This, is your annual reminder - Don't light up, and don't let go! In autumn we blaze against the shortening daylight by sparking lights of our own. The raking of leaves, pruning of trees and general tidying up of gardens is a perfect excuse for a bonfire; on all Hallows Eve we fight our fear …
Notebook Entries
Throughout the week I post on Facebook or Instagram, inspired by daily interactions with nature, the view from my window, or other things that catch my eye. Incase you have missed any of them, here is a curated selection of my regular notes. Tuesday 12th November Autumn came with a wind and a careTo strip …
Harvests End: A Seasonal Supper
Wild game bonfire feast – a supper club with a difference As November chills the wind and the full moon, hunters moon, starts to wane, autumn begins its decline. Harvest is complete and the seasonal wheel turns, marked by the flickering of candles and the licking flames of bonfire light. This is the twilight of …
Fright-Night for the Creatures of the Dark
October to January is a fun season full of festivities and revelry as we rally against the dying of the light and the gathering dark. After the year turns past Autumn equinox and the days begin to grow shorter we gather together and hold celebrations to mark events such as halloween and bonfire night (and …
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The Autumn Garden
Welcome to autumn, the season of fruitfulness! How was your summer? I hope it was filled with wild adventures and wonderful experiences. Now the countryside is filled with signs of seasonal change as trees take on golden hues and flowers begin to fade. Our gardens are following this trend too, and it is easy to …
What to Look for in Nature – October & November
After the Autumn Equinox at the end of September, all lingering echoes of summer finally fade. In my mind, October is the truest month of autumn. This is the time when the paint pallet changes its hues from greens to russets and deep gold, and nature’s full bounty can be enjoyed. November brings the frosts …
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National Poetry Day
Autumn Park (The Year A Day Older) Wasp browses grazes dozes around the ripe-burst plums. Bloom-blushed skins split and weeping, sugars congealing around the edges of wounds. Wasp visits the apples too, that lie bruised and unloved in knotted grass. Schoolboy still in grey flannel shorts, pockets filled with fluff and electronic stuff. Mine bulge …
Goodbye September, Hello October
The end of August and most of September passed by in a whirl of phone calls, paperwork signatures, and bottomless cardboard boxes. It is said, September is a great time for making new starts, which I hope bodes well for us. All this stress and frantic activity is down to one little (actually rather big) thing; …
One From the Archives: Harvesting the Delight of Parham
[One from the archives, originally posted Sunday, 27 September 2015 sophiecosussex.blogspot.com/] Harvesting the delight of Parham "Welcome to the true heart of England, and of Sussex." The voices of the land seemed to speak to me, "Take your time, linger, let us ensnare you. Perhaps you'll never leave." As a child, I read many a fairy …
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What to Look For in Nature: September
September. The month that brings new school shoes, squalls and storms, the sense of a new season, and… the return of the ‘What to Look for’ blog series! As we feel our way back from summer holidays and settle into fresh yet comfortingly familiar routines, it can become suddenly startling how fast the year has …
Sussex Field Notes 