And as an antidote to all of those slightly depressing weeds, a short video of an elderly lady who arrived in her sedan chair for her swim just as I was crossing between the ponds. As you will hear, she lost one of her front legs about five years ago and is now very arthritic …
Wild flowers – and weeds – part 2
Let us start with Common Yarrow, both because it is so pretty and because PictureThis does not really have anything bad to say about it. A wildflower that is considered to be good luck in China and to have magical powers in Scotland. It can be brewed into beer, tea and liquor although PictureThis suggests …
August wild flowers – and butterflies
I set off bright an early for this morning’s Heath Hands’ litter pick but, thanks to the holidays and the chilly weekend weather, the heath was, delightfully, virtually litter free. So instead of photographing a selection of old beer cans and half empty KFC boxes for you, I decided to focus on the wild flowers. …
A talking walk around Golders Hill Park
Golders Hill Park looks north running downhill parallel to the Heath Extension so it is, almost, part of Hampstead Heath. It is a ‘proper’ park, not relatively wild heath land, complete with ice creams and café, a band stand, a formal garden, a duck pond, animals – and tennis courts. And it is without doubt …
A little slow watching
The skies are grey again here in London but on Wednesday the sun was shining on the upper reaches of the River Avon where an old stone bridge crosses it on the outskirts of Amesbury. And I was not the only one enjoying it. And for those of you who would like a little more …
Don’t feed the ducks….
An article in the Guardian recently warned us that feeding the ducks may be a long held tradition but it is not a good idea. It has always been questionable whether chunks of Mother’s Pride were ideal food for water fowl but the situation has become acute over the last 18 months. Lockdowns have driven …