Crafty Green Poet

 Yesterday was the last class in this term of creative writing classes I've been teaching at the Ripple Project . It went very well as...

This beautiful book produced by the Forestry Commission Scotland and the Tree Council introduces the reader to the heritage trees that can...

whirling snow the brightness of yellowhammers  in the gorse

I was delighted to win this beautiful card in a recent giveaway on Speedy the Cheeky House Bunny's blog . A lovely spring gift, s...

We took the approach today that if it's unseasonably cold and snowy, rather than try to avoid it we'd go to where lots of snow would...

A few days ago, I watched the TV documentary based on Sue Halpern's book Four Wings and a Prayer . (If you're in the UK, you can sti...

I love forests and woodlands! Every week I walk through the wooded Dells along the Water of Leith and enjoy the richness of the plantlife a...