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sarahburgess5
Nov 145 min read
Becoming Winter
"Autumn gradually becomes winter in November." so begins the November chapter in Miles Richardson's new book " The Blackbird's Song &...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 165 min read
Wonderful leafy Walktober
It feels like perhaps I am not destined to see the aurora from my back door. Despite people all around me posting photos on social...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 196 min read
September issue
The camera reel on my phone is a litany of pretty poor nature photos today, however I think there is still some benefit in sharing them -...
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sarahburgess5
Aug 154 min read
Tiny nature
This week has definitely demonstrated the best of back to school weather with torrential rain for much of the last day of the holidays...
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sarahburgess5
Jul 125 min read
Seeing with new eyes
The title of this blog came to mind as I uploaded the pictures from the walk I took in Carluke last week. I knew I hadn't invented it,...
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sarahburgess5
Jun 135 min read
Just one thing
I find it difficult to stick to routines, yet there have been a number of habits that I have incorporated into my days over the last few...
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sarahburgess5
May 94 min read
Green Health Week 2024
I can't quite believe that we're already in May and Green Health Week 2024 starts this Saturday, 11th May! It only seems like yesterday...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 115 min read
Nature cycles
The moon made big news this week, in North America anyway, as it took centre stage to block out the sun for a few fleeting moments. Just...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 75 min read
Spring energy
It's the time of year...this was how I planned to start the blog today as I mulled it over whilst washing the breakfast dishes. Spring...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 83 min read
And what is more generous than a window?
The title of this week's blog is the final line from a poem by Pat Schneider called "The Patience of Ordinary Things" and as the wind...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 112 min read
Keep on celebrating
It's dark, it's cold, the festivities are over and the decorations are packed away but there are still things to celebrate. People tell...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Connected Advent
We can't believe it, we're already over halfway through our advent calendar. As this is published there is just one week to go before...
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sarahburgess5
Nov 16, 20234 min read
On being amazed
As I was scrolling through Substack this morning, a photograph of blue skies, palm trees and pyramids caught my eye. I stopped to read...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 20, 20234 min read
ParkBathe Lanarkshire
Given the amount of water lying about Lanarkshire due to the excessive rain that has battered down over the last couple of weeks, you...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 21, 20234 min read
That harvest feeling
This weekend (Saturday 23rd September) is the autumn equinox and the start of astronomical autumn. Despite the late sun and the warm...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 8, 20233 min read
Season of tiny conker collecting
What a glorious spell of weather we've been having lately. Whilst meteorological autumn started on 1st September, and although the...
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sarahburgess5
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Approach of autumn
It's that time of year that seems to be both busy and quiet simultaneously. People enjoying the last few days of the school holidays,...
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sarahburgess5
Aug 4, 20234 min read
First fruits
And so the wheel turns. This week we entered August and passed Lammas or Lughnasadh, celebrated as the time of the first harvest. ...
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sarahburgess5
Jul 21, 20234 min read
Walking for fun
Apparently not everyone likes walking. That's obvious isn't it? It just hadn't occurred to me for a while, but suddenly it was coming...
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sarahburgess5
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Solstice thoughts
I find summer solstice a little bittersweet, mainly based on a long standing family tradition of greeting it as "downhill to Christmas"...
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