Category: Nature
Darwin: What’s the Big Idea? (Part 1)
Sunday 11 January 2009, 12:37 pm
Yesterday, Joanne and I went to see the Darwin Big Idea exhibition at the Natural History Museum. It’s a fairly large exhibition, and we only managed to see a little over half of it. Nevertheless, I’m already very impressed. We’ll be returning to see the other half later this month.
The exhibition feels very [...]
Almost compost
Sunday 4 May 2008, 6:19 pm
Joanne and I went to Clapham Farmers’ Market and bought some plants — mostly lettuce, some flowers and a funky shrub. We spent much of the afternoon in the garden repotting most of the plants and planting seeds.
The most exciting part about this afternoon was that we got to use the compost we’ve been [...]
Capital Ring, Stage 4
Sunday 10 February 2008, 9:15 pm
We returned the the Capital Ring today, after a few months off. It was the perfect day for it. It was pretty amazing to be wearing a T-shirt in early February (and a bit disturbing as well).
The highlight of the stage was definitely the dinosaur sculptures at Crystal Palace. Technically, [...]
I have a tree!
Thursday 1 November 2007, 7:05 am
About a month and a half ago, we did the Tree-althlon 5k. Thanks to everyone who supported us by donating some money. The money we brought in allowed us to gift a tree to somebody. Joanne decided to gift it to me (have I mentioned I like trees?).
Last night, I came home [...]
Capital Ring, Stage 2
Saturday 6 October 2007, 1:48 pm
After a few months off, we completed the second stage of the Capital Ring last Sunday. This stage took us form Falconwood to Grove Park and is one of the shortest stages of the Capital Ring (only 4.2 miles from station to station).
