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REFLECTIONS ON RETIREMENT
Gazing across the still lake at Claremont Gardens in Surrey, the golden reflection of trees looked up at me mirroring the great oaks and beech trees along the water’s edge. This beautiful sight caused me to reflect on the last two years since my retirement and my...
‘LEAVES’ ME WONDERING
One thing that never ceases to thrill me on my travels through woodland and forests, is the variety of trees and leaves and how each one adapted to its environment. The beautiful woodlands and forests of Pennsylvania were pretty as a picture with the sun...
TREASURES AT YOUR FEET
Anyone who knows me well, knows I have a fascination with fungi. This was not always so, the day I started to take notice, was a dark and gloomy day when I was walking through Bedford Park. As I passed a very large and old copper beech tree, out of the...
SPRING FORWARD – FALL BACK
is that time of the year when we set the clocks back again. I don’t know about you, but this practice perpetually confuses me, and I have ended up either missing something or been an hour too early! Growing up in Central Africa there was...