Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Monday, May 29, 2023

Brave New World... Foolhardy Future?

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While societies in the Western world seem to be tearing themselves apart over identities, labels, rights and wrongs of all kinds in a grea...

La Guirlande de Julie...

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Last year, when I was looking into the lives of the queens of France following a visit to Le Jardin du Luxembourg , I learnt of La Guirlan...

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Recovered Clematis...

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These magnificent clematis were ones that were being sold off during the first COVID lockdown as they were dying off in the local supermar...

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Dandelion Delight...

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April is coming to an end, and unfortunately the vast expanses of dandelions that left the roadsides a flurry of gold have been unceremoni...

The Enduring Beauty of the Butterfly...

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As Spring wakes up, it is magical to watch the different forms of life likewise emerging and to think about those which will soon make the...

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Ordinary Exotic...

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As always at this time of year, the local garden centre is ablaze with the most amazing displays of exotic flowering plants, and true to f...

Friday, March 31, 2023

A Gentle Escape...

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As I wandered around the Tate Britain a few weeks past, I felt as if I were again encountering and reconnecting with what had once been t...

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