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How the hell did I end up here?
Wheat among the... other plant...

Crone
Jul 20, 20224 min read


Ashes to Ash
All life is elemental alchemy: Fire fueled, air inspired - Mothered by minerals And maintained by water - The philosopher's fluid. All...

Crone
Jun 29, 20221 min read


Dryads, death, a sett and a staff
A Dryad's Saddle, we think.

Crone
May 26, 20221 min read


Someone knows which way to go
I guess this is for people who can't read maps.

Crone
May 19, 20222 min read


Pitsford
The peace of the reservoir's northern shores.

Crone
May 15, 20222 min read


Another elephant in the fields?
I can kind of see the elephant's head, eye and trunk there...

Crone
May 11, 20222 min read


You don't expect to see an injured elephant in the fields
There must be a story to this, but I can't work it out.

Crone
May 7, 20221 min read


Popular trees
The other end of the copse has a different type of poplar.

Crone
May 1, 20222 min read


Stories of survival
It seems fitting. Maybe this one is an ancient oak. I am sure the girth at a height of 1.5 metres is 4.5 metres or more. Its canopy is...

Crone
Apr 13, 20221 min read


Do trees get lonely?
I have just started listening to The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence. Already, I love it. He...

Crone
Mar 31, 20222 min read


A tree day
It started with volunteering in Kingsthorpe.

Crone
Mar 28, 20222 min read


The trees were silent
They spoke only to the snails.

Crone
Mar 27, 20221 min read


Thank you for the day...
... even though I didn't like parts of it at the time.

Crone
Mar 21, 20222 min read


The sky leopard
The bark of unknown tree at Cottesbrooke

Crone
Mar 19, 20221 min read


Come: walk with me
Actually, I was 'running', but it involved frequent stops...

Crone
Feb 27, 20223 min read


At Sulehay
Photo-diary.

Crone
Feb 26, 20221 min read


Surgery
The tree surgeons have been.

Crone
Feb 19, 20221 min read


A woodpecker's hole
I put my finger in a woodpecker’s hole...

Crone
Dec 12, 20213 min read


Come and see my big fungus
It's in my local park.

Crone
Dec 6, 20212 min read


After the typhoon
The clocks changed and the clouds broke last weekend. In the park, this poor ash tree was brought down. I was glad it wasn't the next...

Crone
Nov 4, 20212 min read
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