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It was soooo bright in Stratford-upon-Avon today, this was the best I could do without ND filters. No, honestly – that’s totally true. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with me forgetting to alter my camera settings after going into … Continued

I spent the morning at NT Croome, hunting Odonata and giving a good work-out to the Big Lens – which has been under slight suspicion since the 5D broke, but which I’m happy to say is fine. I used it … Continued

For the second day in a row I’m indebted to R for the idea for my photo of the day; when I mentioned that I was thinking of doing a still life of perfume bottles today, he suggested that it … Continued

Child Two arrived back with us at some point in the small hours of the morning. Having finished the tour in Brighton on Friday night, yesterday he drove the band back up to Leeds, then immediately turned round and came … Continued

If you live in the UK you’ll know that it has been somewhat breezy today – in fact, the local forecast this morning said that in Worcestershire the wind was gusting at around 40mph. It was also largely overcast, and … Continued

The promised rain arrived overnight, and it was wet until the middle of the afternoon. I had to go to Stratford this morning to pick up my new glasses, but other than that I skulked indoors for most of the … Continued

The weather forecast for the next few days is pretty bad, so when the sun began to appear this afternoon I thought I should nip down to Croome for some dragon hunting. I had a thoroughly relaxed and happy time … Continued

There has been international shock and condemnation today as news broke that the entire Apis mellifera team has been expelled from the AOG and given an eight-month ban, after it was discovered that they are all hopelessly addicted to Passiflora … Continued

At 7.30am today the conditions were perfect for photographing bugs: it was bright but chilly, with a heavy dew. And where was I, while the bugs were sitting about photogenically, waiting for the sun to warm their dewy wings? I … Continued

This morning Child One and I took a Girls’ Road Trip to the big garden centre near Evesham, so that I could give her a crash course in plants. She has recently moved from her own tiny house with its … Continued