No, he's not the world's smallest man. Nor has Photoshop been involved. This gentleman is, in fact, taking shelter under a humongous leaf with an 11ft span - believed to be the largest in Britain.

Graduation season is upon us, and my graduation celebration circuit went north from Oregon to Steilacoom, Washington, between Olympia and Tacoma area on the Puget Sound. Oh, the rain. I so enjoyed the ...

Spring doesn’t work without rain. After 17 days without a drop – such magical mornings! – a first millimetre in the rain gauge offered hope to earthworms hiding deep in their burrows, to increasingly ...