Graded grains make finer flour – 2021/02
on 27th February 2021
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The spring blossom looks fantastic at the moment. It is the Dol Hanami festival
The Witches are out – 2021/07
on 20th February 2021
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As the days lengthen and warm, the natural world is waking from its winter slumbers. Soon the summer visitors will start to arrive.
Last blast of winter – 2021/06
on 13th February 2021
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Any time from late January is blossom time in Dol. But another stunning tree in flower at this time of year is the Mimosa, Acacia dealbata
Tee-shirt weather – 2021/05
on 6th February 2021
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Dol is bursting into spring. Everywhere there are the spring flowers, early insects and buds swelling on plants.
1 mm = 1 litre = 1 kg – 2021/04
on 30th January 2021
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By late January, there is considerable warmth in the sun. We also now have more than an hour of sunlight each day.
Just 100 meters – 2021/03
on 23rd January 2021
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The afternoon sun shines on Vrankovića Dvor, Dol and also on snow on Svete Jure, the highest point of the Dinaric Alps, 50 km distant.
The Head of Medusa – 2021/02
on 16th January 2021
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The setting sun illuminates snow falling from a cloud.
Clothespegs and broomsticks – 2021/01
on 9th January 2021
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Even in winter we can see rainbows, as a fast moving rain storm clears, to be followed by sunshine.
The natural year in Dol – 2021/00
on 2nd January 2021
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I am alive to the natural world in which I live, observing the day to day changes as the seasons inexorably march forwards.
Cloudy skies – 2020/52
on 26th December 2020
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We have reached the end of 2020 and now look forward to a much improved 2021.