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Category: Wildlife

I am far from an expert but I love nature and wildlife so here is a celebration of that.

Of autumn mists and mellow fruitfulness ……..well, just mist really!!

I think we all like walking in the lovely bright summer sunshine, but I’m a strange person in that I … More

country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Enid Blyton, farming, nature, photography, Poole Harbour, rambling, walking, weather, wildlife

The long and short of it…..!

As you will know by now, I like L L o o o o n n n n g g … More

autumn, books, Dorset, local walks, nature, photography, rambling, reading, trees, urban life, walking, wildlife

Of summer and autumn, Dorset heathlands, memories of a hero, and a spider rescued!

Betwixt and between seems to summarise where we are at the moment and this was a betwixt and between walk! … More

church, Churches, conceptual photography, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, Lawrence of Arabia, nature, photography, rain, rambling, Thomas Hardy, village life, walking, weather, wildlife

What are your favourite sounds?

Since I am a photographer you might think I am a visual person, and I am.  But I am also … More

country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, nature, photography, poetry, rambling, sounds, wildlife

Of an island that’s not an island, quarries and more quarries, and wind instruments with no wind!

I had a fabulous walk last week, a walk I have done many times but one which always provides something … More

church, Church Ope Cove, Churches, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, nature, photography, Portland, quarrying, rambling, walking, weather

A walk of contrasts, of new birth, of a disappearing ghost, and a jar of chutney :)!

Well it’s a grey day outside as I look out of my office window – definitely a day for blog … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, nature, new life, photography, rambling, trees, village life, walking, wildlife

Of a walk gone wrong, summer sunshine, and Two on a Tower :)

You can tell the weather here has improved – I’m blogging less often and I have a backlog of walks … More

Clavell's Tower, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, farming, flowers, Kimmeridge, nature, photography, rambling, Thomas Hardy, walking, wildlife

Of wet and mud; of birds, butterflies, bulls and bullocks; and of tuneful church bells!

Well summer came at last to this ‘green and pleasant land’…….well for a time at least!  And as is always … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, rain, rambling, village life, walking, weather, wildlife

Flying Crooked???

Cabbage White The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the … More

Flying Crooked, meadow, nature, new life, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, Robert Graves, wildlife

Of fond memories, war and peace, and a snake that is not a snake!

PERCHED on my city office-stool, I watched with envy, while a cool And lucky carter handled ice. . . . … More

books, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Enid Blyton, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rain, rambling, reading, Thomas Hardy, walking, weather, wildlife

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