Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge

Counting Nature and Fedging the Issue

The sun shone, time was mine, I decided to count nature for the www.waterscape.com survey over the Easter weekend.  I like to think I’m very observant when it comes to the wildlife around here, but it became clear almost immediately that casual observation and (nearly) scientific survey are two very different activities.  Counting stuff, instead of just noticing it, [...]

We are not alone

We have traffic outside our house!  There has been the odd boat before now this spring, but the Easter holiday is when the canal really comes alive with boats and our sense of isolation, for a few months at least, disappears.  It also reminds me that we are not living simply in a rural idyll but that we [...]