Brigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew more about the French Revolution than she did about her native trees, wildflowers, birds - and bees. That day was the start of her return to "noticing" - reconnecting and rediscovering a natural world that had somehow been lost to her for decades. Dancing with Bees is her wonderful, eloquent account of that journey, one filled with silver birches and hairy-footed flower bees, skylarks and rosebay willow herb, and the joy that comes with deepening one's relationship with nature and place. Having a relationship with the rest of nature is about opening our hearts, our minds, and ourselves, because somewhere deep inside us all, there lives a little spark of "wild" just waiting to be ignited. Book jacket.