It is a fact that dogs (if you are a dog-lover and owner) worm themselves into your heart and your affections with ease. I have been around ...

Illness, a major sadness and a busy schedule have meant that I have been absent for longer than I intended from the blog. Apologies to all w...

PLEASE JOIN ME AT AN AWFULLY BIG BLOG ADVENTURE'S 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY AT http://www.awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com YOU'LL ...

I came across the WildInk blog a couple of days ago, and very much liked the new haikus I found there. Haiku is one of my favourite forms o...

Ingredients for the perfect reading tree : 1 climbable tree; 1 cushion; 1 comfortable fork with branch footstool and trunk backrest; 1 unput...

Beeches are the quintessential Hampshire tree, and, if I am honest, my favourite. Spring for me is epitomised by the sight of that first mil...

Sometimes serendipity brings a book into my life which opens the door to memory. Such a book lately has been Roger Deakin's Wildwood: a ...