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Through the seasons in the British countryside and gardens, with country writers and poets.

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Welcome to this blog. Thank you for visiting. If you’re new please make yourself at home and look around.The cover photo is of our local Highdown Gardens in West Sussex.

— Richard

 

 

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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

Exploring Our Sussex Downland Villages

Exploring Our Sussex Downland Villages

“The heart can be happy on these great downs, so much are they a part of England, with their close sheep bitten paths and always the wind blowing the grasses.”

Richard Jefferies
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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Most Popular Posts, The English CountrysideJune 1, 2023April 6, 2024723 Words2 Comments

Tadpoles, Tulips and a Kingfisher

The wildlife pond awakes with frogspawn and tadpoles. The garden has been decorated by tulips and we have a surprise local kingfisher.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Season's NotesMay 10, 2023649 Words4 Comments

Gerard Manley Hopkins in Spring

Gerard Manley Hopkins in Spring

Spring’s ephemeral but exquisite beauty inspired many of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems and his Journal. In his own words this wonderful season is ‘all in a rush with richness‘.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Most Popular Posts, Season's Notes, The English CountrysideApril 20, 2023July 5, 2023750 Words7 Comments

Easter Dawn

Easter Dawn

Earth began in a garden. It was in another garden on that first Easter Day that Earth’s New Dawn took place. It has changed everything.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Encounters with Grace, Most Popular PostsMarch 30, 2023May 17, 2024694 Words2 Comments

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