and talks a bit
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February 24, 2026
This Sunday past saw me in the Nysdam reserve, volunteering to get sodden. Nysdal abuts the Ch...
February 23, 2026
๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ In the Forest, a cut beech offers quiet cloister for this fungus, forming...
February 22, 2026
Last March, when I began posting, my aim was simple: to learn, through discipline, more about our...
February 21, 2026
Leafbreak is almost upon us. If you can, visit the Forest, especially its margins, this weekend....
February 20, 2026
So, mid February, and signs of spring are stirring in the ponds of the Forest, here along the...
February 19, 2026
Listening is just as rewarding as watching. I think King Crimsonโs Robert Fripp once described...
February 18, 2026
A few moments earlier I had disturbed a heron on a small pond, the same one Stevens depicted just...
February 17, 2026
I have a project. There are many published walks and guides to our Forest. One is La forรชt de...
February 16, 2026
A few days ago I set out for what I thought would be an unedifying walk through my patch in the...
February 15, 2026
Shortly after my encounter with the nuns, reported in yesterday's post, I crossed Lorraine and...
February 14, 2026
The last few days have been relatively mild, if a little damp. At the intersection of the Drรจve...
February 13, 2026
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌโฆ I was in the Forest on the 10th of February, a few days ago, as...
February 12, 2026
๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ Whatโs happening on this stump is not competition in the usual sense. Itโs...
February 11, 2026
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ Yesterday I took a flask of hot water into the Forest. The aim was simple. To...
February 9, 2026
In the English language there are a few true oddities. Most words can be traced back to Old...
February 8, 2026
At the edge of the Forest, a solitary haw sits among the first breaking leaf. It anchors the...
February 7, 2026
Should you pass the shrine on Avenue de Brassine, Notre-Dame de la Justice, pause and look for a...
February 6, 2026
When trees are blown over in a storm they are known as windthrows. A freshly fallen one is easy...
February 5, 2026
Nearly all of us walk past this plant, nestling beside forest paths, giving it scant, if any,...
February 4, 2026
On the margins of the Forest you should be able to hear the rusty hinge call of the Great Tit,...