Confessions of a tiny lady working amongst trees
Recently I have been having serendipitous conversations with not only my inner voice, but also with other aligned individuals, about 'unseen' frequencies and energies. Having always harboured a mild fascination for magic and alchemy - infused with a curiosity of the natural world - I have been catching myself in the last few years balancing... Continue Reading →
Honouring Beltane.
Enveloped by the warm, humid heat of the Singapore sun setting behind wispy clumps of cloud, I feel both inspired and disenchanted at the same time. Picture a large branch sprawled across our path, snapped away from a majestic tree, leaving a huge gaping wound on the trunk...
Hello my lovely readers. It has been awhile since I've written anything but much has gone on in the past year! Today (18 Nov 2024) marks a year and a month since my last blog post. It has been a year of realisation, rediscovery, exploration, looking forward and learning from the past. 2024 has so... Continue Reading →
Last week, I made a trip up to London with my Ancient Tree Forum (ATF) trustee hat on. We were scheduled to have a busy couple of days and I was really looking forward to first going on a guided walk with David Humphries (@tree_myco_man), whom I chat to on a regular basis but haven't... Continue Reading →
International Women’s Day. Do I feel ok? To be honest I’ve been struggling lately. Historically as women we’ve had many expectations of us: To be able to keep on top of everything, to play nice (or not), to be amiable, to be able to compromise and sacrifice. We live in a world and society built... Continue Reading →
Many moons ago, when I first started out in conservation, I was introduced to the concept of symbiosis. The idea fascinated me, startled my young, impressionable mind and has led me to discover this wonderful yet questioningly complicated relationship between two completely different organisms. In 1879, Heinrich Anton de Bary defined symbiosis as "the living... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I stood in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace in London, our late Queen in my thoughts. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had always championed trees and nature; it was a much loved subject and over her reign she had planted many trees, some of those on their way to become ancients of... Continue Reading →
May and June are great months as the weather gets warmer and trees are getting leafier by the day. These months also happen to be the busiest I've ever been with tree and woodland surveys, but I've also consciously taken time out to go on a couple of very enlightening and fruitful field visits with... Continue Reading →
Life has been on my mind lately, as I think about the time we spend in a state of living. This is the story of humans: Through centuries homo sapiens have made footprints on this planet and evolved with the changing environment. We have foraged, hunted, lived off the land and honed our rudimentary survival... Continue Reading →
In a Land of Giants 