Nature Diary: June, 2025
1st June “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Sometimes I have to just close my eyes and allow my full senses to surge, to feel the uninterrupted movement of air … Continued
Nature Diary: May, 2025
The day has been hot, and now dusk the land still holds the warmth of it. It is intensly calming. Blackbirds chatter and insects drift dreamily through the air…
Nature Diary: April, 2025
4th April There is a crack in the curtains and the sun rising from behind the Cromdales pierces through. My eyelids do little to stop the light, and I see my blood, capillaries, fill with warmth and dance with delight … Continued
Nature Diary: March, 2025
There’s been a shift in light and colour. The equinox looms with the promise of Spring. I think about how now is the time to notice the weathered and dried seed heads. They don’t feel as rough when I pinch them…
Nature Diary: February, 2025
The sun spills warmth upon the earth and the air is quiet, other than birds pouring their bright verses into the breeze. The same breeze glides over the lochan, a calm lapping clashes with the light that hurls itself against the surface, shattering into silver fragments.
Nature Diary: January, 2025
Cold is settled in after some mild weeks, there’s a sense of normalcy again. My legs require a hill to climb, and the day brings snow-fall, big wholesome flakes that steadily blanket the ground…
Nature Diary: December, 2024
I watch the sunrise through the window. The house is full of winter illness and everything seems too far away to grasp. The sky begins to stir, not in haste, but with the quiet certainty of something ancient. What time is it?
Nature Diary: November, 2024
Coastal air is calling. I step through the dunes at Findhorn, the grasses are waving gently in the soft and light air. The sound waves from the ocean now reach me with their full force. This is a place I want to be at this very moment.
Nature Diary: October, 2024
I reluctantly take my body outside, walking fast, heart thumping. It is warm and the sun glows down strongly. To the river today, it’s been a while…
Nature Diary: September, 2024
Elusive sunshine welcomed September, and with it came a well-disguised chill and the early signs of autumn. I have fondness for Autumn, as the season of the great collapse, when organic matter embarks on its journey back to the earth..