Today’s post should not strictly be called ‘Clueless with Claire’, more ‘Clueless with Gary’! Except that Gary has more clues than me. Hmmm, perhaps ‘Somewhat Clueful with Gary’? (Although spell check does not like that!). Whatever the case, this week’s post comes to you three days late and is all about Gary’s exploits in the…
Tag: nature study
Clueless with Claire
Oh, I’ve had so so so much fun this week, I hardly know where to start. The weather has improved somewhat and Gary and I have taken to having evening chats about the garden. We even took a few strolls around his work to take photos and get ideas of plants I’d like in my…
Woodland Nature Study: A New Pond
This week Gary accompanied us to some ponds which are in the middle of the woods, we did no studies, just enjoyed a new to us pond. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. There are two ponds neck and neck with each other, and waaaay bigger than our little village pond. One is…
Flower Fairies: Horse Chestnut Fairy
I am still catching up on posts I should have written before Christmas. We took this nature walk some time in November when we chose to focus on the Horse Chestnut Tree. These trees tend to line the streets on our way to the woodlands, rather than being in the woodlands themselves. We spent a…
Autumn Flower Fairy Nature Study: Michaelmas Daisy
We chose to study Michaelmas Daisies next. They grow abundantly on the common and we could see them beginning to die down so felt we needed to study them before they all died down for the year. The Michaelmas Daisy Fairy Poem From this poem we learn that the Michaelmas Daisy flowers with many pretty…