the hanger.
June 8, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 8th, 1780
The limes show their bracteal leaves, & rudiments of blossoms. Sweet Williams begin to blow.
June 6, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 6th, 1780
Red valerian blows. Terrible riots in London: & unpresidented burnings, & devastations by the mob.
June 3, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 3rd, 1780
The phalaena called the swift nighthawk appears.
June 1, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jun 1st, 1780
Distant clouds, sultry, thunder-clouds. Sulphurous smell in the air. Sweet, even, small shower. Strawberries blow well. Medlar shows much bloom. Honey-suckles blow. Fern-owl chatter: chur-worm jars. The tortoise shuns the intense heat by covering itself with dead grass; & does not eat ’til the afternoon. Terrible storms in the Oxfordshire, & my Wilts.
May 31, 1780
Posted by sydney on May 31st, 1780
Master Etty went on board the Vansittart India-man at Spithead. Thunderstorm in the night with a fine shower.
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