Saturday 18 July One of those days when I can post throughout the day… 9.30am We’ve made a conscious effort this year to encourage more insects into our garden. I used to take the approach that, because we live in a rural location, we didn’t need to be so aware. Our little patch was insignificantContinue reading “Day 120”
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Day 119
Friday 17 July When I was a child, I guess I must have been around 9 or 10, I owned a rabbits foot. I also had a tail. I got them through trading with friends, a rubiks cube was the price. I also acquired a small pen knife that I had also traded, for aContinue reading “Day 119”
Day 118
Thursday 16 July It’s a beautiful morning and I can do anything I want. A few days into the summer holiday and school already feels like a fuzzy memory. Nothing to think about except the here and now. I’ve woken early naturally, probably because of the excitement that was welling inside me before I wentContinue reading “Day 118”
Day 117
Wednesday 15 July It feels a bit odd to be writing about stuff not directly related to nature or the important stuff all around us. But there has been an interesting news item pop up on my phone whilst travelling home. Going on current trends, the population of the planet is set to dramatically dropContinue reading “Day 117”
Day 116
Tuesday 14 July It’s been a while since I have referred to coronavirus in this blog. I guess this is partly because I (and many others) am bored of it as a all as a talking point. Perhaps also because it’s a bit depressing really. Plenty of chat about the use of face masks atContinue reading “Day 116”
Day 115
Monday 13 July Yesterday’s post has had me thinking about trees quite a lot today. The relationship between trees and nature is well understood. A provider of food and shelter. A navigable network of routes to get from A to B to C to other tree. A nesting place, a resting place. Our relationship withContinue reading “Day 115”
Day 114
Sunday 12 July I have two books on the go at the moment. They’re both on the theme of nature but both very different about their subjects. In both, trees feature so prominently, and yet neither is specifically about trees. I guess that’s not too surprising. But in both, and in any other book IContinue reading “Day 114”
Day 113
Saturday 11 July Yesterday, I felt a little down about the end of the spring-summer sprint. Back in March, nature’s bottle of fizz gets shaken vigorously then, POP! The cork flies and spring comes frothing out all over the place. This spring-time effervescence continues to flow for quite a few weeks, months even, cascading intoContinue reading “Day 113”
Day 112
Friday 10 July The sparrow nest box at work has a new brood of young in there. It’s very good news and is fuelling my plans for the future use of the outdoor space. I haven’t seen the kestrels for a few days now – it may be due to the damp weather of late?Continue reading “Day 112”
Day 111
Thursday 09 July It’s been raining for the past couple of days. In this country we tend to refer to rainy, grey days in the negative. There are exceptions of course. If there has been a prolonged period of no rain then we might see a shower as a bit of light relief, and gardenersContinue reading “Day 111”
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