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A blog about loving nature while living in a big city. I'm a crafter (and biophiliac) trying to live lightly on the earth. Want to know what I care about? Keep reading, we can find out together.
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The ones that got away
Last weekend we visited R’s parents again. The countryside has changed and matured in the scant weeks since our last visit; since then crops have been harvested, caterpillars have dispersed and ...
No such thing as waste ground
I went out to get photos of small tortoiseshell butterflies that I’ve been seeing about the place since the weather changed to summer. But today it was windy; no butterfly would sit for me, not even...
You spin me
…right round baby, right round! I’ve been working in vinyl again, and this time I think I’ve cracked the perfect design! These earrings are made from old vinyl records - even the car...
Adventures in the undergrowth
R’s parents live in an idyllic part of rural Hampshire, and the fields that surround their home reveal views that shift and change with each passing season. It’s heavily agricultural, but ...
Visa Swap weekend - swap and enjoy!
Come and meet The Birds In The Meadow in London next weekend and get a whole new wardrobe for free! The Birds In The Meadow has been invited to be part of Visa Swap’s second clothes swapping eve...
Weather report
When I went out to do my chores, the sky was spectacular. Against the deep viridian green of the sycamores the clouds were a startling, indescribable blue grey, lit from below by late afternoon sunshi...
Gon out, Bisy Backson…
…as Christopher Robin would have put it. Gon out to beautiful Snowdonia, where we visited a friend and hiked in the midsummer moonlight, saw rare flowers and rarer skies. Needless to say, there ...
Beneath the pavement, the Beach
This weekend we felt giddy with summer and took a spontaneous day trip along the always festive South Bank. There is usually something entertaining happening there; this time it outdid itself. We̵...
Technical Hitch
I’ve been offline now for a few days due to the loss of my internet connection, but hope to see you all by tomorrow when hopefully normal service will be resumed!...