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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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    Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    The ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015
  • 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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    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

    June 25, 2013

    Torphichen Preceptory

    April 15, 2015

    Dun Dornaigil in Strathmore

    August 18, 2026
  • 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 magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015
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