Unsurprisingly, I’ve been tired and unproductive today. The weather wasn’t great either, though that didn’t stop R from doing some gardening, but I mainly just skulked about. I did do some light pad photography, from which this is my favourite … Continued
Yes, I know I said I wouldn’t sit up all night – but having posted my Blip I went downstairs, and R had seen an exit poll…. My principal feelings after watching the coverage through the night were: Huge relief … Continued
Polling day. Urgh – don’t get me started. I have almost exactly the same sensation in the pit of my stomach that I had on Referendum Day – but at least I’ve learned one lesson from that, and I don’t … Continued
I was a little perplexed when I saw the theme for today’s Mono Monday: I don’t do nicknames (in my youth, when the men in my peer group were almost universally referred to as Smithy, Jonesy, Whitey or whatever, one … Continued
I was going to post a Bombus terrestris throwing itself gaily into the centre of a peony bloom, and buzzing to release as much pollen as possible from the stamens – but right now it seems just too frivolous. Tonight … Continued
This morning I went for my first drive since my surgery, and the first in the MX-5 since it was broad-sided up in Yorkshire. I was surprised and not very pleased to find initially that I was driving quite tentatively … Continued
I have for you today two Banded Demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens): this is the female, and the extra shot is the male – though I could easily have posted them the other way round, and may yet swap them! Today was … Continued
