I had scarcely got home from photographing those early bluebells yesterday when an email arrived from Sarah with this carpet of bluebells which put mine entirely to shame… And then she sent this lovely view down one of their Dorset lanes, the verges lined with bluebells and milkmaids… Well, actually no – Sarah has just …
#HampsteadHeath
Secret garden?
No, I haven’t been out on the heath today – I thought that on Easter Monday I should leave it to those not lucky enough to have a garden of their own – but I have done a bit of ivy hacking….. However, last week, on my way down my path from Hampstead Lane, I …
Clay ponds
Who noticed the typo in yesterday’s heading? Well, Jackie did – but I thought it seemed so apposite in these COVID-ridden days, that I would leave it! It was mid afternoon by the time I got out today and although pleasant, it was not nearly as nice as early in the morning. As a result, …
Early morning on the health
It was such a gorgeous morning this morning that I was on the heath just after 7 so I am treating you to quite along early morning walk! (If you want to see the video you will need to click onto the blog as the email notification does not include the video.) I emerged from …
Going for a walk….
A week or so ago, when I was just posting still images, Micki Rose asked why I was not making videos of my trips to the heath ‘so that we can go for a walk with you’? At the time I had not actually thought of being so daring – and then, when I thought …
More w/e garden
What is this, I asked a few blogs ago? Comfrey, said Matthew of Troyes House – and he absolutely right… Although it is more normal to see it as a mauve flower than a white one. Symphytum officinale, according to Foraging and Wild, ‘a unique group of government accredited foragers’. They have lots of information …