Welcome to Week 39 of my wild challenge! By my calculation, because I’m working towards 356 days of wildness and not 365 (because I only decided part way through January I was going to do this – see my note at the bottom of the page…), I’ll get up to Week 50.8 by the endContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 39”
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356 Days Wild: Week 38
And so comes October. Another seven ‘random acts of wildness’ ticked off. We’re well and truly catapulting towards shorter days. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some wild highlights and, for Week 38, mine included: 🌹 Planting spring bulbs🐦 Watching some interesting gulls🌳 Recapping my new-found plant knowledge🍂 Walking through Wychwood Forest As always,Continue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 38”
356 Days Wild: Week 37
What a lovely ‘summer part 2’ we’ve been having! So many crisp, sunny days despite the days getting shorter. Towards the end of Week 37 of my wildlife challenge, I had the opportunity to experience a few ‘acts of wildness’ with my sister. Definitely the main highlight! And there were other highlights too, including:☀️ AContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 37”
356 Days Wild: Week 29
Week 29 was dominated by lots of practice walks for my August fundraising challenge in memory of my grandad. Walking always brings wildlife highlights and, this week, my ‘acts of wildness’ included:🌺 Admiring the beautiful hollyhocks dotted across town🌧 Walking in the rain🐓 Finishing some Yorkshire Dales chickens🐌 Rescuing a little snail I hope youContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 29”
356 Days Wild: Week 28
Week 28 felt very busy and there were some lovely, wild highlights. Everything really does look and feel so much better in the sunshine! Let me give you a lil flavour of what I got up to – this week, I:🦆 Explored a local nature reserve at sunset✒️ Plotted out some local walks to prepContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 28”
356 Days Wild: Week 27
The end of this week couldn’t have been more different from the start. I got a good soaking on Monday but, by Sunday, was craving the shade. No wonder us Brits talk about the weather so much! Anyway, Week 27 of my wild adventure brought me:🌧 A wet walk by the River Thames🌺 A newContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 27”
356 Days Wild: Week 26
Week 26 has been and gone! And it included another urban (well, semi-urban) adventure! Highlights:🌿 More gardening delights🥳 Birthday walks🐸 Frog-spotting🤓 Getting geeky in a museum Short and sweet (not usually like me!) Enjoy and catch you next week! 😊 Monday 5th July 2021 I bought some plants from a peat-free nursery aggggessss ago. TheseContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 26”
Autumn Vibes
I’m writing this with the absolute knowledge that all of the leaves have already fallen off the cherry tree in the garden. Some might say that I’ve almost missed autumn, but I absolutely love autumnal colours and have been meaning to paint them – and write about them – for the best part of 2Continue reading “Autumn Vibes”
My my my my corona….
Sorry. This corrupted lyric hasn’t left my head for many weeks now. Every moment I hear or see an update on the virus, it pops in there and won’t leave. Those who know me are aware that I have an annoying tendency to ruin songs… The most outrageous being a conglomerate of a well knownContinue reading “My my my my corona….”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 