Autumn abundant, hazy falling, gathering, decaying Leaf glows like Chinese lantern mystical Photographs taken during walk at Weeleyhall Wood Nature Reserve 15.11.18
Crystal blue sky streaked with white cloud. Shimmering pewter sea, silvered by splashes of sun. Sand skimmed away, mudflats bared, algal rocks, windswept dunes.Deserted beach, just Lola and meThe beachscape is transformed again, days of rain and storm adding to the effects of tidal shifts. The high tide that greeted the recent full moon abetted […]
Since my last post, my personal mini crusade against marine #plasticpollution has been carried out in conjunction with writing my MA Wild Writing dissertation (which was submitted over a month ago – Hurrah! Don’t get the results until early December – Sigh). That doesn’t mean I neglected the cause. My dissertation is a narrative about […]
The Essex coastline, like every other, is constantly shifting. With each turn of the tide, within each rolling wave, the place where sea meets land changes, never to be exactly the same again. Humans walk along the beach, often with their canine companions, leaving footprints and paw-prints which dissolve under the next high tide. As […]
The lure of the Supermoon took us to the beach late afternoon 31st January. We arrived in time to see the last glowing embers of the sun as it dipped below the horizon, where sea, separated by a border of wind turbines, met a peach-tinted sky. A single gull overlooked the scene. A quick march […]
A peaceful autumn walk along the beach can lead to this … a rusty bike, And this … a huge tyre, brand new. How can humans be so careless? And so uncaring … While nearby nature sprinkles white flowers over the dunes and the sea holly assumes its autumn shades Such a contrast to the […]
Originally posted on Dara McAnulty:
There were squeals of delight from Bláthnaid as I came in from school today. “We are Lost Word protectors and we didn’t even know it!” Nature is such a huge and important part of our lives that sometimes we forget that we live in a comfy bubble of knowledge, curiosity…
June and July flew by with a flurry of warm days here in sunny Essex – and a purple/pink haze of poppies, foxgloves and buddleia, with the accompanying delight of bees, butterflies and many other insects. The foxgloves have taken over a large part of my garden, started by three small plants transplanted from a […]
What better way to celebrate the continuance of Spring, than bluebells – Endymion non-scriptus A sunny day three weeks ago, along with three friends, we wandered through Weeleyhall Wood, locally renowned for its bluebells. The wood belongs to Essex Wildlife Trust, and plays host to a variety of trees; mostly oaks, but also sweet chestnut, […]
Meanwhile in New Zealand they’re ablaze with autumnal colours Autumn has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and while the weather is still warm we have already had some beautiful displays of autumn colour and early autum roses. We hope wherever you are that you are enjoying the new season, whether it is spring or fall. […]
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