Cyclamens

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ― Winston S. Churchill

The Buzzard and the Crow

We live near the Downs – an open area now South Down National Park and noticed more and more buzzards congregating on field fences and wheeling in the sky and fewer and fewer wild rabbits. Yesterday the sky was empty, blue and sunny than the noise of a very angry bird, a crow got closer […]

Rabbits

Since wrote this – the bunny population in our garden is much less – we have seen crows attack the baby rabbits in our garden even thou we try and scare these birds away and hear foxes at night. There are few squirrels and deer don’t often walk through in the early morning. But we […]

South Downs – May

Cuckmere Haven and the English Channel

Easter Monday close to the mouth of river Cuckmere where the river used to meander down to the sea as a series of ox bows beneath the Sevan Sisters – beautiful to see from above at sunset but this cost money to maintain and the river now partially straitened is left to silt up […]

Long man of Wilmington

It’s likely Wilmington’s name is from a combination of ‘wylm’ (cloud) and ‘ington’ (fortified village on a hill). My own favorite place is looking towards the long man from a small orchard that is part of the ruins of Wilmington priory – perhaps built by monks who came from Honfleur in France. Visited […]

Tobogganing

Once in a winter we get a whiff of snow here in the South and families look for anywhere with a slope with trays and bin bags – but one more day and it will all be gone and daffodils will come back, like it never happened.

Tale of benjamin bunny and a vagabond cat

Looking to top of our garden in the evening, could see two, three rabbits almost doing leap frog, running and almost playing tag among the apple trees. Looking closer noticed an enormous rabbit hole had appeared near the hedge by the road. almost expected to see a row of washing and a white picket fence […]

Road towards the Sun

September evening driving strait towards the sun below the Downs – the sky stormy and clouds tossed and swirling in the sky but in the middle – patch of blue and in the middle of this, low down – the sun, golden surrounded by wispy clouds. Many beautiful sunrises and sunsets, the last few weeks. […]

Ditchling Gardens

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Distant Downs

Old Railway Cabin

Frosty Morning

Early morning – All Saints Day – All Hallows Day

Went up to the top of the Downs early to see the first autumn mist – in the distance (if you click on the photo) – you can see the north Downs – long time ago – the area between the north and south Downs was under the sea and thou not sure of order, […]

Watercolor Sunrise – m.joy

Ruby Sunrise – m.joy

Autumn Fire – m.joy

the legend of Bignor Hill

We found Bignor Hill by accident – the road went either way and because it was there and thought it was shortcut, took the path to the left and hoped we’d found an interesting route over the Downs to Chichester. But the road got smaller and steeper and felt the car was clinging to the […]

Sheep playing Possum

Early morning on the South Downs, not really sure what the two sheep in the middle are up to