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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  the South Downs seen from a Sussex wood in early autumn.

— 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

The Cuckoos are back!

The Cuckoos are back!

With the dramas of bird migration taking place everywhere, some of the tagged cuckoos we have been following are back from Africa.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Season's Notes, The English CountrysideMay 3, 2019April 15, 2026816 Words8 Comments

Not until the Third Day

Not until the Third Day

Life is sometimes a roller-coaster of experiences and emotions. That’s how is was 2000 years ago and the implications of what happened then are still changing the world today.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Encounters with GraceApril 18, 2019September 4, 2019734 Words3 Comments

A Dream of Spring

A Dream of Spring

With a dream of spring the countryside and our gardens wait expectantly. This is a creative season bursting with possibilities. There’s poetry in the air.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Season's Notes, The English CountrysideApril 5, 2019April 5, 2019766 Words9 Comments

In Wealden Woods

In Wealden Woods

The magnificent panorama of the Weald reminds us that the spirit of the ancient wildwood still survives here.  So too does the spirit of Winnie-the- Pooh and his ‘100 acre wood’.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Most Popular Posts, The English CountrysideMarch 20, 2019October 27, 2023786 Words6 Comments

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