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Being Queen is a lonely thing ~ why life at the top may not be as sweet as...

(This is a post from almost a year ago that for some reason, WordPress destroyed. For those who are interested, the queen mentioned below is doing very well still and we now have four hives and a spare...

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The Sea-gull’s Tale ~ knowing when or if to intervene

The Sea-gull’s Tale ~ knowing when or if to intervene. The place where I live is rich in wildlife, but where I work that wildlife is mainly confined to a slice of nature that most people would prefer...

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Lost #3

For part 1 see Lost #1 For part 2 see Lost #2 Lost #3 I sit until my bones become weary and the grass becomes cold and damp beneath me; the glow-worms slowly flicker and fade and I am alone. Around me...

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Lost #4

Lost #4 There are no paths. All around me, endless shades of green, with some brown and red and orange as counterpoint, and no opening, no indication that anyone has ever come this way before. I sag...

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Snow at the shoreline

Snow at the Shoreline Cappuccino waves crash upon the shore Spin-drift and snow meet at high tide, Overlap and kiss across a barrier Made of iced shingle and flotsam, Feathers and cuttlefish corpses....

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“The Secret Garden” and the way children’s literature can shape our hearts...

“The Secret Garden” and the way children’s literature can shape our hearts and minds. When I reach a low point I find concentrating extremely hard, so the kind of reading I normally do is beyond me. I...

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Season of the Swarm

No, not a B movie….but rather a Bee movie if you prefer. Because the spring was a cold one and followed a winter with some extreme cold, everything in the UK has been late. Here on the East Coast,...

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Monday Meditation: Honeysuckle for deepening the connection with nature

Honeysuckle Meditation (written as part of the Meditating with Aromatics project)   For this meditation you will need either a sprig of flowering honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium) or a few drops of...

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The changing faces of our landscapes ~ how our surroundings mirror our inner...

The changing faces of our landscapes ~ how our surroundings mirror our inner journey In my Twitter bio, one of the four things I describe myself as is a mystic. It’s written partly in jest, the way I...

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Seals, saints & soul friends ~ unravelling my Celtic knots

  Seals, saints & soul friends ~ unravelling my Celtic knots   The seals sang to us the first evening on Lindisfarne. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne  We went down to the beach after...

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Why trees make good friends ~ confessions of a unrepentant tree-hugger.

Why trees make good friends ~ confessions of a unrepentant tree-hugger. Many years ago, (or it might be the blink of an eye), I worked on a nature reserve as an education officer. It was my first job...

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In the night garden ~ musings by starlight

In the night garden ~ musings by starlight The grass has cooled now and feel pleasantly moist against the soles of my feet. During the heat of the day I could not walk here, barefoot or otherwise, for...

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The Longest Barrow

The Longest Barrow The fairies have reclaimed this place of oak and ash and thorn, Tentatively taking the mounded earth Where once the railway ran, Now stripped of iron and engines That once drove the...

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I have fallen in love

I have fallen in love… with goldfish Earlier this year we decided that it was high time our pond was populated with something a bit brighter and shinier than frogs, toads and newts so we went to a...

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Of Mice and Men… and Women too.

Of Mice and Men…and Women too Of the many things that baffle me about life, why people fear and hate mice is one that I’ve grappled with on numerous occasions. I could never understand as a child why...

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Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast Spring, you sexy beast, you’re back! Blowing hot and cold again, From pheromones and feathers fluttering, Pistils and stamens at it, Hammer and tongs, To nights that end in ice, Frosted...

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In defence of weeds and other “useless” things

In defence of weeds and other “useless” things Many years ago a friend of mine rented a house somewhere in Surrey (it may have been Epsom) along with another girl. The other girl was quite keen to make...

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Frog medicine, Duck medicine

Frog medicine, Duck medicine All in a rush, Spring arrived and in our garden it came with enough frogs to almost walk across the pond. For a few weeks, there was a party in the pond, and each evening I...

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“Where springs not fail” ~ on not losing hope

“Where springs not fail” ~ on not losing hope I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail, And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms...

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Grey Heron as Night Falls in Paris

Grey Heron as Night Falls in Paris The leaping of a fish makes a soft splash that would be inaudible amid the hubbub of the area around the Eiffel Tower, but for its incongruity. It’s that which makes...

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