It was by a busy somewhat busy corner, hence the background noise and the fact that I had to cheat a bit on the sound editing (I was able to record only one good call, so I’ve repeated it three times in this track). ![]() Click here for a recording of the above bird’s vocalizations. Pheobes are named after their song, a harsh, raspy “Phee-bzee…. The barn was torn down a couple of years ago. This Pheobe (photographed a few days after Easter) was perched near the remains of the barn that used to stand on the corner of the main Philmont to Spencertown/Austerlitz road and Harlemville Road, just up the way from the Powys House. ![]() Thanks to all these folks for their generous sharing of information and resources. Via Jacqueline, Kate Kavanagh provided a very handy map, indicating the location of sites mentioned in Powys’ diaries. Jacqueline and Max have provided me with copies of Powys’ diaries, and those works provided the extracts given below: The Diary of John Cowper Powys 1930, edited by Frederick Davies and published by Greymitre books & The Diary of John Cowper Powys 1931, published by Jeffrey Kwintner. Two of his most well-known works, Autobiography and Glastonbury Romance, were written while he lived at what he called Phudd Bottom. Jacqueline runs the web site which can link one to a world of people studying this English novelist who lived from 1872 to 1963, and who resided from 1930 to 1934 on the east side of Phudd Hill. As such, they help us understand the evolution of our local landscape.Ī few words of thanks: Jacqueline & Max Peltier for having first contacted us from France. And yet, much of his diaries are simply recountings of his walks and wanderings about the land. ![]() To call Powys’ writings “complex” is, from what little I understand, an understatement. So, in this installment, we’ll try to mix seasonal excerpts from his diary with our own natural history observations and photographs. We continue our exploration of the landscape as seen (or at least written about) by John Cowper Powys. On Easter Sunday, we do a short bike loop – 21C east to Harlemville Road, south on Harlemville Road to Ten Broek, east on Ten Broek to Pheasant Lane, south on Pheasant Lane until Phudd Road, and then back west on Phudd Road to Harlemville Road.Ī cloudy, rainy but relatively warm day.
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