Early days of spring

20/4/2018

Looking at the photos on her phone,my wife suddenly remarked that the Canada Goose chicks had arrived this time last year. The Canada Geese have returned, as they do every year, but so far there are no chicks and I just saw the pair of them in the garden so they are clearly not nesting at the moment. While the annual cycle of life continues each year the details of how life unfolds are different.

Its another beautiful spring morning.I took a walk around my garden and saw the bluebells in the woods for the first time this year. When they are fully opened in May they form a deep carpet on the north side of the wood. For now there are just a few flowers open. They are a sure sign that spring is here.

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Garden Notes
My garden is much more than a garden. Its playground, a studio for my artistic efforts, a natural laboratory for experiments and learning and a place for contemplation. It keeps me busy and gives me the exercise I need to keep fit, although it does damage me from time to time. But more than anything else it gives me pleasure, happiness and a sense of belonging and of doing something useful and worthwhile when I am immersed in it. It enables me to express myself creatively and draws my attention to the beauty and ecology of life. In this blog I am telling the story of my garden and my involvement and experiences in it through my writing and the photos, movies, music, paintings and other artefacts - it inspires me to create. I have become more conscious of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals and our important role in enabling their achievement my experiments and projects in the natural world show how I respect and try to understand nature and try to enable life to flourish. I know that one day I will not be the custodian of this beautiful landscape we call our home. I must make the most of it now and preserve its presence in my memory knowing that it will carry on long after I am gone and that someone else will care for it and call it their home.
In March 2022 I joined a group of environmental activists in my village and so I have decided to expand my blog to take in the natural world around me.

Useful Links
RE Betchworth
Wildlife Garden Forum
Surrey Wildlife Trust
Habitat Network
Plant Identification UK
GAIA
GOOGLE EARTH

Early days of spring

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