The Lost Words – A Spell Book to conjure back disappearing words.
I’m so glad that none of these words have disappeared from my life and I’m fortunate enough to have plenty of photos of each of these Lost Words to choose from.
(Photos taken over the past couple of years)
Acorn – Oak trees overhanging the badger sett
Adder – the only venomous snake native to Britain
Bluebells – creating a carpet of Blue
Brambles – Purple stained finger tips
Conkers – a few that survived being squashed by passing cars.
Dandelion – plenty of these in my garden
Fern – covering the woodland floor
Heather – the only photo I have of Heather is one from my garden
Heron – often seen stealing from local ponds
Ivy – alive with insects
Kingfisher – with the dash of colour they brighten up the local river.
Skylark – my local farmer encourages skylarks by putting in skylark squares.
Magpie, often the bullies when food is around.
Newt – taken on a photography course with someone who had a licence.
Otter – spotted while kayaking on holiday in Norfolk
Raven – often sits on the pylon near my house
Starling – Starling murmurations that take place each winter at Otmoor
Weasel – quickly darting with prey across the road
Willow – The willow lined River Thames
Wren – as it hops between the brambles and fallen trees
It really is a wonderful book! I love the photos – thank you for sharing them 🙂
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Fantastic series of photos. I have the book. It is beautiful and I hope those words never disappear.
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Thanks Anna
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Loved get my hands on my own copy of this – you might be interested in this Alex, which I’m going to see at Symphony Hall in Birmingham. Perhaps the performance is touring and closer to you?
https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-lost-words
Great series of shots celebrating a variety of wild delights – love the adder and starling murmuration in particular.
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Thank you. I’ll have a look at the event.
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May i say it looks ‘spellbinding’! You have a wonderful collection of your own discoveries; glad to read that it’s inspiring others to get out and about to locate nature’s treasures. That shot of the starling murmuration is terrific.
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I was quite difficult to choose the photos to put in. Although I only have one photo of an adder.
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I haven’t seen the book yet – but i’m a huge fan of Robert MacFarlane and this project sounds so inspiring. What a way to reintroduce marvel back into appreciating nature. Just that you have so many pictures and experiences to draw from says it all 🙂.
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It’s a fantastic book
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Oh and yes I meant to comment on the ‘conkers’ having been introduced to them by my husband – when he was a boy growing up in Yorkshire they were a prized possession for that game of skill. I love that his fondness for playing ‘out’ brings back these fun memories and how he handles conkers with such reverence!
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