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Documenting the botanical year in my sketchbooks
My new home-made "Seasons" sketchbook is becoming a bit of an obsession! I have even made a second one, identical to the first but with...
ljm111
Mar 21, 20212 min read
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Dipping into pen & ink
Pen and ink drawings have always appealed to me. My paternal grandfather was an artist and pen and ink was his medium. His subject matter...
ljm111
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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Nature journaling - a glimpse inside my nature sketchbooks
A couple of years ago a started to keep a nature journal/sketchbook. It was mainly a record of things I had seen when out and about and...
ljm111
Nov 6, 20202 min read
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Dragons and Wolves
One of the best ways to learn about the natural world is to go out and look at it with someone who really knows their stuff. Last Friday,...
ljm111
Aug 16, 20204 min read
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Why botanists avoid dandelions
I love dandelions. I love the sight in April of a grass verge or bank just covered with these little blobs of sunshine. A simple flower...
ljm111
May 30, 20203 min read
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A little bit of botanical art
For the last two or three years I have been painting some of the British wildflowers I see when I’m out and about. We have a lovely...
ljm111
May 26, 20201 min read
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