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recover

(explanation: Some retail stores employees have to "zone" their departments which means they put stuff back where it goes. I worked at a store that called it "recover" which is the same thing: putting back stuff that shoppers left everywhere except where they picked it up.)

Health

Heathland

Chatters

(Clive Chatters wrote the 9th Book in the British Wildlife series "Heathland". Excellent book if you want to understand all about heathlands, their cultural impact on humans and their unique ecosystems. Yes I have a copy )

Pounding

(What often happens a while after a bearing starts chattering. A short time later everything often goes ominously silent.)

Regards,

Richard

mortar (and pestle)

Shell

Oyster

[The thought of eating an oyster makes me gag, but I love the effect of Mother-of-Pearl / Nacre.]

Regards,

Richard

world

Encompass

Surround

Regards,

Richard

sound

noise

Election Campaign

Regards,

Richard

lies.

white

Snow

Snowflake flowers

[Wild] Garlic

(We have some growing next to our snowflake flowers at the moment. It really shouldn't be happening as the Garlic likes much damper conditions than the Snowflakes.)

Regards,

Richard

leek

(We have what I thought was wild garlic but is actually three-cornered leek in our garden. In spite of the name it smells incredibly garlicky!)