My illustrations and stationery collections have been commissioned by, and showcased in, Guardian Labs for Brittany Ferries, St.

The poetry blog of Elaine Ewart. Poems of the Fenland Poet Laureate 2012. For the artists of Fen Edge Textiles. I spent a lovely day yesterday with writers Melinda Appleby and Lois Williams in the beautiful surroundings of the the old Nunnery in Thetford, now the headquarters of the British Trust for Ornithology. An anthology of poems by writ.

This is not my last attempt to blog regularly. Yes, this was a failure and I hold to what I said that failure is the footprint of nature. Yet, through struggles and repeated efforts, nature advances and leaves only this remarkable evidence on the road to success. So, after something of a break from the weight and worry of this blog, I shall try again and probably fall short again.

Perhaps it was his love of the mythical past, King Arthur and his knights, that brought him back.

Writing and photography on nature, place and landscape. Notes from Near and Far. Since last week I have been hearing the telltale squeal of the pink footed geese as they fly over the house between their roosts out on the marshes at Snettisham, and their feeding grounds inland. This is something I wrote last Winter. The Mangroves of Jardines Del Rey, Cuba. This is an essay which first appeared on Zoomorphic.