and talks a bit
et discute un peu
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July 1, 2026
The Enchantress Circe lived in the woods and decided that Odysseus’ men were better off as swine....
June 30, 2026
There is a stream that flows from Tervuren to Leuven. Spring had been quite wet and Hubert...
June 29, 2026
Walking the Forest paths yesterday, in the aftermath of a quite violent storm, I kept looking...
June 27, 2026
‘Pale’ comes from the Latin ‘Palus’ meaning ‘a stake’. It is probably where the English word ...
June 26, 2026
It’s not just the songs, it is often the books too. I’ve recently acquired a 1920 edition of 𝐿𝑎...
June 24, 2026
I was rather hoping to find some St. John’s Wort (Millepertuis, Sint-janskruid) 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑚 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑎...
June 23, 2026
I sometimes allow myself an old postcard. I like to see what was once there, compare then and...
June 22, 2026
Just by the side of the Chemin des Tumuli between St. Hubert and Bonniers, there is this...
June 21, 2026
A couple of weeks ago I led a small group from Boitsfort to the Chapelle de N.D. de Bonne Odeur. ...
June 20, 2026
The heat continues and the hedgerows along the edge of the Forest absorb some of it. If you are...
June 20, 2026
Midsummer is almost upon us and the recent heat and rain has caused the margins to erupt. The...
June 19, 2026
‘Mallow’ as anyone who has encountered the melting texture of ‘marshmallow’, not a plant but...
June 18, 2026
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 Continuing from yesterday, let’s give a shout out to Redshanks! The pink flower...
June 17, 2026
The former maison forestière at the Hoppinpunt Parking has been through some wrangles of late. A...
June 16, 2026
Yesterday I was once again up on the old racecourse at Groenendaal, this time planning a treasure...
June 15, 2026
With the much wider use of the Forest as a recreational area, it was decided in 1905 to celebrate...
June 14, 2026
If Jack Vance (no, not J.D. Vance but the author of the 𝐷𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ trilogy amongst others) was...
June 13, 2026
It has been one of the wettest Junes for quite a while. With there being a damp autumn feel in...
June 12, 2026
A couple of days ago I decided to explore a corner of the Forest I don’t know. It is the part...
June 11, 2026
I used to think Bremweg was a bit, well, meh. In winter it seems particularly so, with no real...