To see out this frankly dismal month, here is April’s Stump Watch (a distant view, this time). In the far background, you can just make out South Harborough CC’s groundsman contemplating turning his pitch into something more appropriate – like a duck racing arena.
Posts Tagged ‘Trees’
Stump Watch For April 2012
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Little Bowden, Rain, Spring, Stump Watch, Trees on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Stump Watch March 2012 : The Stump They Could Not Kill
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Little Bowden, Spring, Stump Watch, Trees on March 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Last day of the month, so it’s time for the usual visit to the Stump. “Not looking good” – you say - ”Finito, Caput, an ex-Stump?”. Well, at first sight, yes. but look a little closer, and – Stump, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, and I want you to know that we are [...]
Begin Again : Stump Watch February 2012
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Little Bowden, Stump Watch, Trees on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Last day of the month, and so it’s time for Stump Watch (newly shorn). There was an old man called Michael Finnegan He grew whiskers on his chinnegan The wind came out and blew them in again Poor old Michael Finnegan. Begin again.
Ornithology With Orwell
Posted in Birds, Nature, Trains, Trees, tagged Birds, City of London, George Orwell, Magpies, Nest Watch, Spring, Trees on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Older readers may remember the feature Nest Watch, which appeared on this blog in March of last year. In it, I observed a pair of magpies painstakingly dismantling an old nest (or, as a reader suggested, a squirrel’s dray) and reassembling it into a new nest higher up the tree. At about the time the nest [...]
Stump Watch Extra! … A Newsflash
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Little Bowden, Stump Watch, Tidiness, Trees, Vandalism on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been expecting this for some time, but this was the sorry sight that greeted me this morning out on the Rec – I noticed that the other trees had had the small branches that grow at their bases trimmed back as well. I imagine some well-intentioned soul has tried to “tidy them up a bit“. I [...]
A Bigger Stump Watch (January 2012)
Posted in Arts, Nature, Painting, Trees, tagged David Hockney, Little Bowden, Stump Watch, Trees on January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Time to say Goodbye (and, frankly, Good Riddance) to January. And that can only mean one thing - it’s Stump o’clock! Not much advance on last month, I’m afraid – This idea, though, of observing a tree through the changing seasons – I wonder if anyone else has tried it? Perhaps mucked around a little with [...]
Stump Watch For December 2011
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Little Bowden, Stump Watch, Trees, Winter on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As the year draws to a close, it’s time for the last Stump Watch of 2011. It seems fairly inactive at the moment, but then so am I. Note that someone has tied a white plastic ribbon round the old chestnut tree to the rear (folkloric significance, if any, unknown).
Stump Watch St Pancras 2
Posted in Nature, This England, Trains, Trees, tagged Christmas, Lego, Police, St Pancras, Stump Watch, Trees on November 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Well, that was quick. The Lego tree at St Pancras is now in its full majesty and lit up like the fleet. As you can probably tell from the picture, it must be one of the most photographed trees in existence, though I like to think I was one of the first to capture it [...]
Stump Watch St Pancras
Posted in Arts, Sculpture, Trees, tagged Christmas, St Pancras, Stump Watch, Trees on November 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I see the authorities at St Pancras seem to have adopted my patented Stump Watch programme (without so much as a by your leave!). The scene on Monday - on Tuesday – and today – They must be using an awful lot of fertiliser … (Actually, Lego – perhaps provided by the nearby branch of Hamley’s. [...]
Stump Watch for October 2011
Posted in Nature, Trees, tagged Autumn, Little Bowden, Stump Watch, Trees on October 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This month, we see the Stump in the evening, illuminated by flashlight. It continues to suffer depradations (i.e. having bits broken off it) – perhaps because it’s now at a convenient height for people to snap branches off to throw for their dogs to chase.
