We all love to see trees in the environment. They are our life preservers. Our climate change warriors. Big, small, urban, rural: woodlands are an oasis, a sanctuary, an escape from city life. But how many of us simply admire them from afar without really examining them close up? Studying the different colours, the texture…
Tag: winter
Tree Study #1
We all love to see trees in the environment. They are our life preservers. Our climate change warriors. Big, small, urban, rural: woodlands are an oasis, a sanctuary, an escape from city life. But how many of us simply admire them from afar without really examining them close up? Studying the different colours, the texture…
a winter walk by the Fal
West Cornwall feels like another country to me with its lush ferns, palm trees and brightly coloured camellias which flourish in the coastal gardens. No more so than at this time of year when most of the rest of the country is frozen and brown. Another bright winter’s day took us down to the Fal…
let there be light
and shadows. When the sun shines during the winter months it is a good opportunity to go out for a few hours. A National Trust garden that stays open throughout the year is Godolphin¹ which is about 11 miles from where I live. The thing I enjoy about this garden, apart from the fact that…
The Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice is today the 21st December when we have the least daylight and the longest night. Astronomically, the winter solstice marks the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. As Christmas becomes increasingly engulfed by consumerism, perhaps it is time for us to reconnect with its authentic origins rooted in the natural…
frosty friday
In the 6 years since moving to the southwest of Cornwall I have only seen a handful of frosty mornings, including the Beast from the East back in 2018. This week has been exceptional with frost most days and yesterday the hardest one yet. Temperatures that don’t normally fall below zero were down to -3….
Six on Saturday | 2022 begins (a little late)
After a few months rest from the garden, I am back again. The dreary winter months have been spent contemplating what to do this year. After 6 years of tweaking this little patch of mine, I am bored. It’s not that the planting doesn’t bring me pleasure, but that it’s not particularly cohesive. I had…
Moody Skies
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Christmas in Cornwall
We’re on the beach! Crunch… Squelch… Sinking sand. Wet shoes and feet. The tide comes in with surf pounding. Foreign gulls reclaim the shore from the natives. Clouds come and go. The sun plays hide and seek in a light breeze. Dog walkers in sensible boots and dogs with sensible paws walk briskly. Whilst we…
Bittersweet
Nadelik Lowen! Or to put it in English “MERRY Christmas”. To all my fellow bloggers I send you greetings of the season. I thank each and every one of you who takes the time to visit my blog(s) and like / leave a comment. I really do appreciate it. You are what make blogging such…
Cornwall in Colours 