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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamie’s book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, it’s a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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August
It is already the 12th of August – where is time going? Before the month flies past I dip into my seasonal reading again. Stephen Moss, in his book Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, describes August as “the height of summer: … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ancestors, animal cruelty, august, bull baiting, cheshire, chimney sweeps, cock fighting, congleton, congleton bells, countryside, harvest, hlafmaesse, house in the woods, illustration, lammas, natural history, seasonal, sparrow mumbling, Stephen Moss, steve roud, the english year, traditions, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, wildlife
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July
In my seasonal reading, Stephen Moss, in Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, describes July as a month of stasis, “a chance to reflect on the rollercoaster ride of spring.” Now chicks have been raised, parent birds are moulting ready for the colder … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged an english year, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, Derbyshire, dragon, Early reader, Hannah Foley, hummingbird hawkmoth, illustration, july, moths, moult, purple loosestrife, reading, seasonal, snails, Stephen Moss, steve roud, Tissington, well-dressing, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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Mackerel
Mackerel are in season at the moment. We couldn’t be in any doubt of this when a 6ft tall mackerel standing on its hind legs appeared on the high street near our house a few weeks ago. He is affectionately … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged fishing, fishing industry, fishmongers, food, illustration, local, mackerel, neighbourhood, seasonal, sketching
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May
I’ve been delving into my seasonal reading again this month. Steve Roud’s chapter on May in his book The English Year, is a riot of flower strewn celebrations. Roud says that traditionally May would have rivalled Christmas in the scale … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged buttercups, cheese-rolling, cow parsley, cuckoos, ducking day, elms, hedgerows, hobby horses, illustration, jack-by-the-hedge, may, May Day, maypoles, nightingales, ragged robin, reading, seasonal, seasonality, seasons, Stephen Moss, steve roud, stitchwort, the english year, thresholds, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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