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Quote of the day:
“Just a minute” said a voice in the weeds.
So I stood still
in the day’s exquisite early morning light.– Mary Oliver
Forage in June for:
Dog Rose, Elderflower, Ash Keys, Honeysuckle, Lime flowers, Ox-eye Daisies, Wild Strawberries
Category Archives: Out and about
Wordless Wednesday – The Exotic Garden at RHS Wisley
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Cannas, Exotic gardens, Gardens, iPhone photography, musa basjoo, palm trees, RHS Wisley, tropical planting
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Wordless Wednesday – Tower of Jewels
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Echium wildpretii, Photography, Red Bugloss, Tajinaste Rojo, Tenerife, Tower of Jewels
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Fluff and stuff
As I walked round the pond I spotted a couple of birds busily helping to strip the downy seeds (apologies for picture quality – it was the best my phone could do). I looked them up later and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged birds, Bulrush, Emberiza schoeniclus, Ponds, Reed Buntings, Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve, Typha latifolia, Walks, Wildlife
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Beds of Norfolk Reed
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged coastal environment, Norfolk, Norfolk reed, Photography, Phragmites australis
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A walk round RSPB Fowlmere Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged birds, chalk streams, natural springs, nature, RSPB Fowlmere Nature reserve, RSPB reserve, Walks, watercress, Wildlife
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A frosty morning walk at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes
RSPB* Fen Drayton Lakes * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a wildlife conservation charity. Initially, the Society (without the Royal) was an all-women movement created in 1889 by Emily Williamson to fight a fashion for feathers … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Walks, Wordless
Tagged birds, Frost, iPhone photography, RSPB, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Walks, wetland
12 Comments
A Week of Flowers – #Day4
I’ve not posted for a bit (busy and distracted, sorry), but Cathy’s lovely idea for celebrating a week of flowers, to cheer and inspire us at this time of year, was too welcome an opportunity to miss without applauding it … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – A glimpse of Cambridge Botanics (August 2021)
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged #CUBG, Cambridge, Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Gardening, Gunnera, Photography
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On a completely different topic: Cambridge Cows!
I recently read that the continuation of the centuries old practice of grazing cows in Cambridge is now in some doubt, but meanwhile … 90 large, decorative cow sculptures have most definitely moved in! The sculptures have been set up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Out and about, Whimsy
Tagged #cowsaboutcambridge, Art, Break charity, Cambridge, cows, Photography, sculpture, Summer
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