New life

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A dreary morning lifted and gave way to a pleasant afternoon, so I zoomed off down to Croome for some life enhancement, deciding (perhaps a little rashly) to justify a chocolate brownie by walking the whole perimeter of the river … Continued

Apple blossom time

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The unwelcome return of winter has played havoc with this year’s blossom in the Vale of Evesham – it no sooner comes out than it goes over. This is not good news for the area generally, as the spring Blossom … Continued

Dapper

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R and I went to Broadway at lunchtime, in search of a gift. Cake may also have been eaten, but I think it’s best that I don’t incriminate myself on that point. As we crossed back over the High Street … Continued

The Watts Chapel

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One of the few up sides of having Facebook know everything about you from your inside leg measurement through your detailed family tree to your bank account PIN code, is that occasionally they suggest an event to you that does … Continued

Complementary colours

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I’ve been waiting for about three weeks for the chance to give you an Andrena fulva female browsing on euphorbia, because I love the contrast of their vivid red pile against the yellow-green bracts. For the first week they were … Continued

Shelter

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It was a day of sunshine and showers thunderstorms, on which I appeared to have become an actual rain god or something: every time I looked out of the window and saw light in the garden, grabbed the camera and … Continued

Honesty

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Honesty is the best policy, so they say. I would say…. it depends. I’m a very truthful person these days. As I child though, I was a terrible liar – and I mean awful. Almost in the league of Matilda, … Continued

Hanging on

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More blossom and another bee today. What you can’t see in this apparently spring-like scene is that by the late afternoon, when I finally braved the garden in search of photos, it was almost dark, perishing cold, and blowing a … Continued

Meet the Trampires

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R and I went to Cardiff today, for the final day of the Cardiff Animation Festival 2018, of which L is the Director. During a thoroughly enjoyable day at Chapter we watched two programmes of short films, and what I … Continued

Blossom

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We all have to post the odd blossom photo, right? It’s like, a by-law, or something. I believe that this is actually my fourth of the season, counting yesterday’s bee-on-crab-apple-blossom post, so I’m confident of staying well on the right … Continued