A life-enhancing journey through the seasons from the bestselling author of HOW TO READ A TREE and THE WALKER'S GUIDE, told through the prism of nature's clues and signs.
A life-enhancing journey through the seasons from the bestselling author of HOW TO READ A TREE and THE WALKER'S GUIDE, told through the prism of nature's clues and signs.
'When we know what to look for and what it means, seasonal moments that were once hidden
shine brightly.'In The Hidden Seasons, Tristan Gooley shows us how to read the clues that the sun, moon, stars, plants, fungi, animals, water and weather give us - but that we continually miss, because we don't know how and where to look.Spring is the time of wildflower signs, unique cloud shapes and curious animal behaviour. Summer is a time of coastal clues, astronomical extremes and secret grass patterns. Autumn is a time for reading leaves, deciphering scents and investigating fungi. And in winter, we learn to read snow, deepen our star knowledge and use rare methods to find clues in overlooked places, including indoors.As with Tristan Gooley's bestsellers The Walker's Guide, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree, The Hidden Seasons inspires us to explore these signs for ourselves, giving us many rich insights into our turning year. Soon we will be able to anticipate and celebrate daily changes that few notice, however surprising they may be.And the seasons will never look, sound or smell the same again.Gooley drops learning as lightly as a blossom falls in spring. John Lewis-Stempel
Tristan has done trees the greatest service. Isabella Tree
Gooley is the best kind of teacher. Richard Mabey
An important book and a pleasure to read. Raynor Winn
Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree. Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation.
Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.