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We all love a ladybird, don’t we? And it would appear that ladybirds are also quite fond of each other. I was walking around the garden with the macro lens, looking for today’s crop of Bugs I Cannot Identify, when … Continued

Mono Monday: Fool

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Rhubarb fool Take 500g trimmed rhubarb, and cut into roughly 2cm lengths. Place in a non-metallic dish, sprinkle with sugar and powdered ginger, and either microwave until softened, or (for preference) roast in a medium oven for about 40 minutes. … Continued

Camouflaged cuckoo

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R and I did some Serious Gardening today: the huge, old, disintegrating shed which we ironically call “the garage” needs a new roof (or burning to the ground, which would probably be my preference), and we had to clear a … Continued

Ladybird acrobatics

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I bet you wish you could do this, don’t you? Personally I find it hard enough just standing on my feet without falling over – using them to hang onto last year’s crocosmia stems while I reach for a distant … Continued

Bletchley Park blipmeet

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I arrived late at the blipmeet, owing firstly to a very slow walk with a very old dog, and secondly to truly awful traffic (when I couldn’t actually get off the Longbridge roundabout onto the M40 because the motorway consisted … Continued

Hairy feet?

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Check. Awe-inspiring mouth parts? Check. It must be our old friend (!) Anthophora plumipes, the hairy-footed flower bee. I’ve had a busy day. This morning I set to work with a ruthless eye on eight potential images for the IGPOTY … Continued

Zorsted

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This is Anthophora plumipes, the hairy-footed flower bee – how do you suppose it came by that name? I spent most of this morning at my desk, alternately doing useful things and faffing around with potential entries for the IGPOTY … Continued

Forget-me-not

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I’m getting very tired of this weather now: it gets right into my joints. This morning it was debatable whether Arthur or I was limping more heavily. Eventually the sun came out, and despite the wind the garden looked almost … Continued

Mono Monday: Portrait

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“The problem I have with all of these,” said R, “is that they have me in them.” Poor man – as if it’s not enough that he’s married to a woman who spends all day, every day on photography, leaving … Continued

Easter eggs

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I bought these mineral eggs at the Science Museum when we went to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition last summer; no reason, really, I just couldn’t resist them. I’ve been keeping an eye out since then for … Continued