Notes from the Brambles…
is written by DRLT Director Patrick Liddle, an active environmental steward who shares his love of the natural world with his community through his garden, his words, and his volunteer hours.
Notes From the Brambles – Mid-Spring
As we move into mid-spring there is an anticipation of hearing the first chorus of peepers, watching ospreys perform aerial displays after traveling thousands of miles and of course the myriad of flowersstarting with daffodils. There is a sense of all being right with the world as this season of rebirth awakens around us.What can we do to support the large and small critters who cohabitate this wonderful…
Notes From the Brambles – Early-Summer
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses with eglantine William Shakespeare Poetry about the gifts of nature hold a special place for most of us, whether we view them in the written form as the quote above by the “Bard of Avon” or they come to us through our senses as the seasons change.…
Notes From the Brambles- End of Summer
Notes From the Brambles: There is a place where the sidewalk endsAnd before the street begins,And there the grass grows soft and white,And there the sun burns crimson bright,And there the moon-bird rests from his flightTo cool in the peppermint wind. Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk EndsWelcome back to the brambles. As we come to the end of summer (meteorological summer ends on September 1st) the solstice is…
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