Crafty Green Poet

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...

 This beautiful creation is the work of a pair of Magpies . They had carefully made this nest in a conifer tree at the edge of  Crafty Green...

song thrushes sing after the downpour — petrichor ** originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   Haiku Girl Summer will re-open for submi...

 We had a lovely walk around Braidburn Valley Park yesterday.  We walked there via Morningside, passing through the grounds of the Royal Ed...

 I've long admired the work of willow weaver Lizzie Farey so was particularly keen to get along to her show at The Scottish Gallery in ...

 We always like to visit Dalkeith Country Park when the bluebells are in full bloom and we were very lucky with our trip yesterday. The blue...

The Running Hare is a closely observed study of the wildlife of farmland. The author, having become disenchanted with conventional farming, ...