Lois Elsden

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 4, 2013

A-mazing!

When you think of a maze, I guess you most likely think of a hedged maze in which you can have tremendous fun getting lost. A labyrinth made of tall hedges, a life-sized 3D puzzle to wander in… that is what I think of, or a maize maze, made of tall sweet corn plants cut […]

Lichen by LoisJuly 4, 2013

Lichen Yorkshire!

On a wall near WhitbyAbbey On another wall by Whitby Abbey Splendid licheny thing!

Archaeology… the next assignment and it’s getting tricky!

Archaeology and geology by LoisJuly 4, 2013

My day on a plate…

Food by LoisJuly 4, 2013

Smoke tree

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 3, 2013July 4, 2013

The Easthope stories by LoisJuly 3, 2013September 14, 2018

Shed

There is something rather magic about sheds, especially old sheds; they have a particular smell, maybe it is the creosote they have been painted with, maybe it is just the wood. In ‘The Double Act’, Dr Herrick takes refuge in a fisherman’s old shed: He rounded the front of the shed and tried the door. […]

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 3, 2013July 5, 2013

Chirrup chirrup… is it a nightjar?

For a month or so, since I’ve had my window open in the evening while I’m working, I’ve heard a bird nearby with a strange call. He – or she, spends most of the evening making a rasping chirruping churruping noise, and even if I’ve worked into the hours of the early morning, I can […]