Spring in London

The skies are becoming bluer, the winter coats can be stored away, and the sounds of birds finding loved ones is flooding to your ears which can only mean one thing – spring is here! The most optimistic of the seasons, spring brings the promise of longer, brighter days. With nature shaking off its sleepy […]

Happiness and Chiffchaff Song

Monday was International Day of Happiness, perhaps you heard? In my neck of the woods, it was also grey, damp, full of drizzle and rather dismal. I was certainly in need of some Monday motivation. I have often written about how I find observing and interacting with nature to be valuable, even essential, for my […]

Fairies in the Woods

As usual, my Mum found her spring, before mine arrived. My phone burbled in my pocket mid-morning, bringing news of our family’s first brimstone butterfly sighting. The first butterfly of the year is one of a selection of symbols we have adopted as concrete evidence that spring has arrived, along with the first lesser celandine […]

Spring in Bloom

The cold frost of winter has been blown away and spring has started to bloom. Everywhere you look you can see signs of new life, from the bright trumpets of the Daffodils to charming gold finches with dashing bright yellow plumage. Many think that spring is here when they go to their local farm and […]

Signs of Spring at Wicor Primary School

Last week we were out searching for signs of spring, and there were many of them. However, there was one sign which we all could tell you about before even going out. Something which many people automatically associate with spring – and that is the daffodil. Its bright yellow colour breaks the monotony of the […]