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.
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.
Sky watching – 2020/50
on 12th December 2020
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Everywhere there are the first signs of spring. Bulbs are putting on new growth and the flower buds will soon be showing.
This week’s riddle – 2020/49
on 5th December 2020
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Something you very seldom see. The hills above Trogir on the mainland, 55km to the north west were visible because the rain has cleaned the atmosphere. You can even see the line of wind turbines at Seget Gornji. I’ve never seen them from home before.