Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 19th & 20th August 1921
Viola is still on holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. On the 19th August 1921, she visited Rogie Falls near Strathpeffer. This beautiful spot remains a tourist attraction today and […]
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Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 15th and 16th July 1921
Viola records in her diary that St Swithin’s day, the 15th of July, has been fine. She makes this note because of the belief connected with the name day of […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary – 06 June 1921
In her next diary entry Viola is still on holiday in the Cairngorms. She has travelled to the moors by Feshiebridge Road. This is located just south of Aviemore. The […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 5th June 1921
Into June 1921 and Viola remains on holiday in the Aviemore area. She has noticed a House Martin’s nest above the window of the room in the house where she […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 30th May 1921
Viola is still on holiday in the Aviemore area and is enjoying the wildlife that she sees there. She has evidently wasted no time in making friends with a retired […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 24th and 25th February 1921
Viola notes the daffodils blooming at the back of Gargunnock House on the 24th of February. The next day, Viola records having found ‘tadpoles or rather tadpole spawn’ which she […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 18th August 1920
Although Viola obviously loves nature and the animals she sees in it, she is not at all sentimental about the creatures that she observes. She is clearly extremely curious about […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 12th April 1920
It is likely that Viola was on holiday from her school for Easter at this point in her diary. She is on holiday in the East Neuk of Fife and […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 18th January – 9th February 1920
Everyone can identify with the optimism of the first signs of spring. In these entries from early 1920, Viola shows that she is no exception. The first entry from the […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 4th December 1919
There is some confusion with dates at this point in the diary, Viola begins with the 4th of December but then goes on to the 5th and other dates in […]