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Not long ago, on one of my nature walks I visited a small lake near the town of Barajevo, Serbia. Once I got back home, I searched my library for a poem that would go well with my mental images of the place. And here it is - the subject of this blog post - Rudyard Kiplingโs โThe Way through the Woodsโ.ย
There is a film adaptation, but read the book first: you wonโt be able to put this page-turner down until the very end!
Reading this poem, you immediately find yourself in a wintery nature setting. What T. W. Higginson describes is just a fleeting moment: a wonderful snapshot captured in words.
As the winter quickly comes to its end here in the northern hemisphere, itโs time to get some inspiration for new gardening projects. Even if you donโt have a garden, perhaps you have some indoor plants and would like to know how to take better care of them. Either way, in this instalment of my …
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