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

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Autumn colours in the Lakeland Fells.  Thank you for visiting. A special welcome to friends from China. If you’re new please make yourself at home and look around.

— 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

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February’s Early Spring Garden

February’s Early Spring Garden

My February Spring Dawn daffodils herald the slow, cautious approach of spring full of pauses and hesitation, but the onward progress of an irresistible change has begun.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Most Popular Posts, Season's NotesFebruary 17, 2022June 15, 2022648 Words11 Comments

Exmoor – Place of Beauty and Blessing

Exmoor – Place of Beauty and Blessing

If you visit Exmoor for the first time it will charm and change you. It will be love-at-first-sight. This is a place to stir our poetic genius, unleash our imagination to roam and set our spirit soaring.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Encounters with Grace, Most Popular Posts, The English CountrysideNovember 18, 2021May 17, 2024764 Words6 Comments

Earth sings at Dawn

Dawn unfurls as a scroll

‘Day’s most sacred hour’ unfurls.

Earth awakes to a new day with spring birdsong – voices of hope for our beautiful, yet so fragile planet.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Season's NotesMay 1, 2020May 28, 2020722 Words12 Comments

Dancing with the Daffodils

Dancing with the Daffodils

For a cheering pick-me-up after a prolonged period of winter ‘blues’, come out into the garden and see what it’s been up to in the cold weather. 

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Season's NotesMarch 13, 2018August 22, 2023773 Words6 Comments

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