“Daisies are our silver, Buttercups our gold: This is all the treasure We can have or hold.” Thus runs a children’s hymn I remember from…
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In another post, I pondered on the variation you can find in some wildflowers, including red campion. In contrast, I’ve always been intrigued by the…
Although I’ve been happily taking photos for many years and am pretty au fait with the technical side, it’s never too late to learn something…
“Oak before ash, in for a splash; ash before oak, in for a soak” Thus runs the old country saying, suggesting that if the ash…
Every year, I try to visit at least one beechwood at about this time, when the leaves are like fluttering scraps of lime green taffeta.…
On a dry and bright breezy day, I did this circular walk starting and finishing in the lovely village of Worth Matravers on the Isle…
The flowering of the blackthorn tree is commonly associated, in folklore, with a “blackthorn winter” – a sudden unseasonal spell of cold and wet or…
A few days of warm sunny weather, and spring is definitely here. Apart from the sunshine, the most joyous aspect is the birdsong. Skylarks have…
Spring weather is always a bit chancy, but I and a friend were lucky with a dry day for our walk. We parked near the…