The Hazel Tree

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  • Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015 /

    As our woods start to shimmer with a heavenly blue haze, I'm looking at some of the folklore attached to these beautiful flowers

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    Trespassing

    February 6, 2018

    Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014

    Heath spotted-orchid

    June 14, 2012
  • Clan MacThomas and the Clach na Coileach

    March 30, 2015 /

    Four dead men and a sackful of live chickens… I'm just waiting for someone to suggest foul play!

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    Kildalton Cross: guardian of another time

    March 11, 2012

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Dunnottar: the last bastion

    October 1, 2012
  • A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015 /

    For their valuable source of food and their versatile building material, hazel trees have been prized since the dawn of time. But hazel nuts are believed to contain wisdom, and a little bit of magic as well...

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    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013
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