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“The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination.”
– Terri Guillemets
Forage in December for:
Alexanders, Chickweed, Garlic Mustard, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hawthorn berries, Cleavers, Rowan Berries, Hairy Bittercress, Honesty
Tag Archives: nature
Wordless Wednesday – Mists, mizzles and cobwebs
Posted in autumn, Wordless
Tagged autumn, cobwebs, countryside, misty mornings, nature, Photography
12 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Setting seed with style!
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Gardening, iPhone photography, nature, Pasque flowers, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Seed heads, Therfield Heath, Wildflowers
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Anticipation
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged erysimum, Hairy-footed flower bee, Insects, iPhone photography, nature, pollinators, Wallflowers, wildlife gardening
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Burls and surprising inner beauty
Posted in Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged burls, burr knot, countryside, nature, Trees, wood turning
12 Comments
Six on Saturday – 22/01/2022
Well, there’s definitely noticeable extra daylight in the afternoons now. You can still see what you are doing outside at ~4:30pm. It makes you feel like getting on with a few projects. So we made a start on some work … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, birds, Canna indica, Gardening, Greater spotted woodpecker, nature, vegetables
17 Comments
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
18 Comments
A blossom bower
Deep in the puffs of apple blossom, With surround-sound provided by buzzing bees, A cosy nest has been built. Well, I say ‘built’ and ‘cosy’, but we are talking about wood pigeons here … and that means it’s actually a … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Trees
Tagged Apple blossom, Gardening, iPhone photography, nature, nests, Spring, Wildlife, Wood pigeons
16 Comments
#WildWednesday – The long and the short of it
This year’s winner, at least in my own counting for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch (end of January), was the Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus. They also happen to be my favourite of our regular visiting birds. Long-tailed tits are a … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Wildlife
Tagged #WildWednesday, aegithalos caudatus, birds, long-tailed tit, nature, Photography, wildlife gardening
19 Comments
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