Easter at Wollaton Park
15
Apr
Stands about the woodland ride … … wearing white for Eastertide … … though white is not the only colour … … nor flora the only life … … nor red the only deer … … nor deer the … Read More »
Category Archives: nature
Do bear cubs dance in the woods?
17
Feb
Sure they do. In Finland at any rate. I’d love high resolution images but these will have to do. Full story here …
It’s a flying shame!
20
Jan
My December Reads included a piece by Jan Oberg, which I introduced as “capturing my sense of fear and outrage on what has been done to Syria in the risible name of humanitarianism”. He’s done it again with a FB … Read More »
Attenborough today
16
Dec
Wollaton Park today
2
Dec
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Sunset today
1
Dec
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Circular walk from Cromford Wharf
29
Nov
The 09:25 has me at Cromford for 10:20 – a snip at £36.20 when thirty of that is to renew my senior rail card. Outside the tiny station I look down a steep curving lane to see Sue in bobble … Read More »
Attenborough today
28
Nov
My neoprene lined Le Chameau wellies. Snip at £150 the pair.
Is my team ploughing?
24
Nov
I don’t suppose this an original thought – what’s so great about originality anyway? – but today it occurred to me that melancholia is a vital part of the human experience, perhaps of Life itself. Those muddy fields by the … Read More »
Attenborough today
10
Nov
Mostly the weather has been wet, exceedingly so, but today was sparkling bright. With Jasper I took these in Attenborough this afternoon. The band of duckweed on the far edge of this sheet of water marks the normal course of … Read More »