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    Poor, Misunderstood Fog

    by Lydia March 21, 2023

    Well, spring has sprung. I had grand plans* to manage to do a handful of Things every day of this delicious season. Needless to say, the first hurdle was not cleared yesterday. Them’s the family breaks.

    But it was a glorious day first thing for those precious moments when the rest of the house was peacefully sleeping. Then the fog rolled in, and then came the rain. Am I the only one who finds fog beautiful? At least, the fog that we get here, rolling in from the woods. People often (rightly) talk about delicate, gentle mist – but surely fog is just mist which has properly committed to the task in hand, and gone that step further?

    *Not grand at all. Modest plans, hardly-anything-really plans. But, nevertheless, plans that my wonderful, marvellous little family still managed to send flying sidewards.

    March 21, 2023
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    World Book Day 2023

    by Lydia March 2, 2023
    March 2, 2023

    For World Book Day this year, Auri decided to go to nursery dressed as a pirate (wearing one of her current favourite outfits). Last year, they all went in their…

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    A Look Back at February 2023

    by Lydia March 1, 2023
    March 1, 2023

    We’ve just shared our first monthly recap, via Postcard. You can read it here, and sign up here, should you so desire. The idea is that, if you don’t use…

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    Back to Front

    by Lydia February 7, 2023
    February 7, 2023

    There is also a curious aspect I hadn’t thought of – that of writing facing the front of the house again. Our bedroom faces south, to the back garden –…

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    Treescapes Fellowship

    by Lydia February 6, 2023
    February 6, 2023

    It has now been announced that Euan has been awarded one of the fellowships attached to the Future of UK Treescapes programme, focussing on the wych elm and Dutch Elm…

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    Book Disruption

    by Lydia January 26, 2023
    January 26, 2023

    One of the mistakes the tech stan makes is assuming more is always an improvement. That we always want more features, more apps, more enhancements. But when you have a…

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    Splendid Elms

    by Lydia January 25, 2023
    January 25, 2023

    Dr Euan Bowditch is in the media again talking about elms. This happens a lot. You can read his Press and Journal article here. Featured image taken from article.

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    An Avalanche of Stories

    by Lydia January 24, 2023
    January 24, 2023

    I am resurfacing from a busy few days, including hosting a party for about eighteen children to celebrate Auri’s fourth birthday. Well, I say hosting – Euan actually organised the…

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    Snow Days

    by Lydia January 18, 2023
    January 18, 2023
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    To Be An Artist

    by Lydia January 16, 2023
    January 16, 2023

    No longer producing work that might suggest an alternative to established tradition, it is at this point that their work is no longer art and they no longer artists. There…

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