The photo above is my cack-handed attempt to capture the extraordinary sight I saw on February 18th last year. I was out in the garden on a sunny day and saw red dots on a beech tree. As I got closer, I could hear what sounded like hundreds of bees buzzing around, and actually yes,Continue reading “The world waking up”
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The New Year starts here
Maybe a little late to wish a happy new year, but I will anyway. The year still has that hopeful feeling to it, a long time before we start to ask where the year went and what are we eating for Christmas dinner? Aubergine moussaka this year. Even the cat refused turkey scraps by theContinue reading “The New Year starts here”
I Can’t Keep It In…
I was out with a group of people on a youth club trip in 1975, and we stopped partway to our destination for a break to stretch our legs in a local wood. I went out to explore while the tea was brewing and came back with an empty plastic compost bag that had beenContinue reading “I Can’t Keep It In…”
Clearing brambles
A long silence; we have been busy. We joined a local community wood and volunteered to do some work there. It was meant to be a community day, with everyone allocated a (socially distanced) spot and given a task to do, but when the second lockdown was announced, the organisers realised that this party wouldContinue reading “Clearing brambles”
Julia Chalkley 