Crafty Green Poet

  I love seeing snowdrops, one of the first signs of Spring every year, these are in North Merchiston Cemetery , which, just now, has more o...

 Every year we visit Linlithgow Loch at this time of year, hoping to see Great Crested Grebes performing their courtship dance. Saturday was...

 Dino Gangs: Dr Philip J Currie's New Science of Dinosaurs by Josh Young   This is a very engaging introduction to the science (carried ...

  This documentary explores the conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community ...

We enjoyed a walk round Saughton Park and along the Water of Leith on Saturday. We didn't take many photos as the weather was very dull...

This novel interweaves  three stories, set around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. One follows Judith, a young woman on a sea voyage in...

 On Saturday we had a lovely walk around Corstorphine Hill. We started at the Walled Garden, where we were delighted to find two Witch Hazel...