Taexalia
wild.life
Buzzard
Did you know every Buzzard has a unique pattern under it's ... read more
Birds
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Is It Spring?
I'm hearing this question all over the place as people wish the moments away looking for something better. I look for signs of new life emerging - the snowdrops and winter aconite shine their carpets of hope amongst the decaying humus of the woodland floor, the owls and foxes make eerie night noise as they mark territory and call for mates, buds on trees seem to swell a little more and my flowering redcurrant is uncurling leaves... The wheel is turning, but the Carlin/Cailleach has not ... read more
Sunscapes
Sunworship with my ... read more
Plants
A collection of photos of trees, plants and flowers that have caught my ... read more
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Some of my photographs of foxes collected into one ... read more
Bird Haiku
Perched Kestrel watches Frost holds the earth in stasis Five Curlew fly ... read more
Messages About Marking Territory
The birds that catch my eye just now are the birds marking territory. Is this a message, or a mirror, or an affirmation? The Buzzard is not hunting when it glides against the clouds. The Buzzard hunts from the vantage point of a fence post, a telegraph pole or a tree. No, when the Buzzards are tilting on the wind, soaring and circling, they are marking airspace and conversing over who can fly where. They may even be describing their home and territory to a potential mate. But they do not ... read more
Thank You
THIRD PLACE
I am quite chuffed to have been placed 3rd in the Nature/Green category of the Scotblogs Awards. My companions in the Top 5 are a pretty impressive bunch! Most interesting thoughts around *being categorised* since I have never been able to squash this blog into one of those niches that bloggers are continually told they should. Perhaps I have organically and naturally grown this blog into a niche without worrying to much about it. Anyway, I ... read moreWaking Walking
First Feet Fragment Frost
Crisp White
Crunching
Forth Fog
Shields Shores
Red Sky ... read more
Wolf Moon Crescent
Wolf Moon Crescent ~ by Taexalia
The New Moon today begins the cycle of the Wolf Moon. It is said that this moon gets its name from the hungry wolves who would howl near tribal settlements in North America.
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I see a wolf standing alone at the edge of the ancient Caledonian Forest. She is a deep memory of a landscape faded. She is looking at the black of ... read more
