A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair. J.R.R. Tolkein Lord of The Rings Read More …
I do enjoy the Victorians tendency for exaggeration but even I’m struggling with this one. The connection between Greek mythology and the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite with one of our rarer Butterfly’s is a little obscure. Read More …