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Welcome to my Blog – a celebration of birds – in art and anecdote, poetry and prose – part memoir, part anthology, part nature writing, with biographical snippets about favourite artists. Follow me as I ramble through the year writing about the birds I see – share your own encounters with birds, or tell me about your patch … More
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Recent Posts
- Reimagining Richard Jefferies March 28, 2019
- Bumbarrel, MumRuffin and Poke Pudding March 21, 2019
- A Year in Haiku March 21, 2019
- The Magic of Birdsong March 9, 2019
- Moments of Place March 9, 2019
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Followed Blogs: Hut Wood
22 April 2019
2019 / 32 07:00 – 10:15 Mild 10°C and hazy sunshine. Light Sw, becoming warm and brighter. I come here today again seeking sanctuary and freedom, the gentle refreshment and awakening of a wood in spring. All around is green leaf, mist, birdsong and contemplative breathing space. Wrens loudest today, and Robins. Two, three maybe […]
Followed Blogs : nicola chester
Nature Notes
Lunch with an Otter. A text came from my son at college, whilst I was at work. ‘You’ll never guess what I’m having lunch with!’ There followed the most exquisite video clip, taken on his phone. An otter, hunting the shallow stream at one of the entrances to Andover College, rolling, roiling and revelling in […]
Followed Blogs: richard jefferies
THE GROOVED VALLEY
Simon Coleman The South Downs. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/east-sussex/south-downs/articles/The-South-Downs-pub-walks/ The following passage from Richard Jefferies’ autobiography, ‘The Story of My Heart’, provides a perfect example of how a particular landscape can induce a calm and creative state of mind. The landscape in this case is chalk downland, where sharp valleys can suddenly cut into wide stretches of […]
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