Garden – Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist

Odd-tober

There’s no two ways about it. October was odd. Now, what am I referring to exactly. I could be talking about the weather – it was such a warm month – or I could be talking about UK politics. September certainly feels like a long time ago in respect of the latter. Just for theContinue reading “Odd-tober”

‘Say whaaaaat?!’ September

Well, there were some big changes in September. And who would’ve thought we could cope with them after everything else we’ve been through. New government, new monarch and then an absolute political explosion to finish it off. By the way, if you haven’t been following some of the potential environmental impacts of the UK government’sContinue reading “‘Say whaaaaat?!’ September”

Stormy Feb

I decided on the title of this post before storms Dudley and Eunice hit the UK. And that all feels like it was way before the conflict in Ukraine. Without sounding too blue – and without forgetting how horrifying the conflict must be for those who are actually caught up in it, along with thoseContinue reading “Stormy Feb”

Dry January

How would I summarise January… I’d say it really is the hardest month of the year. Well, for me anyway. And that’s mainly due to the light I think. So little time to squeeze walks in before/after work. Especially when you’re busy. A year ago, it was a little different – going out for aContinue reading “Dry January”

356 Days Wild: Week 48

Holidays are comin. Holidays are comin. And I cannot wait! The countdown to the Christmas shutdown has started! But, before I get ahead of myself, let’s look at some highlights from Week 48 of my wild challenge! This week I: ☃️ Explored the garden after an impressive hail storm🐣 Checked on the Rutland Ospreys andContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 48”

356 Days Wild: Week 39

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”

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”

356 Days Wild: Week 25

And so comes the end of another ’30 Days Wild’. Crazy to think my first introduction to ‘daily acts of wildness’ was officially over a whole year ago! I’m also just about halfway through my wild challenge for 2021. For anyone who missed the very first post about my wild undertakings, I managed to decideContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 25”