National Tree Week
National Tree Week runs from 26 November to 4 December this year. The theme is ‘hidden connections’, celebrating the life support system which sustains our
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“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” ~ Lilly Pulitzer
National Tree Week runs from 26 November to 4 December this year. The theme is ‘hidden connections’, celebrating the life support system which sustains our
Continue readingAutumn leaves fall, collecting in piles along roadsides, and creating colourful carpets across open areas. They can be slippery, encourage blockages, and deprive lawn spaces
Continue readingThere are many examples of good fathers across the animal kingdom. Seahorses, for example, who fertilise and incubate the eggs, then give birth to their
Continue readingThe increase in using electronic methods to connect with others meant I was able to attend a virtual Macmillan Coffee Morning in September. It was
Continue readingThe closing lines of ‘Tarka The Otter’, by Henry Williamson, remain as fresh in my mind today as they were around forty years ago when
Continue readingA short post today, about the relationship between swans and The Crown. In the twelfth century The Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. The
Continue readingCats have been part of my family for many years. Firstly, as members of the menagerie which surrounded us when we were children. Then in
Continue readingMy first sighting of a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth was in north-west France, over thirty years ago. These exquisite day flying moths are summer visitors to the
Continue readingThe arrival of rain this week coincided with a bug hunt I’d booked at a nature reserve. The deluge was great for gastropods, but not
Continue readingEvery August sees the height of the annual Perseid meteor shower. This year, the peak of the display coincided with not just a full Moon, but
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