by Ian Stephens | Oct 15, 2026 | Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures
Exploring Nature in Winter… Are You ‘Bark’ing Mad? As we head towards winter, it’s easy to think that the best of nature is behind us for another year. The flowers are fading, the leaves are falling and the days are getting shorter. Before we...
by Ian Stephens | Oct 11, 2026 | Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures
Just Do It. Nature Won’t Always Wait Sometimes, the simplest things can teach us the most wonderful lessons. My latest ‘almost photo’ was a red campion flower, covered in tiny droplets of dew. It was a lovely sight, with the water catching the light...
by Ian Stephens | Oct 4, 2026 | Books, Health Chat, Nature & Everyday Adventures
End of summer doesn’t mean the end of seeing things There is sometimes a feeling that once summer starts to disappear, so does much of the wildlife and colour that comes with it. The butterflies become less frequent, the flowers start to fade, the days get...
by Ian Stephens | Sep 26, 2026 | Books, Nature & Everyday Adventures
Three Walks, Three Photos and Why We Keep Exploring There is something rather nice about going for a walk without really knowing what you are going to find Sometimes you have a particular destination in mind Sometimes you have a route you know well And sometimes you...
by Ian Stephens | Sep 22, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures
Hello Autumn Tomorrow morning, at around 1.05am, the astronomical autumn begins (at the time of writing this) The autumn equinox. A point in the year when day and night are roughly equal, and from here onwards the nights gradually begin to take the upper hand....
by Ian Stephens | Aug 23, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures
From Daily Photographs to Three Books When I started my Daily Photo Challenge, I certainly wasn’t thinking about writing books The original idea was simple enough – take one photograph every day, get outside, keep looking, and see where it took me What...
