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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    So many birds!

    May 7, 2020

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    A writing update

    July 12, 2024
  • 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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    Urquhart Castle

    Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness

    February 19, 2026

    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

    Loch an Eilein Castle

    July 2, 2023
  • 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 power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013
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