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Are the apparitions intentionally showing themselves or simply being seen. Could they see Harry? Were they capable of seeing? Unanswered questions.

Calcified seaweed is a fossil resource which is being used up.

Yes, that is the common usage.

The second paragraph to the last subheading, Experiencing the land, advises us that "You step lightly over grikes, looking down at the abundance at your feet, the shy plant communities huddled in their cosy world."

Online sources defined grikes as cracks or crevices. Is that a common-use verb among eastern-side ponders?

The third paragraph to the first subheading, Plant nutrients, alerts us to the fact that "A particular type is calcifed seaweed, which is found on the seabed off Cornwall, but it is becoming scarce and seemed to have disappeared from garden centres, though I saw some recently."

Dare I ask why that calcified seaweed becomes scarcer and scarcer?

The fifth paragraph to the first subheading, The treasury house, describes for us that "But the Romans were completely non-reactive to him, It was as though Harry was watching a video player. For the Romans Harry was not there."

What might have been the point on the part of the Roman apparitions to move past someone without mustering up any reaction to that reaction?

(In other words, why would apparitions show themselves?)

Your comment Aug. 10, 2016, observes that "I have made a point of knowing something about all the world's religions, but the subject is vast and full knowledge unachievable. At the moment I am starting to re-read some religious books that I read in yesteryear to refresh and deepen my knowledge."

How would you decide what to read about a particular religion?

Your article ends with the filial promise of an in-house-cooked lunch.

What might be favorites that your son mustered up for you and your wife and your grandson?

(Were he an artisan lunch-maker, what would he have worked up to wow parental, filial and grand-filial taste buds?)

The introductory statement advises us of Lord of the World as "ancestor of the tribulation novels now popular among Christians."

What are examples of tribulation novels?

(How might I recognize one ;-D?)

Speaking of the first springtime signs, temperatures sometimes are in the 60-plus-degree-Fahrenheit (15.55-plus-degree-Celsius) range this month.

This past weekend and week I cut dead twigs away from, and with my pruners designed, the one Irish yew (Taxus baccata fastigiata) and the two English yew (Taxus baccata) the way that ornamental horticulture properly and traditionally desires. The latter duo look so clean, so dynamic with straight supports to the waving, substantially green-lodging ends.

Spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) in the vernal pool westward number with a bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) and an eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) as the first animal-sentient signs of February springtime days.

What would be the first bird calls eastern pond-ward?

Thank you, as usual, for thefairytales link at the end of the 8th, Substack Blogger-alternative subheading.

The caption under the third image, by Ada Leonora Bowley (1866-1943), to the Beauty and the Beast illustrations considers that "I don’t have much information about the illustration above. Ada Leonora Bowley made most of her pictures together with her sister but this project (including several black and white drawings) seems to be her own brainchild. The pictures were created and published around 1920."

Did the black-and-white drawings depict the Beauty and the Beast?

The first paragraph to the first subheading, Crystal stream and ancient wood, alerts us that "Early in his work Cooper explains chalk streams, which are an internationally rare habitat most commonly found in the rolling chalk lands of Southern England, though there are a few in Northern France."

Does the book concentrate upon southern England or does it include a bit or quite a bit of information about northern France?

If the latter is true, what part of northern France inspires the most information?

Belated thanks to Veronica for daffodils and snow drops as first signs of eastern-ponder spring!

It's interesting that your son Peter is a runner before he is a walker. Is that the way with your sons Andrew and Matthew itinerating running before walking?

Unitedstatesians outdoors-ers generally lean toward jogging or running or walking. They may switch with age from jogging to walking or from running to jogging or walking.

Yes - will get on to it!