It's not every day you receive a reply from one of the most well loved, all round legends that is David Attenborough. Having achieved something I would never in a million years thought possible, getting the chance to study a Postgraduate Certificate at Cambridge University. If you told that to the painfully timid 7 year [...]
Tag: conservation
Posies from the garden.
Hello again! It has certainly been a while. I decided to take a little time off writing because I wasn't in the right frame of mind and I was struggling a bit. But I am so pleased that I did. I can feel my creative juices coming back and I have a few posts ready [...]
Beefayre.
Good Morning all. Hope you are well. Now, it is no secret that I love my smellies. I find them a great way to relax and they help me practice self care. This is something that I think is really important, especially today. We are under so much pressure in our lives, to perform well [...]
Plastic Free July.
We're now a week into July, whether the weather agrees is a different matter. And with the start of the seventh month of the year comes a new challenge. No, it is not maintaining social distancing in a pub - but trying to make this month a plastic free month. Now I am going to [...]
Nature friendly companies; Nectar and Bumble.
Good Morning my lovely people! This post features an interview with the lovely Amber, founder of company Nectar and Bumble. They stock a huge range of products, all relating to bees in some way. There really is something for everyone! I shall definitely be making a purchase when I can. Bees in general are in [...]
The Blackbird.
Hello everyone. Hope you are well. Keep plodding on. We'll get there eventually and help each other out in whatever way you can. Since returning to work, I have been struggling for ideas and finding the time to write up these posts, which I love to create. I would never think that I would enjoy [...]
Nature and Folklore
Hello there and welcome to a new series on Foxglove and Bee; Nature and Folklore! Each 'episode' will look at a particular species in nature and the folklore surrounding them and their significance throughout the years. In this episode, I shall be looking at Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). Hawthorn. Hawthorn in Folklore. Hawthorn is one of [...]
Save the Scottish Seabird Centre – Creature Candy
Hello everyone, I have been working hard to bring more posts to you in the past couple of weeks. I hope you are enjoying them so far. In this post, I am asking for your help. I recently found out that Creature Candy, supports 11 different nature charities through donating 10% of sales of their [...]
Nature and Art; An interview with Louise Condon, the Ceramic Botanist.
Hello again. Firstly I would like to say a massive hello and thank you to new followers to this blog. Your presence gives me a great big smile and makes all the work so worth it! This week's interview in my 'Nature and Art' series is with the amazingly talented Louise Condon aka, the Ceramic [...]
Nature and Art; An Interview with Jazz Austin.
An interview with artist and conservationist, Jazz Austin, about how nature has influenced her work and her journey so far.
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