Arum maculatum: A plant with a hundred names

Arum maculatum is one of many different kinds of arums and itโ€˜s native to most of Europe and adjacent regions. Beautiful as it is, all parts of it happen to be highly toxic, and can produce severe allergic reactions! In spite of it, it has been used in herbal medicine and even cooking.

Photoset: Autumn 2024

This autumn we've had relatively warm weather with lots of sunny days, which made for some really pleasurable walks. In this post Iโ€™ll share just a sample of snapshots I took during the months of October and November in one of my favourite nature spots - the Bojฤin Forest near Belgrade.

Photoset: Mushroom season 2024

This autumn Iโ€™ve been enjoying lots of long nature walks in some of the woods around the city of Belgrade, Serbia. At the moment of writing weโ€™re at the height of the mushroom season, making the forests positively magical. And so in my latest blog post Iโ€™m taking you along, showing you some of my recent finds.