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”
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A Sprinkle of Art
Hello! As mentioned in my last ‘wild challenge’ weekly blog post, I’ve decided to put some art prints up for sale! I was a little scared to do this, but I’ve been so grateful for the feedback and purchases I’ve received so far. It’s genuinely meant a lot so thank you. As promised, I’ve sharedContinue reading “A Sprinkle of Art”
356 Days Wild: Week 46
And what did Week 46 of my wild challenge bring? Well, winter. Wasn’t it a cold one?! Frost and then snow and then ice and then frost. Winter makes for some lovely walks though – when there isn’t a storm – so I think I’m ready to embrace the colder weather (as long as itContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 46”
October artwork: a brief round-up
Oh my goodness. I haven’t posted about my art properly for such a long time. For anyone following my weekly ‘acts of wildness’, you’ll know I’ve been busy doing bits and pieces. But I’ve found myself creating pieces thinking ‘I need to write about this’ and then completely not writing about this! So October seemedContinue reading “October artwork: a brief round-up”
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 36
I worked out last week that I’ve now done over 245 days-worth of ‘random acts of wildness’. Looking back, I’m really glad I documented them all and I can see that it’s done me a world of good over the past 36 weeks. I hope I can keep it up despite the faster pace ofContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 36”
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”
Butterfly Sparkle
And so it goes… Butterfly sparkle, butterfly sparkle, pretty as petals in the sky you, flutter together, light as a feather, why can’t I be a but-ter-flyyyyy Does anyone else know this song?! I think it was from a play when I was in primary school and I think my sister was the butterfly… Anyhoo,Continue reading “Butterfly Sparkle”
The bull of all finches
I am, of course, talking about the bullfinch. There are apparently 190,000 breeding pairs of these critters in the UK and they are undoubtedly a pretty special species of finch. On a very long (20km!) walk in the cold and the rain a few weeks ago, my partner and I spotted a male and femaleContinue reading “The bull of all finches”
A hopeful sign of spring
I’ve been enjoying updating everyone about my ‘wild’ undertakings over the past few weeks but I realise it’s been a while since I’ve done a bigger post. So say hello to a piece I really enjoyed creating last week: A hopeful sign of spring. I know we’re still, to some extent, in the throes ofContinue reading “A hopeful sign of spring”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 