There are lots of wild spaces to be found off the footpaths and tracks around the local lanes. When out and about for a wander on day 114 of 365 Days Wild we discovered a strip of growth beside farmland that appears to have been sown and left for the wildlife. The sunflowers scattered through … More Wild Spaces
Happy Autumn Equinox – day 113 of 365 Days Wild. … More Balance
There were lots of blue tits around the peanut feeder on day 112 of 365 Days Wild. One was bravd enough to let me get close enough for some photographs. … More Wildlife Encounters
On the evening of day 111 of 365 Days Wild I went on a golden hour walk. … More Of Golden Hour Wanders and Felt Art
On day 110 of 365 Days Wild I walked along the local lanes to see what fruits I could spot growing in the hedgerows. … More Hedgewalker
For day 109 of 365 Days Wild I went on a bug hunt along the meadow hedgerows. … More Hedgerow Bugs
On day 108 of 365 Days Wild I finally completed another felt and embroidery picture. … More Remembrance of Bluebells
On day 107 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out for a walk around the village lanes and found the competing odours of smoke and onions vying for my attention. … More Joys of Country Life
For day 106 of 365 Days Wild, I went on a Nature Walk at Langford Lowfields Nature Reserve. … More Of Fungi, Wildflowers and Hedgerow Fruits
It didn’t take long for the honey bees to descend on the newly opened sedum flowers. … More A Honey Bee Feast
Day 104 of 365 Days Wild was spent down at the nature project. … More At the Nature Project
Being out and about at dawn always seems to inspire poetry. … More The Eye of Dawn
The meadow has now been mowed, a sad but necessary event. … More To Mow the Meadow
On day 101 of 365 Days Wild I decided to venture down one of the few local lanes that still remained unexplored. … More Down the Sunflower Track
follow a trail of sunbeams as wandering
footsteps tread pathways along hedgerows
and fencelines, along boundaries and divides … More Catching Sunbeams
For day 99 of 365 Days Wild I collected some Musk Mallow seeds from the meadow, spotted some bugs, and enjoyed the sight of the sky at sunset. … More Of Seeds, Bugs and Sunsets
For day 98 of 365 Days Wild I went on a bug hunt in the meadow. … More Of Bug Hunts and Raindrops
For day 97 of 365 Days Wild I decided to spend some time with the Sweet Chestnut tree that’s growing in the meadow. This is one of the young trees that was planted when the former square of farmland was first converted into a meadow five years ago. This is the first year that I’ve … More Sweet, Sweet Chestnut
For day 96 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out on a nature walk, around the local lanes and into the meadow. … More Nature Walk
For day 95 of 365 Days Wild I decided it was time to explore down local footpaths. … More Time to Explore
stillness embraces morning in a
sheen of burnished copper, beginnings
and endings bound in delicate threads,
opposites unifying into serenity … More September Dawn
It’s time to forage for sloes. … More A Sloe Walk
pass through the gateway into an
upside down world, where phantasms
of reality hang in reflective suspension … More Upside Down
As I was leaving the house for day 91 of 365 Days Wild I said to myself, I won’t be photographing toadstools today. I’ve included fungi picture for the past two days. I need to look out for something different… Five minutes later – ooh, toadstools! So… It seems I’m incapable of walking past toadstools … More Of Toadstools, Bees, and Butterflies
Day 90 of 365 Days Wild was another rainy day out on the local lanes. … More A Rainy Day Wander
For day 89 of 365 Days Wild I went hunting for fungi. … More Toadstool Hunting
Day 88 of 365 Days Wild was a rainy day in the garden. … More Droplets
The number of toadstools growing on the grass verges is steadily increasing now, as the wheel shifts away from Summer and further towards Autumn. Here are some fungi pictures that I snapped as I walked around the village on day 87 of 365 Days Wild. Unfortunately, the light wasn’t great so they’re a little dull. … More Almost Autumn
the world shifts into monochrome,
vivid joys sinking beneath a blanket
of dour uncertainty as muggy winds
drive downpours in sweeping passage … More A Grey Day
Sometimes the spirits of nature speak. … More Of Little Gifts, Visitations and Spirit Messages
On day 84 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out to the meadow for a wander in the early evening light. … More An Evening Wander
she rests in gentle repose, a spirit of eager curiosity, shining brightly, her wings held out in readiness for flight into a promised future crafted from the fabric of early morning dreams, aglow in anticipation This post is for day 83 of 365 Days Wild. There aren’t many days of fair weather currently showing on … More Spirit of the Air
Meet, Cinquefoil. … More Meet a Plant: Cinquefoil
Day 81 of 365 Days Wild was a good day for spotting dragonflies in the meadow. … More Dragonfly Dance
A bit of rain doesn’t stop me from getting out and about. … More A Walk in the Rain
On day 79 of 365 Days Wild I went out for an evening walk around the lanes, and down to the meadow and stream. … More Of Rainbows, Sunbeams and Toadstools
the harvest you reap will yet
be fruitful; the products of your
endeavours will be intoxicating … More On the Blackthorn Path
Raindrops on the water: this is how I find calm. … More Raindrops
We’ve now reached that point in the year when it’s the seedheads rather than the flowers that draw my attention when I’m out and about. … More Late Summer Golds
For day 75 of 365 Days Wild I decided to spend some time in the garden. … More In the Garden
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