August Wildlife: What to Look Out For in Nature This Month
The countryside starts to look a little untidy in August. The long grasses of July have grown heavy with seed-heads and over-estimated their strength. They flop about and fall over like unruly drunks. Buddy's coat is full of grass seeds
July Wildlife: What to look out for in nature this month
The last week of June was absolutely scorching here in the Scottish Borders. The Birdhouse, my little studio, was swelterama so I retreated indoors to work. I've been keeping the top half of the stable door in the kitchen open
June Wildlife: What to Look Out for in Nature This Month
There's been an abundance of sunshine over the past month. It's a bit cooler this week but that optimistic June feel - the long days and short nights, the warm breeze, the luscious greens - is full of promise. I
The Best Things About Spring [A Shortlist]
For the Spring Pack I compiled my own list of favourite things about Spring (see above). I thought I'd got it covered but I was blown away by everyone's contributions in the comments for the giveaway. It seems that Spring
March Wildlife: What to look out for in nature this month
To be honest, this is not the blog post I was hoping to write at the start of March! By mid February I had psychologically totally moved on to Spring and her busy activity and fresh bright greens. I was
February Wildlife: What to Look Out for This Month
With February comes the noticeable lengthening of the days. Although the days have been inching longer since the winter solstice on December 21st, it's only once February dawns that we begin to make some serious daylight progress. Winter's midpoint was
January Wildlife: What To Look Out For This Month
There's very little more lovely than seeing the delicate imprint of bird tracks dancing across fresh snow in January. It feels like you have woken up to a new world. Snow-fall at New Year always seem poignant, like nature is
Winter Food: Teasels & Goldfinches
I recently shared the motivation behind my new 'A Garden for Wildlife' project and now I wanted to tell you about the inspiration behind the specific designs. The 'A Garden for Wildlife' range is all about the plants, flowers and habits
A Garden for Wildlife… a new fundraising card range
I'm really excited to launch my new range of five cards under the theme of 'A Garden for Wildlife..' The cards are all about plants & flowers that help wildlife to flourish. They feature bee-friendly foxgloves, leaf piles that give
December Wildlife: What To Look Out For In Nature This Month
For me, there's something magical about December. The heavy frosts, cold dark nights, and whitewashed day-time skies. The lattice-work of silhouetted bare branches against pastel sunsets. There's a stillness to December. The wildlife seems to have retreated. The only movement
