Nature – Celtic Raven Group

alchemical symbols for male, female either side of third symbol combining both.

What is Gender?

by KitEducation, General, Nature 8 September, 202518 September, 2025No Comments

I grew up in the 1970s to 1980s. Gender was viewed as sexually dimorphic, or rather, I was not aware of the variance. The acceptance of homosexuality was becoming more accepted, and along with it, the idea of there being different types of sexualities was starting to filter through. Gender roles were also fairly ingrained. …

All things bright and beautiful…

by KitNature, Photography 17 October, 2020No Comments

... and so totally weird! I love nature and have always had an interest in plants (I still have my Junior Royal Horticultural Society membership cards from when they existed!). Carnivorous plants in particular fascinate me. The way they have evolved to catch insects, the different forms and mechanisms for doing so. And when you …

Young boy walking with splashes along the shore line shallow water

“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…”

by KitNature, Photography 17 September, 2020No Comments

Beaches are fun and I love them for the variety of patterns you can find along the shoreline through the interaction of sand, water, wind and tide and often quite varied along the same stretch of coastline. The ripples, rivulets, all adding to the patterns. They also make great backgrounds and this collection of patterns …

Frozen Fire

by KitNature, Photography 13 September, 2020No Comments

There's a beauty to nature I often find others miss, be it patterns in the ground, sky, rocks, plants, or the transient, constantly moving, living, dynamic force to be seen in fire and water. With the latter, because it is constantly moving and often a very transient, it's too fast for our eyes to capture. …

Textures

by KitNature 17 August, 2020No Comments

Don't know about you, but I love textures. I can be shooting a wedding and notice some fabulous detail on the dress or out for a walk and see patterns or randomness that just looks pleasant or interesting. Could be a patch of sand, sea, water, ground, fire, sky, trees, bark, leaves, plants, flowers, etc, …

Comet watching

by KitNature 16 August, 2020No Comments

The UK is not exactly known for lots of clear skies and good views of the sky are worse when like me you face a fair amount of light pollution from living in an urban area like mine as well as a fair amount of obstruction of the open sky by surrounding buildings. So I …