I love what my friend has done with poppy seed heads from my garden and lavender from hers. The Ancient Egyptians associated poppies with...

I have been crocheting purple poppies for our local autumn yarn bomb. The purple poppy was created in 2006 by the charity Animal Aid to...

According to folklore, fairies use Red Campion to guard their stores of honey. It is a rich source of nectar.

I have enjoyed seeing photographs of children this week on Facebook, looking cheerful in school uniforms. I share the back to school...

We have some of these flowers in our garden now. The genus originated in southern Africa. They are named after the Flemish botanist...

The "city" of Thelwall was founded in 923, and this month the village is celebrating. At today's opening event, there was a display of...

Eleven people met in the Sanctuary hub today, including one possible new member, who is keen to learn to crochet. I had cut out several...

I took a calming walk along the Transpennine trail today. Birds twittering and bees buzzing, thistles and nettles and big daisies, and...

The sunshine lights up the leaves, which dangle from the pergola in my garden, gradually changing from green to a glowing crimson.

Today's quick sketch is of narrow boats moored in Lymm, with the flat roofed Youth and Community Centre behind them in the place where an...