Crafty Green Poet

 I attended an event at this year's  Edinburgh International Book Festival at which Sion Parkinson was speaking and I bought the book ...

This apron was in a bit of a state, the straps were worn and there were holes in it. So I decided to repair and upgrade it. I sewed brightly...

 Yesterday we had a lovely walk, enjoying the autumnal colours of Edinburgh's Corstorphine Hill.  I find autumnal colours tricky to capt...

  The Slender-billed Curlew was officially declared extinct in 2024, with the IUCN listing updated on 10 October 2025. The next day I found...

 We walked around Arthur's Seat yesterday and the autumn colours were beautiful. Here are some photos.   Dunsapie Loch was lovely too, a...

As many readers of this blog will know, I have a particular interest in hoverflies, many of which mimic bees or wasps. So I was particularly...

 We had a lovely autumnal weekend walk round Blackford Pond and the Hermitage of Braid. The autumn colours were pretty   We were very happy ...