On a recent walk I found myself looking at all the bare winter trees and humming to myself, ‘Who’s that tree? It’s..umm’ (If you’ve watched the TV show ‘Who’s that Girl? you’ll know the tune and words). Without any leaf foliage to help me in the winter I was fairly clueless about identifying way too […]
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I went for a walk this January morning in the English countryside. I wanted to take notes with my camera on what defined this month in nature’s gardens? Pause for explanation: I’m having a blast trying to read and learn about nature. Nothing like shaking out the cobwebs and clearing up any self-angst by going
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I recently borrowed a vintage book from a friend called The Language of Flowers. It’s a published facsimile version of a handwritten book with over 700 entries of flowers and plants and their meanings. I’ve been wandering around taking photos of nature’s gardens in the winter, searching for any blooms, and will include some of
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In recent winter walks in Ashdown Forest the only blooms I really noticed were the yellow flowers of the common gorse. I found it near the treeline by the Goat car park (named after a pub called the Goat which once stood here…a favourite of smugglers). And the evergreen gorse shrubs added a palette of yellow
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The arrival of winter meant we could take our children to the seal haul out site in Montauk. When my daughter asked if she could pet them and my son said he’d bring a ball for a seal to play on its nose, I knew it was time for them to observe seals in their natural
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