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Silent Garden
In the silent garden, we stood with graves laid out as if disbelief could turn back time. Sometimes, silence is all we have to express ourselves; awed, astonished, ashamed, ashen, silent as the grave. In the hushed corner plot, woeful folk quietly plant raised beds as if ... Read more ...
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Wool-gathering in the autumn mists
Yesterday I did my first bit of teaching for the year: 30+ bright eyed first year students, all looking to me for enlightenment on something called 'digital design methods'. A dubious privilege – especially for them. One student told me he'd had a brief career as an undertaker's assistant... Read more ...
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In the garden today...
...was this lovely comma butterfly ( Polygonia c-album ). Unlike many other butterflies, it stayed put when I started to take pictures with my phone, so I had plenty of time to get a reasonably good shot. At first its ragged appearance made me think it was near the end of its brief life ... Read more ...
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In the garden today
This roe deer fawn sprinted into the garden with its mother and a sibling this morning. The fields round here are now 'set-aside' and they provide good cover for roe deer, but this was the first time we'd seen one in the garden. The mother left her offspring behind when she jumped clear over t... Read more ...
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Going for a song
At this time of year the birdsong is a terrific pleasure, but not if you live in the city. The New Scientist reports the end of the dawn chorus , killed off by city noise. It was thought that light pollution was the cause, but now it seems to be simply that the birds can't make themselve... Read more ...
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