by Miki Marks // Main Photo: A Scots Pine in St Nic's churchyard in Cranleigh Last year was the driest spring in 132 years and the hottest summer ...

by Miki Marks The first of February is the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc (pronounced Imulk) – marking the midpoint between the winter solstice and the ...

by Miki Marks Humans search for meanings and connections.   This is how we try and make sense of the world – from ‘red sky in the morning, shepherd’s ...

Main Photo: Cranleigh Angling Society (www.cranleighangling.co.uk) Do you have stories to share about water related joys and sorrows in Cranleigh and ...

by Miki Marks Walking home recently as it was getting dark I just caught a glimpse of a ‘flittermouse’.   Those of you who know your operas will be ...

by Miki Marks The leaves of my little St John’s- wort  (hypericum)  were obviously proving very attractive to some creature;   they  had scallop shaped ...

by Miki Marks My neighbour came round  with a couple of leaves from her cherry tree.   One  leaf had what was clearly  something in the larval stage, ...

by Miki Marks // Main Photo: A car dumped at Notcutts © Mark Matthews There are plenty of butterflies on the wing towards the end of the month:  ...

by Miki Marks Sumer is icumen in.  Loud sing cuckou!Groweth seed and bloweth meed. And springeth the wode now. Cuckou! These are the words of a famous ...

by Penny Lynch At this time of year, nature is at its fullest. Trees are heavy with leaves, hedgerows are busy with insects and birds, and the days are ...

by Miki Marks I moved one of my terracotta pots and   out wiggled a creature I recognised but  realised I knew nothing much about;    a golden, over- ...

Main Photo: Members of the Arts Society Cranleigh and artist Ella Fielding alongside two of the winners, Hannah (left) from Park Mead and Bea (right) from ...