The other evening I found myself up the far end of Highgate and happened on a large metal fence and gate saying Highgate Allotments. I was initially attracted by the lone pair of daffodils trying to cheer what was a fairly grey evening – but as I was snapping them a friendly lady with a …
Hampstead Heath
Random images – with heron…..
The weather has been grey and uninspiring for the last few days and I have been super busy so I apologise for the blog silence. As a small peace offering here are some random heath shots from the last few months – and some slow watching with our heron. I found him in the middle …
In praise of sun – and walking poles
The last two days have dawned icily cold but sparklingly sunny. So on Wednesday morning I set off down the Highgate path early, lest I miss it all. Once on the heath, the snow was not lying deep, and thick and even – but what a difference from the day before. And further across, above …
A bleak Monday afternoon – and buglife
It was fairly cold and unattractive but I didn’t want to deprive those of you down in the south west who are snowless, of the chance to get chilled with us Easterners. Still, the trees were looking rather fine. And the snow had made some lovely patterns on some of the fallen logs – and …
Hints of spring – and ‘Say no to Neonics’
Ever since Victoria asked a few weeks ago where to find snowdrops, I have been searching for them. I am happy to say that I have found lots in my own garden, but they are still hiding their heads shyly. However these ones that I found on the daffodil covered slope below Kenwood House yesterday, …
Sandy Heath and Bark time
For whatever reasons I have not been paying that much attention recently to the intricate bark patterns that so many of the trees on the heath create, so here are just a couple of the ones I passed yesterday on my way back from our walk on Sandy Heath – below. And some rather fine …