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The photos I have used on this site are mainly my own or those of Carol Mullineux and Matthew Sutton to whom I am grateful. For the other photos and quotes, I have tried, wherever possible, to give the relevant credits and references. Please do not copy the photos or text on this site without permission from me. Thank you. -- Richard Sutton

Category: Season’s Notes

March – in the Spring Garden

March – in the Spring Garden

In the March Garden the first few bars of the opening movement of Spring warm our winter-locked-up lives with promise. Earth is waking from winter rest – the thawing of frozen hopes bringing a foretaste of better things. Dreams have kept us going when times have been rough, now they are turning into reality.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Season's NotesMarch 5, 2021674 Words5 Comments

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journal

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journal

Did William Wordsworth ‘wander lonely as a cloud‘ through the Lakeland Fells? Was he the solitary poetic genius writing some of the greatest nature poetry in the English language? His sister Dorothy’s Grasmere Journal reveals a slightly different picture.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Places of Interest, Season's Notes, The English CountrysideFebruary 18, 2021797 Words8 Comments

Hope in the Darkest Days

Hope in the Darkest Days

Hope rises in the winter darkness as the sun begins to appear over the earth and two major planets draw close to each other in the sky. Was this the Christmas star?

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Encounters with Grace, Season's NotesDecember 9, 2020December 10, 2020687 Words11 Comments

November – ending the day well

November – ending the day well

November sees autumn gracefully fade. The garden is slowing down too. We watch a spectacular video of rooks flocking to their communal roosts and with the old Chinese poets we learn to end the day well.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Season's NotesNovember 19, 2020November 25, 2020645 Words11 Comments

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