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December
It is December and everyone is busy with the lead up to Christmas. In his chapter on December in his book The English Year, Steve Roud reports that, perhaps unsurprisingly, most of what we consider to be a traditional English … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged Aguilanneuf, America, banning Christmas, books, christmas, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, Church of Scotland, Circus, climate change, conservation, countryside, Craigmillar, December, England, environment, festival, flocks, frost, Frumenty, Germany, goose, hogmanay, illustration, Little France, Long-tailed Tits, Mary Queen of Scots, Merrie England, mistletoe, new year, Old French, Puritans, Restoration, roll-up, Santa Claus, scotland, seasons, Short-eared owls, solar panels, Springwatch, Stephen Moss, steve roud, storytelling, the english year, traditions, vegetarianism, victorians, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, Yule log
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Ploughing Match
Last Sunday a low mist swallowed up the end of our garden. Gradually the sun rose and burnt it away to reveal one of those perfect September days, sunny and fresh. We took the opportunity to attend a local ploughing … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged agricultural mechanisation, agriculture, countryside, devon, horse-drawn plough, illustration, ploughing match, shire horses, tractors
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August
It is already the 12th of August – where is time going? Before the month flies past I dip into my seasonal reading again. Stephen Moss, in his book Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, describes August as “the height of summer: … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ancestors, animal cruelty, august, bull baiting, cheshire, chimney sweeps, cock fighting, congleton, congleton bells, countryside, harvest, hlafmaesse, house in the woods, illustration, lammas, natural history, seasonal, sparrow mumbling, Stephen Moss, steve roud, the english year, traditions, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, wildlife
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June
For my seasonal reading in June*, Steve Roud, in The English Year, describes our misunderstanding of the traditional celebrations around midsummer. He says that we’ve been seduced by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream into thinking Midsummer is when fairies and sprites … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged bonfires, buttercups, common sorrel, countryside, customs, dandelions, fairies, festivals, goldfinches, grasses, great tits, illustration, linnets, ribwort plantain, seeds, sorrel, Stephen Moss, steve proud, the english year, traditions, weeds, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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Inheriting
In a kind of lovely postscript to my last post, I received a brilliant email. I’ll quote a little bit of it: “…just a quick note to say we moved into your old house a month ago and adore your … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged caring, countryside, email, farm, garden, gardening, plants, vegetables
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Seeing
The day is full of sweeping showers, gliding in, down, and away again. Shafts of pale wintery sunlight beam out of breaks in the clouds, illuminating the landscape in an affectionate glow. The trees are sodden, creating a fine black … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged 2013, 2014, A Summer Book, A Winter Book, brilliance, countryside, diligence, John Updike, Kathleen Jamie, light, limitations, new year, river, shortfalls, sightlines, Tove Jansson, W.H. Auden, winter
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Comet Pan-STARRS
We have been scanning the skies for comet Pan-STARRS over the last few evenings. It’s supposed to be particularly close to the sun just now, so very visible. Not if you live in Scotland however! Low lying snow clouds have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged clouds, comet, countryside, fairies, horizon, illustration, magic, observatory, pan-STARRS, planets, rural darkness, SATS, science, scotland, secondary school, snow, sprites, stars, wonder
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Learning to drive
When I learnt to drive my instructor told me that the key thing about being a good driver was to promote the flow of traffic. Everyone wants to get where they need to go and the best way to do … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged co-operation, country living, countryside, ewe, perspective, sparrowhawk
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A day for remembering
At the top of the farm the low sun illuminated the golds and bronzes of the long grasses. The sky was lilac and the wintery sun elongated our bodies in leggy shadows across the fields. It felt like a day … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged Armistice Day, countryside, farm, illustration, poppy, Remembrance Day, war memorial
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