Creative Nature

 Adding Flavour to the Day #Day10 30 Days Wild: Happy Herbs & Spices Day & Happy Iced Tea Day! (OK, I confess, I have borrowed these 2 National Days from our American cousins, but couldn't resist). I wanted to try out making tea from things in my store cupboard: Star Anise; Cloves; Fennel Seeds; Green Cardamom Pods and Bay Leaves from the garden. I will test drive the iced version later.... Sound Spa Day 10: #30DaysWild2022 : Sound Waves: I loved the sound of the breeze through the leaves of the tree in Wish Park - though it's quite faint. A wood pigeon got in on the action, which added a little extra: An extra, extra bonus was discovering a sublimely phoooaaarrr! track by Joe Satriani called 'Wind in the Trees: My little walk led to the crashing sound of the waves, which I love to hear: The experience was made more complete by finding 'Sound of the Sea', by Stick figure: - great visuals and the feel of Summer, that's lacking at the moment. Enjoy!

 30 Days Wild: Wildlife Trust, 2021, 2022 Another year - another creative & wild challenge to do something Nature-related every day. It's what started this blog back in 2017. I decided I should do my efforts the honour of being recorded here, as well as being a good way of reviewing the past two occasions I joined in the project. So, these will be taken from my Facebook posts. Enjoy! This first item is from 2021: 1st Day of 30 Days Wild - a month of random acts of wildness; I wanted to do a hundred things at once! Walked to Wish Park and tried to make a collage sketch using whatever I could from a magazine I'd brought to tear up (+ glue stick, which I'm Never without). I was able to put my 1st sticker in the 'passport' - good fun & a great way to connect with Nature. These collage-sketches are a recent experiment/project to try & get the hang of using a sketchbook regularly, in 10-15 minute efforts. And this is this year, 2022's 1st Day: 1st day of #...