It goes without saying that beautiful leaves are one of the best things about autumn. In recent years, I’ve noticed that no two years are the same. This year, there has been a lot of yellow. In other years, there have been more reds, and in others more…
Why I Love Autumn For some of us, autumn is the time of year when we feel most creative. Although having just written that, I could say it about any time of year! Autumn is the year’s crowning glory. The growing season is pretty much over. Flowers have…
Apples are one of those things that really say September. I am finding that getting outside and paying attention to what is going on in nature helps me to be much more aware of cycles and seasons. Apple blossoms appear in the spring, then as summer rounds the…
At this time of year, in late spring and early summer before the summer solstice, everything is so beautifully green. The leaves are lovely in the autumn, and earlier in the spring there is blossom, but this time of year is wonderful too. As I’ve said before, it’s…
It’s a funny thing about nature that we are constantly reminded of cycles, yet as 21st century humans we seem to do everything we can to ignore them. It’s late spring here in my little patch of Norfolk, and it’s one of my favourite times of year. Everything…
Making leaf rubbings, like the paintings of leaves that I wrote about in the last post, is another easy, low risk way to respond in a creative way to the beautiful colours of autumn. Here in England, the leaves are still coming off the trees and we’re not…