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Come walk with me...
This was the Heron Walk. Only because they always fly off before I have realised that there is a heron on the lakeside, but today I saw...

Crone
Apr 231 min read
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Playing with light
Actually, it was more of a mistake, but I do love how these burnt out images look! There's something very odd... hyper-real and...

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Apr 221 min read
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What trees give
I'd intended to have a good long chat with the Wayfarer Oak, but instead found myself obsessed by the sand martins (bank swallows to...

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Apr 211 min read
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Better-than-human neighbours
Not that they to share the same positive impression of me. Mrs Tane likes to keep herself out of the limelight. While the blue tit...

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Apr 201 min read
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In the 'hood
In the chemist's recently, I've been struck by the empty shelves in various parts of this rather small shop. I thought they must be...

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Apr 192 min read
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Always in relationship
I was listening to a talk given by Patrick Curry (see from about 18 minutes in here ). I loved what he said about relationship: that...

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Apr 182 min read
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Fallen angel
Another walk. It's becoming obsessive. I wanted to visit Kairos, but the road was closed so my plans changed. Nor was I at my kingfisher...

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Apr 173 min read
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A very pheasant day
No, that's not a typo! Pheasants were the go-to critters at the Reserve today. I scared a female out of her hiding place and she started...

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Apr 162 min read
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Self-healing
I've had one of my LOOOONNGGGGG headaches, interspersed with insomnia. My self healing tends to be nature induced. I sat on the bank...

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Apr 151 min read
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How I wish...
...that I could understand, let alone explain, what I feel I am learning from the Henri Bortoft book. In fact, how I wish that I could...

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Apr 142 min read
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The Ritz and...
...the city critters! I walked across Primrose Hill, with the view of the city below me, through Regent's Park, and later around Green...

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Apr 131 min read
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Intentionality
In talking to two friends about my presentation in Vienna, and that idea, briefly mentioned yesterday, of subsong as a way of weaving the...

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Apr 124 min read
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Copse Oak
Apologies: more trees. I remembered to ask this tree if I could approach, as he likes the civilities and does not like me when my mind is...

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Apr 111 min read
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A very successful visit
Back to the Reserve. I wanted to do my yoga out in the sun, so I found a back track that's seldom used and did the old asanas. Felt a lot...

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Apr 101 min read
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Speaking Tree
Remember what I have said about those red marks on oaks which seem to have no explanation? How I think of them as names? Well, what if...

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Apr 92 min read
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Earth stuff
It seems that I am spending nearly every day at the Reserve. I guess there are advantages to not having enough work. I visited the...

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Apr 81 min read
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Birds, bees and blossoms
One day, standing under the back lilac, a jay landed in next door's birch and stared at me for a few seconds before following his mate to...

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Apr 71 min read
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Two more trips to the Reserve
On April Fool's Day, I decided that I really like geese. I love how they pair up and the male looks out for his mate. I sat in my...

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Apr 62 min read
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What do we think?
One of my friends says, "I know we all have beauty, and I am sincerely good at knowing and seeing that... but..." I know what she means....

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Apr 52 min read
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Behaviour?
Any idea what the dunnock's doing? The strands in the beak may be from the wool I left out for nesting birds, but what's going on with...

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Apr 41 min read
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