Crafty Green Poet

Some of you may remember that I've been 'studying' some trees for the Tree Year project. (You can see all my Tree Year blogposts...

I've said before on this blog how wonderful the autumn colours are this year. Our flat overlooks a couple of cherry trees that I have be...

This is my favourite time of year for the hornbeam trees, their chandelier fruits are so vividly yellow and set off so nicely against the le...

As you may remember, I've been studying the hornbeams along the Water of Leith for Tree Year. The wonderful chandelier fruits of the tr...

I made my usual walk through Colinton and Craiglockart Dells by the Water of Leith today. It's a wonderful area of ancient woodland (wel...

The cherry trees, even the pink ones, are already mostly past their best, I took the above photo by the Water of Leith yesterday, while the...

Aha, as Spring progresses and I can recognise trees better I have been reminded that there are other hornbeams near the large, damaged hor...

The cherry tree across the road, that I'm observing for Tree Year is now in full bloom. These pink cherry trees seem to be slower to com...

I had a lovely wander through the Dells along the Water of Leith today. The one drawback was the amount of litter, I collected two big bin b...

One of my favourite trees at this time of year is the Norway Maple. I love the vivid yellow flowers! I took these photos in the Meadows in...

a male blackbird hops energetically round the branches of the cherry tree, wiping its beak on a twig every so often For A River of Stones fo...

I'm participating in Tree Year this year, and will be concentrating on two trees, a cherry tree across the road from our flat (you can r...

This is the usual view we have of the cherry tree across the road. There are three cherry trees outside the building in the photo, but this ...

three blue tits chase each other round and round the branches of the cherry tree for A River of Stones I've also found another blogging ...