Some years ago, I started the festival of Borrowed. It’s on February 28th or 29th, and is a reminder that the Earth is precious and ecosystems are fragile. It seems even more relevant in the face of the climate emergency.
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Nature notes, Sunday 26 February, -7°C.
Walked by Hespeler Millpond. The fresh layer of snow was not slippery. We saw four or five swans. There were some rabbit tracks across the snow that’s laid on the frozen surface of the millpond. There’s also a fallen tree that was felled by a beaver. The sky was blue, crisp, and clear.
Belief in gods?
Vintage nature notes 2015
Small beauties from Oxford in 2015.
Continue readingCeltic languages
The ancient Greeks coined the word Celt (plural Celtoi) and it referred to the Galátai / Galli.
The Romans then designated everyone to the west of the Rhine “Celts” and everyone to the east of it (and west of the River Vistula) “Germans”.
Continue readingLarge drinks I have made friends with
A poem for SN.
Many large drinks have I made friends with,
That are mentioned in ancient myth,
And cause there to be much frith,
Among all the kin and kith.
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Nature notes, 20 February 2023. 3°C. Sunny with a few clouds. Damp.
Went for a walk in Dumfries Conservation Area. Saw a few ferns, some birch trees, various conifers, a grey squirrel, and lots of chickadees at a feeder by the parking lot. Also this lovely moss. Now that the snow is almost all gone, the forest floor, and stumps and rocks with moss on them, are once again visible.
Continue readingVintage nature notes 2013
In 2013, I wrote a series of short posts about nature, reflecting on the small beauties that I noticed each day. The idea of posting about small beauties came from Jacqueline Honeybee Durban.
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Nature notes, 19 February 2023. 6°C, high of 7, low of -1. Went for a walk in Sudden Tract. The ground was still frozen but it was pretty warm. We saw lots of chickadees at the feeding station on the boardwalk and one junco. The ponds were all frozen but the streams were only frozen at the edges.
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Dowsing for Divinity 