For those who haven’t read my earlier posts, 30 Days Wild is a month long campaign run by the Wildlife Trusts throughout June to encourage people to get outside and reconnect with nature. Obviously I don’t really need to reconnect with nature – I spend a large amount of my spare time outside as it is!…
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Spring in the Garden, 2016
We’re now well beyond the solstice and into the season of summer, so this is coming a bit late. But here’s a quick look back at some of the things I found in the garden during spring this year. Just goes to show what a variety of life one small garden can contain! To see all…
Dancing Spider
A bit of entertainment from the garden yesterday – a male Spotted Wolf spider dancing in the sun, trying to impress a female he’s eyed up as a mate.
First Trip of 2016
I’m a bit late posting this as the trip was back at the start on April (I’ve back-dated the post accordingly), but better late than never eh? Extensive quantities of rain and some local flooding meant that despite plans to the contrary I didn’t managed to get out anywhere over the winter. However, spring brought better weather so for…
Snow!
Woke up to a layer of snow in the garden this morning!
New Adventures: A Look Back At 2015, Part 3
One day in 2014, whilst looking through photos scanned from my old films, I had found a photo of Malham Cove. It was a photo I’d taken when I’d last been to the Yorkshire Dales, 20 years earlier!
New Places: A Look Back At 2015, Part 2
In 2014 the Prince’s Countryside Fund had run big social media campaign around National Countryside Week, their annual awareness week. The challenge had been to walk a “country mile” and post up a “walkie” photo of you out on your walk. This had proved to be hugely popular!
New Beginnings: A Look Back At 2015, Part 1
Looking back, 2015 was probably my most enjoyed year for a long time: a year of learning; of new opportunities and experiences; a year of new adventures. So I’m kicking off 2016 and a new website with a look back at everything that happened last year.
Oliver Andrews Photography 