Monthly Archives: November 2014

Beauty After a Toxic Past.

The bird in the photograph above is a great crested grebe in its winter plumage. One might think that it was taken in some unspoilt part of the Cairngorms, but it wasn’t. It was in fact taken near Sheffield in … Continue reading

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“Through Gates of Splendour”

Many years ago when I was a teenager and the family was on holiday in Cornwall we visited a church which had a bookstall. My mother bought a copy of the book “Through Gates of Splendour” by Russell T. Hitt. … Continue reading

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Beauty in Adversity.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that this rowan tree had turned a beautiful red colour. There are quite a few such trees in the area but none of any size have turned this shade of red. There are … Continue reading

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