So I’ve been giving it a go, and developing a project entitled The Garden and Hills, which focuses on the astonishing variety of flora and fauna immediately around me – within my own garden and on Bullock Hills and Colkirk Hill, just a few minutes walk away each. I know some will go to the ends of the earth to search out unusual creatures and plants, and I take my hat off to them, but I find myself much more interested in what’s around me and what is also at ‘home’ in the spaces I myself call home. We only share this planet after all, even the little bit of it that we profess to ‘own’.
And I’m going to carry on, because it’s a hugely fulfilling thing to do, and it makes you see! see what’s actually there in front of your eyes but which we all miss on a daily basis. We are incredibly fortunate to live in beautiful Norfolk and I love, in my own small, haphazard way, recording my little bit of it.
The project so far can be found at The Garden and Hills page on my website. I might make a few of these available as prints at some point too if there is any interest.