{"id":2543,"date":"2013-03-08T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2543"},"modified":"2013-11-02T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T15:06:18","slug":"a-damp-squib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-damp-squib\/","title":{"rendered":"A Damp Squib"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A damp squib. No, not a new and exotic species but an unadorned description of the day:  early mist followed by persistent rain. Not much to show for it, but the dancing duck from yesterday has branched out into the music business and changed her stage to a picturesque stone wall. She&#39;s obviously touting for a mass market audience. So here she is&#8230; the new diva of Falmer. :sing:<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/duck_0803134739.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>As for the rest, given the state of the weather the only creatures happy to come out were the newts. There&#39;s quite a colony underneath all the weed, and as with last year I expect them to overrun everything else in there.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/newt_0803134850.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/newt_0803134854.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/newt_0803134858.jpg' \/><\/span> <br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><a title=\"site stats\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/free-web-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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