Notes from the Forest

little details I want to share with you

Spring moves quickly in the forest. This walk wasn’t really planned — the forest just pulled me in. I meant to take only a short look around, but the green kept leading me further.

I made a few small noticings. Nothing big, just small details that made me pause.

fresh blueberry leaves everywhere under my feet. stopped for a moment — everything felt new.

wood-sorrel blooms with delicate flowers.

found this egg on the ground. probably fallen from a nest. a little sad, but that’s nature. something out here will make use of it soon. there’s a viper somewhere nearby, or so i’ve heard.

the common blackbird (Turdus merula) on a big rock, singing like it owns this small patch of forest.

a coal tit (Periparus ater) nest in this hollow. a thin, raspy call from within, and the bird flew in.

these blueberry flowers made me happy, and i tasted a few. maybe these berries will end up in my porridge in late summer.

wood sorrel covering the old bridge over the ditch.

a spiderweb between the trees. easy to miss until a beam of sunlight caught it.

ferns slowly waking up. unfurling like they’re stretching after a long sleep.