A stroll through the Moss

Foxglove galore

Today, I’ll take you on a tour and share with you from my recent walks in Lenzie Moss, a Nature Reserve in East Dunbartonshire. It is one of my favorite places nearby to go for a walk and to explore the natural world. Lenzie Moss is easy to access, a few minutes from Lenzie railway station. There is woodland with mainly Silver Birches and a wide open area, the actual peat bog, overgrown with heather, grass, wild flowers and cotton grass and with quite a bit of mud, water, little ponds and puddles.

It can be muddy in the Moss, and so I am careful where I walk. The Moss also has an abundance of bilberry plants. I’m very much looking forward to picking the berries very soon. I actually already picked a few ripe berries. They were delicious! You just need to know the plants to be sure to pick and eat the right ones.

When I visited the Moss recently with a friend we were enjoying many beautiful moments observing the colours and shapes of various plants, in particular foxgloves in abundance, orchids and wild flowers. Lenzie Moss has one main circular walk and many small paths created by humans and maybe deer. There was no deer to be seen that day. My friend and I walked a few small paths, not knowing where exactly in the Moss they would take us. Sometimes benches, especially beautifully shaped new ones were inviting us to sit down and have a rest and look around, e.g. looking northwards with the hills of the Campsie Fells in the distance.

Yesterday I visited Lenzie Moss again and I was on my own. When I came out of the birch wood into the open space I was surprised to see a deer standing in the heather not far from me, looking towards me. The deer was probably as surprised as I was. While I was standing still not to scare the deer I also saw something moving close to the ground. A fawn with its small white spots in its bright brown fur was lying in the heather! It seemed to be very small. I felt touched and honored to be able to see this little baby deer. I didn’t move and the mother deer and I looked at each other until I decided to slowly walk away from mother and baby to avoid more disturbances for them. When I visit the Moss on my own and I walk quietly the small paths I quite often see deer. I’m enjoying to observe them, while they are moving or grazing.

Cotton grass
Cotton grass in the Moss

On days when I like to connect deeper with nature, to explore, observe, discover, and sense nature, I prefer to walk the small paths. I often stand still for a while, e.g. watch the sunset, listen to bird song, smell, feel the breeze of the wind on my skin, sit down if possible, and just be and take it all in, still and quietly. I feel nourished and grounded, and I can relax. When I go back home I feel refreshed, calm and content, and enriched with experiences in nature.

The main path

Do you now feel curious and would like to accompany me on a walk or on a mindful experience connecting with nature in Lenzie Moss or other places in nature? Please feel welcome to get in touch. It’s my pleasure to share with you what’s close to my heart. Nature-connection experiences will also be offered as 1 on 1 sessions for personal development.

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Bluebells
Bluebells

This year’s Celtic fire festival of Beltane on the 30. April I spent with acquaintances and friends.  After a delicious shared dinner we were sitting in a circle around a table with flowers and candles,  sharing our experiences in nature at this time of the year and sharing traditions and customs of Beltane and May Day from different regions of this planet. The relation to bonfires, fertility and abundance in nature celebrated in tribes and cultures is

Lush beech leaves
Lush beech leaves

obvious.  How much do we enjoy the beauty in Nature after a long Winter! The abundance and variety of plants growing, while the days are slowly getting warmer, with longer daylight; the lush greens in the new leaves and all colours of the rainbow to be found in trees, bushes and flowers. We are amazed about the life force in Nature! How does this effect our activities? We will definitely spend more time outside with the elements. The voiles to the natural realm are thinner now. The aliveness, the energy of expansion and creativity is all around us! This and more was shared in stories, poems and experiences.

Pink clouds in the sky
Pink clouds in the sky

Enjoying a bonfire in the yard later, under a pink clouded sky, was a fantastic end to a heart warming celebration of Beltane.

Bonfire
Bonfire

A couple of days later I went to Pollock Country Park, a large green belt in Glasgow’s South. What a paradise of bluebells!

Bluebells carpet

I spent the afternoon walking through the various beautiful gardens of Pollock House and later through Pollock Country Park.  I felt very nurtured, peaceful and happy from the depth of my heart and enjoyed all the colourful plants.  Of course my felted friends where accompanying me 🙂 This elf on the photo below is my latest addition.  If you’re living in the Scottish central belt, then you’re welcome to join one of my felt workshop and you can learn how to create those nature beings and other magical beings like dragons etc.  Just use the contact form and get in touch and check out here.

Elf in the bluebells
Elf in the bluebells

He’s lighting the path with his lantern.

Elf and gnome in conversation
Elf and gnome in conversation

The elf in conversation with a little red hat gnome

Elf in the bluebells
Little elf in the bluebells, needle felted