Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin

I loved this book. It is full of close observation of the countryside and its seasons.

The notes range from quite short observations, or thoughts of a few sentences to the occasional longer account over a page or so of some peculiar adventure or happening. All of the notes are taken from exercise books that Deakin kept during his last 6 years, being put together for this book posthumously. He died in 2006 and most of the notes are about his home of 30 years in Suffolk, living, working on and exploring the land and countryside of his farm.

It contains such beautiful words - Deakin's lovely evocations of place and mood builds up a gorgeous and very alive portrait of where he lived and the passage of the seasons.

it was a shame though that the editors combined the 6 years that the authors notes covered into one just one, rather than allowing the changes in thoughts appear as the years passed as it lead to somewhat disjointed reading.