February 2023 – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

8 Feb 2023

Skulking

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had another very useful meeting with the occupational therapist at Stratford Hospital this morning, emerging with a new wrist support, a gold star for improvement, and a smiley face badge. After coffee and cake with R I went down … Continued

7 Feb 2023

Late

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’d thought that the tufted duck season was over in our neck of the woods, but when R and I were driving over Bidford Bridge this morning, on our way back from coffee at Hillers, I spotted four of them … Continued

6 Feb 2023

Flyover

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

I’ve been meaning to go over to Oxfordshire to take a look at RSPB Otmoor for several years now, without ever quite managing to get round to it. Today was gloriously sunny, though chilly, and I decided (figuratively) to break … Continued

5 Feb 2023

Launch

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Today was sunny, which was especially nice after yesterday’s murky light, and after breakfast R and I decided to take a walk around Croome. Unfortunately everyone else in Worcestershire had had the same bright idea, so the car park was … Continued

4 Feb 2023

Raptorous

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

The unholy combination of persecution, pesticides, and myxomatosis in rabbits brought red kites to the brink of extinction in the UK by the mid-C20th, and reduced buzzard numbers to maybe a thousand breeding pairs. Despite having had a country childhood, … Continued

3 Feb 2023

Profile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I recently decided – reluctantly – that after six and a half years of zooming around in the MX-5, it was time I changed it for something more sensible. Today R and I went to Stratford to start this process, … Continued

2 Feb 2023

Alphabet

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

The Cardiff crew are lucky enough to have the help of a very nice woman called Louise with their cleaning. Until recently she came on one of the days when B was at nursery, and he knew no more than … Continued

1 Feb 2023

Signs of spring

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

To my deep satisfaction, the woman who’s been cutting my hair for nearly thirty years, after apparently deciding that she can’t get away from me no matter how far she moves, has now come back home to the Shire. So … Continued

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