Tag: nature

Orchid

This orchid has been with me for about eight years, but hasn’t flowered for around five of those. So the below picture pleases me greatly.   

Red Kite

   My beautiful friend Carol took us to a Red Kite feeding station near Laurieston. My iPhobe camera wasn’t really up to the task but I was quite pleased with this shot.

Himalayan Gardens near Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire 

                                             

Summer

    Spiderlings        Elderflower 

What am I Making?

    

Celtic Witchcraft Chapter 6: Wild Spirit

Click my lovely friend Crowley above to read the latest installment in my musings about Celtic magic. This month I have visited the animal kingdom, looking at our modern relationships with other creatures how our forebears may have seen them.

A Crow Comes to Visit

When I was little I rescued an injured crow, and as it was too damaged to return to the wild, the crow stayed with my family and usually lives with my mum and dad. Crowley the Crow is visiting me, however, because mum and… Continue Reading “A Crow Comes to Visit”

Friday 13th, Lucky for Some

Sweating stress from a heavy day at the office, as I walk into my garden there is that immediate relief of being enclosed by one’s hearth and home. My little boy is away at his father’s tonight, so there is an itchy emptiness, but… Continue Reading “Friday 13th, Lucky for Some”

Spring in Burntwood (3)

And strange little holes that had to be investigated with torches. This one, formed by part of an ancient pipe, held about a dozen snails, sheltering from the sunny spell.

Spring in Burntwood (1)

We found pigs: