Like the green shoots of bulbs pushing up last year's leaf litter, there are lots of new ideas percolating in the nature connection world...

This is the fifth year of our advent calendar - rather than the fourth that I have previously referred to. Apparently I am unable to...

"Autumn gradually becomes winter in November." so begins the November chapter in Miles Richardson's new book " The Blackbird's Song &...

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...

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 -...

This week has definitely demonstrated the best of back to school weather with torrential rain for much of the last day of the holidays...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As I was scrolling through Substack this morning, a photograph of blue skies, palm trees and pyramids caught my eye. I stopped to read...

Given the amount of water lying about Lanarkshire due to the excessive rain that has battered down over the last couple of weeks, you...

This weekend (Saturday 23rd September) is the autumn equinox and the start of astronomical autumn. Despite the late sun and the warm...

What a glorious spell of weather we've been having lately. Whilst meteorological autumn started on 1st September, and although the...

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,...

And so the wheel turns. This week we entered August and passed Lammas or Lughnasadh, celebrated as the time of the first harvest. ...