Tim BradfordMar 4, 20221 min readHumidity Brings ProcrastinationYellow poppy This optimistic flower appears in late spring in one of my favourite gardens, a mystical semi-wild farm- house plot in...
Tim BradfordSep 17, 20202 min readConversations with DogToday is the first day I’ve remembered to go out consciously with the@natureasnurtureNature Connection Challenge in mind. Some thoughts…...
Tim BradfordSep 21, 20162 min readWalking My Neighbour’s DogA few weeks ago I started walking my neighbour’s dog. The neighbour is ill and can’t do the long walks at the moment. For a while the...
Tim BradfordJan 31, 20161 min readCuckooIt’s the last day of January. A high pitched, instantly recognisable call comes from down in the vale amongst the trees. Possibly it’s...
Tim BradfordAug 27, 20141 min readMy Favourite TreeA work in progress – video based on one fo the entries in A London Country Diary.
Tim BradfordJul 17, 20121 min readPlants I Don’t Know the Name Of: Some Herb Seeds I Scattered Around The PlaceA few years ago I read a book about medieval herbalism and, as I am wont to do, afterwards decided to make it a part of my life. I could...
Tim BradfordMar 2, 20121 min readThe SeagullsI’m woken from a dream by the sound of birds. It’s a multi-levelled effect, with blackbirds and starlings in the background, the odd...
Tim BradfordApr 9, 20101 min readCheese sandwiches in the fairy fieldsThe kids do a cow attracting dance that achieves its objective, expect these are bullocks not cows. On the way back we see a thorn tree...
Tim BradfordApr 21, 20091 min readThe Sky at NightThe spring sky holds many delights. Mercury can be viewed high in the sky above Orion (and to the left of McDermotts pub). The lighthouse...
Tim BradfordNov 10, 20081 min readThe Liquorice TreeBetween two smallish trees in Clissold Park there is a long length of red twine that somebody (conceptual nature artist or mischievous...
Tim BradfordJul 9, 20081 min readGoodbye Football TreeEvery day my two year old son and I walk through Clissold Park and go up to touch the Football Tree. “Football Tree!” my son will say....
Tim BradfordMay 6, 20081 min readGoodbye cherry blossomThe cherry blossom of Kingsbridge House, on Lordship Road, has gone, blown in the wind towards Seven Sisters Road. Up there amid the...
Tim BradfordMar 12, 20081 min readGolden skies over HollowayThe daffodils are out in Clissold Park. Squat dogs round and through them. “Kaiser! Butch! Over here!” shouts an angry looking man with...
Tim BradfordJan 7, 20081 min readThree foxes in search of a box of half eaten pizzaI was working late the other night when I heard a commotion outside – it sounded like someone trying to kick over a compost bin....
Tim BradfordDec 20, 20071 min readMagpies – saluting and de-salutingThis morning I saw a magpie and, without thinking, saluted it. "Good morning Mr Magpie!" Then another magpie appeared from behind a tree...
Tim BradfordMar 26, 20071 min readThe Wides of MarchMarch feels like a long month. As the cold recedes, local wildlife appears in the outdoors once again. A sniff of the wind, a look in the...
Tim BradfordFeb 28, 20071 min readSlatesAs winter turns to (in theory) spring, Burren wildlife starts to prepare for warmer weather. On a walk north of Doolin, a mile before the...
Tim BradfordJan 28, 20071 min readThe Argos Has LandedThe winter winds brought some unexpected activity in the garden this year. The Argos shed we’d bought, against all advice, is still there...
