Crafty Green Poet

watching the raindrops - kitten raises her paw to the windowpane  ** originally published in Blithe Spirit , the journal of the British Haik...

 We had a lovely walk round Arthur's Seat yesterday, the weather was lovely, sunny and mild.  We were particularly keen to check on the ...

Do you see the swifts are here again? They swoop so low and soar so high I think there may be more than ten - do you see the swifts are here...

Monday was a bank holiday so for my regular walk along the Water of Leith in the Dells, I left the litter picker at home and Crafty Green Bo...

After a mild winter, everyone predicted an early, warming spring but instead, chill mists kept back the flowers and buds so now in May, cela...

We try to visit Dalkeith Country Park at about this time every year, primarily to see the Bluebells, which make a spectacular display, alo...

 On a trip to Norway, the author met Anna, a woman who lived a traditional life looking after Eider ducks and harvesting their feathers. Yea...