Welcome to Oportus’ first seasonal blog, which is a shift from the monthly blog I was writing, where I share about learning – the life...

There’s a season for everything… This will be the final butternut squash update of this year – in fact, the final update of 2023 full...

It wasn’t a planned thing to start writing on the theme of water on a repeat basis, but it is striking how much it has featured in my...

Time to let go… Last month, I wrote about not giving up because the potential is in the seed. How ironic that this month I would now be...

Don’t give up; the potential is in the seed… This is our second year of trying to grow butternut squash here in Ireland. Last year, the...

It’s time for the seed to be planted… I wrote last month about growth and touched on resources and waste - an undeniable problem in much...

Growth, growth, growth. Every day we see the news, we hear of economic growth or downturns and the mood of the article is either positive...

Last month’s blog looked at the effect of erosion (both natural and man-made) upon mountainscapes and indeed on our lives, as negative or...

In last month’s blog, I looked at the amazing role ice (in the form of glaciers) plays in the formation of mountains and valleys, and how...

Of mountains and meaning... Last month, I wrote about some of the ways mountains are formed according to geologists, and I must say it’s...

In last month’s blog, I looked at our need for human contact, and opening doors to enable us to meet other people. It’s very hard to...

In January’s blog I wrote about learning being a path. The path of learning can be littered with problems and travelling it can be...

This blog began life just over a year ago as The Learn Page and was set up as somewhere for me to share the things I’ve been learning...

When it’s time, it’s time – don’t delay! Remember the picture from last month’s Learn Page; our wonderful pumpkin, growing steadily and...

We’d been staring at the butternut squash plants most days, wondering when the frenzy of greenery that was spreading across the vegetable...

Well, it seems like Summer has officially left us – we are still getting some amazing sunsets here on the Wild Atlantic Way, but they are...

“Sunset alert!” These pictures were taken from almost exactly the same spot, on three successive evenings. One of the delights of living...

Remember the butternut squash seeds I posted a picture of last month, which we'd not got round to planting and which went mouldy (as in...

“The seed wants to grow” – these are the words of a friend of mine earlier in the month, when she was giving us cuttings of various...

Hello again! Since April's blog, when I wrote how I'd I noticed and marvelled at how flowers close up when it's cold, wet or dark and...