Thunder thighs

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A photo walk around the village this afternoon netted quite a range of bees, but worryingly only two hoverflies and three butterflies. Looking back at my photos from this time last year, the area was teeming with bugs of all … Continued

Choking hazard

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As a child of the Cold War, raised in the rural north of England, I was unprepared when I moved to London in my early twenties (almost a decade before perestroika) to find a Russian shop on Holborn. I was … Continued

Starry

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Thank you so much for all the kindness you bestowed on my three-year Blipversary post yesterday; I’m quite overwhelmed with the response to my high-key Aquilegia silliness, which is currently sitting at number 3 in Pops. I will try to … Continued

3 years!

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R and I went to Gloucester today, to see the Tall Ships Festival. It wasn’t as impressive as I’d hoped it would be – largely because Gloucester Dockyard is absolutely massive, and it would take very many more than eight … Continued

Yes, I know…it’s another iris…

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Yesterday afternoon my light pad arrived. My excitement about this event ran head-first into my disinclination to take any electronic gizmo out of its packaging if setting it up might possibly prove problematic, and knocked itself out cold – and … Continued

Chasing dragons

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R and I went to Croome this morning, me laden with cameras and lenses. It was an absolutely glorious morning, but by 10.30 it was already getting hot, and promising to be blistering later in the day. We began by … Continued

Platycheirus

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If you use any kind of Apple device you’re probably aware that the operating systems have recently been updated. Yesterday I downloaded and applied an extensive list of iOS and app updates onto both my iPhone and iPad, and at … Continued

Minty

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This pretty thing is Pyrausta aurata, otherwise known as the Mint Moth. As its name suggests, its larvae feed on mint and similar plants such as catnip, as well as various other Simon and Garfunkel lyrics culinary plants such as … Continued

Narcissist

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To absolutely no-one’s surprise I was rather tired today, so I mostly lolled about, or strolled around with a camera looking for interesting things to photograph. It wouldn’t be absolutely true to say that I did no gardening, but I … Continued