December Blues
On day 185 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out for an afternoon walk just as the overcast sky started showing some blue. … More December Blues
On day 185 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out for an afternoon walk just as the overcast sky started showing some blue. … More December Blues
weep for the fallen,
for the forgotten,
for the lost … More Weep
On day 179 of 365 Days Wild I decided to spend some time with the holly trees to be found in the little woodland. … More The Spirit of the Holly
On day 173 of 365 Days Wild I arrived at the pond shortly before sunset. … More At the Day’s End
Day 172 of 365 Days Wild was a day of November gold. … More November Gold
On day 170 of 365 Days Wild the sun unexpectedly broke through the clouds as I walked beside the stream. … More Glimmer
Day 163 of 365 Days Wild was disappointingly overcast… until the end. … More Unexpected Sunbeams
On day 161 of 365 Days Wild I decided to spend some time working on another soft pastel and charcoal picture. It’s based on a photograph of the overly peach-coloured sunset that I took on day 159 through the growth at the bottom of our garden, and over the field beyond. This is the photo … More Peachy
Day 160 of 365 Days Wild was another foggy day, perfect for some black and white photography. … More Life in Monochrome
On day 154 of 365 Days Wild I went on a golden walk. … More Golden
On day 150 of 365 Days Wild I w wandered down to the meadow for a fungi hunt. … More Meadow Fungi
On day 138 of 365 Days Wild I spent some time looking at the fallen leaves. … More Fallen Leaves
On day 136 of 365 Days Wild I went on a nature walk around the local lanes. … More Greens, Golds and Pinks
Day 134 of 365 Days Wild was cold, wet, and windy when I ventured out for a walk around the lanes. … More Advancing Autumn
On day 132 of 365 Days Wild I wandered down to the little woodland beside the pond where several new Fly Agaric toadstools have popped up through the leaf litter. It thought it was a perfect time to find out a little more about my favourite fungus. Usually bright red in colour (though they can also … More Meet a Fungus: Fly Agaric
On day 131 of 365 Days Wild I both went out hunting for toadstools and I watched the sunset. … More Of Toadstool Hunts and Sunsets
On day 129 of 365 Days Wild I ventured out for a dawn walk. … More Out for Dawn
On day 127 of 365 Days Wild I went out on a fungi hunt. … More Toadstool Spotting
Day 126 of 365 Days Wild brought some unexpected sunshine. … More Unexpected Sunshine
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
For day 98 of 365 Days Wild I went on a bug hunt in the meadow. … More Of Bug Hunts and Raindrops
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
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
Day 88 of 365 Days Wild was a rainy day in the garden. … More Droplets
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
Day 81 of 365 Days Wild was a good day for spotting dragonflies in the meadow. … More Dragonfly Dance
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
For day 73 of 365 Days Wild I used oil pastels to capture the image of a honey bee on a Calendula flower. … More Honey Bee in Oil Pastel
The fascination of lichen on an old bench at the meadow’s edge. It was a bit of a dull afternoon when I headed out for day 55 of 365 Days Wild. I spotted a blue butterfly… …and identified a Burdock plant… … but little really caught my full attention until I sat down on one … More The Fascination of Lichen
For day 42 of 365 Days Wild I left the house at 4.30AM in order to watch the dawn. … More Misty Dawn and Sunlit Cobwebs
I spotted some toadstools while I was wandering around the meadow on day 41 of 365 Days Wild. They’re always such a delight to see, and doubly so this early in the season!
… More Toadstools Galore
For day 38 of 365 Days Wild I brought the outside, inside, and filled a vase with sweet peas from the garden. … More Bringing the Outside, Inside
bid farewell to times of innocent
provocation, to days when the
mystique of secret femininity
was reflected in nature’s jewelery, … More Sweet Peas in the Rain
For day 33 of 365 Days Wild, I drew a Buff-tailed Bumblebee on a Knapweed flower. … More For the Love of Bees
Here’s my round up of the final five days of 30 Days Wild 2020. … More 30 Days Wild 2020: Days 26-30
Here’s my round up of days 21 to 25 of 30 Days Wild 2020. … More 30 Days Wild 2020: Days 21-25
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