Showing posts with the label Chippenham

For National Tree Week

It's the final day of this year's National Tree Week today and I want to celebrate the tre…

Wildflower Wednesday: Signs of change

A number of these signs have popped up around Chippenham lately, which are heartening to see. Since…

Let's hear it for Citizen Science

Regular readers know I'm a bit partial to taking part in citizen science initiatives such as …

Primroses and The Flood Resilience Garden

I've spotted primroses popping up in many places on my walks this week and it's a welcome s…

Season's Greetings

As you can see, Chippenham's Knatty Knitters have once again cheered up the town with their pos…

Big Butterfly Count 2023: The results are in

The Big Butterfly Count is one of my favourite 15 minutes of the year. Being in the garden without…

Things in unusual places #26: Rubber Ducks

Rubber ducks lined up outside my local Lidl*, why? I don't mind because they gave me a giggle…

Unusual Front Gardens #38: Lawnmower

Sunday's scarecrow trail over at Pewsham provided the latest unusual front garden in the shape …

Wildflower Wednesday: There's an orchid in my lawn!

My wild and woolly front lawn has just got a little woollier with the surprise addition of the abov…

Have a Jubbly Jubilee

It's Bank Holiday time for us to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and amongst the usu…

Weekend Wandering: Bluebell surprise

Some days just make your heart sing and Saturday was one of them. One of my WI friends arranged fo…

Daffodowndilly

Winter reminded me she's not quite dead when I stepped out this morning to photograph these daf…

Remembrance

Poppies have been a major force in my life over the past 18 months because I've been part of a …

Unusual Front Gardens #37: Trains

Sometimes all it takes is a slight detour of a few yards and the most familiar of walks has somethi…

Unusual Front Gardens #36: Lollipops

These tightly clipped trees have brightened many a lockdown walk as they remind me of lollipops. …

Weekend Wandering: Wildflowers

It's the May bank holiday and coincidentally peak flowering time for two of our most iconic spr…

Weekend Wandering: A new sculpture trail

I returned to one of my regular walks last week and found a delightful surprise along the way. It t…

A cowslip survey

Regular readers know how much I love the cowslips at the entrance to our estate. They usually bloo…

Unusual front gardens #35 Scissors

I've passed these on many a walk and thought they must be plastic, but a closer inspection reve…

Easter chicks

At least one Knatty Knitter has been at it again in Chippenham with a seasonal postbox covering, ju…

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