Day 11: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter, by spotting my hyacinth bulbs shooting—sign that spring will come (we just have to hold on in there). This Wednesday evening is relatively calm after Storm Darragh but cold (the sort of cold that has a bite to it!). The […]
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Day 10: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter – by appreciating the quiet beauty of moss! The Quiet Resilience of Moss I’ve always been fascinated by moss. Since my A-level Biology days where we would spend every Monday afternoon drawing different types of plant. Moss was always a
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Day 9: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark darks of winter – by discovering the first snowdrop! The Thrill of the First Snowdrop I love snowdrops. What resilient little plants they are, with a fantastic strategy to flower when very few plants are flowering! I get such a massive thrill from
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Day 8: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter, by examining a feather closely A Tiny White Feather The tiny white feather was partially wrapped around a Dock stem. I cut the mini wild flower meadow down by hand in the Autumn so that I can spread any seed
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Day 7: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter, by spotting some Primroses flowering in December Venturing out during the storm My goodness what a crazy weather day! Storm Darragh (named by the Irish Meterological Service) meant that there was an amber weather warning for 80 mph winds in
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Day 6: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter, by watching a snail giving another snail a piggyback This friday evening the weather is wet, wild and windy again! We have just had a government warning go off on all our phones to warn us of a red weather
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Day 5: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark days of winter by going on a mini-pond safari This evening it is about 13 degrees centigrade outside, this is warm for December even in the UK. I drove home from work with the rain lashing down and strong winds buffeting the car.
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Day 4: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark winter days by looking at the leaf buds on the Hydrangea Tonight it was wild, wet and windy and about 11 degrees. Nive degrees warmer then when I left for work this morning! Initially, it was so mild that I went searching for
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Day 3: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark winter days by looking for berries on my Cotoneaster This evening it was 3 degrees in my wildlife garden. I wanted to find out if the Cotoneaster had any berries left for the winter months. The video shows that there are not many
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Day 2: Connecting with nature to improve my wellbeing in the dark winter days by investigating the slugs on a plant pot I love Molluscs. Slugs and snails are both types of mollusc. Molluscs are a large group of animals with the same characteristics; they all have a soft muscular body, a mantle and a
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