I woke up this morning with an urgency to get into the forest and witness Autumn before the next deluge of rain and wind stripped the trees of their golden treasure. So to the woods I headed and enjoyed a fantastic day of walking and breathing in the seasonal scented air in Cropton Forest. The day remained dry but earlier rain brought out the contrasts in colours against wet darkened wood. It was beautiful and the paths we trod were free of any other inhabitants.
After walking the entirety of the trail many stages were revisited to gather plant from along the walk. Documenting in plants and print the flora of this beautiful walk recorded in prints and artists books
Recently I have been enjoying making these single stem wildflower prints from a beautiful collection of plants picked from my wild garden last year. They have been resting in flowerpresses until this time
Winter Goosegrass
The sun came out today highlighting the lasting signs of winter. Hedgerows are slowly showing tiny green buds and violets giving way to snowdrops at their base. Dried and weathered goosegrass still clings mapping out the flow of the wind on hawthorn and fence posts.
