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Tag: meadow

A Day in the Meadows

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley” said Robert Burns, and wasn’t he so right! Everyone’s … More

art in nature, Dorset, evening, grass, ladybird, macro photography, meadow, red soldier beetle, red tailed bumblebee, six spot burnett, skipper, The Dorset Rambler, wildlife

A Tactile Walk

The morning was bright and for once I decided to leave Dorset for the neighbouring county to do a 15 … More

country life, farming, flowers, hill fort, meadow, nature, photography, poetry, rambling, senses, sounds, tactile, The Dorset Rambler, touch, urban life, village life, wildlife

Of sights and sounds, aerial acrobatics, and angelic singing!

This walk started and finished in one of those beautiful Dorset villages that you know so well because you drive … More

country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, poem, rambling, trees, village life, walking, wildlife

Beneath the Tree

As many of you will know, I like to write a bit of poetry.  I’ll never be a Walter de … More

conceptual photography, country life, Dorset, farming, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rambling, spring, The Dorset Rambler, trees, wildlife

Of literary giants and characters, bluebells and blossom, and some strange sights!

Sitting here in my office on a dull, dreary day, gazing out of the window across the local park, my … More

books, church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, spring, Thomas Gray, Thomas Hardy, village life, walking, wildlife, William Barnes

A great llloooonnnnnggggg walk :)

I was clearing out my office today when I came across the journal I wrote during my first end to … More

country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, flowers, meadow, nature, photography, rambling, spring, trees, walking

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

Of lush countryside, lovely meadows, two hill forts…….and a butterfly at last!

Well as I sit at my desk typing this blog, the rain is pouring down outside – yet again!!!  It’s … More

country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, hill fort, meadow, nature, photography, poem, poetry, rain, rambling, trees, walking, weather, wildlife

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