Self-care
It was a bright sunny day today, and I skipped out into the garden expecting a veritable invertebrate explosion – only to discover that it was bitterly cold, with a searing wind. Apart from honey bees, the only things flying … Continued
Crab apple buds
Honestly, I’m running out of things to say about our beastly weather now. Today was more like November than March: by the time I’d put out some bird food and squelched round the garden for five minutes in search of … Continued
Chilli flower
I must be some kind of psychic plant whisperer or something, because despite my wanton physical neglect of the poor thing, the chilli plant I bought a few weeks ago is wildly flowering. Which to be fair, wasn’t a bad … Continued
Social distancing
R and I took ourselves off to Croome this morning, lugging a large flask of coffee which we drank sitting on a bench overlooking the lake. You can’t completely avoid people there of course – you have to enter through … Continued
Her Majesty
I’m just back home from a fascinating day photographing kingfishers on a private estate in Staffordshire. Across eight hours there were over twenty visits to the perches outside the hide by one or other of the main pair of birds … Continued
Road trippin’
Although not with my favourite ally, who’s at home practising social distancing. To be honest, I feel as though I should be doing the same thing – if you haven’t already seen it, I recommend that you read this article, … Continued