March 2023 – Jill Orme Photography

31 Mar 2023

Blackface

by JDO | posted in: Farm animals, Worcestershire | 0

It rained again today, so hard and for so long that my drive over to Chipping Campden tonight, for our penultimate rehearsal before tomorrow’s concert, was a nerve-racking affair, as I had to pilot my little roadster through great pools … Continued

30 Mar 2023

En pointe

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

It was a lovely spring day in Cardiff – warm and sunny, if a little blustery. The Boy Wonder was warm and sunny too, and very rarely blustery, from his excited “Good mornin!” when we first walked in, to the … Continued

29 Mar 2023

Sluggish

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Gastropods, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was another dreary, wet morning, though warmer than yesterday and without the biting wind. R and I were both grumpy about this interruption to the onset of spring, when it had only just about got started, so we did … Continued

28 Mar 2023

Tiny

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

As I’m currently perched on top of the European Unprocessed Raw Files Mountain, I took advantage of a wet day to try to reduce the size of the problem, and over more hours than I care to calculate, managed to … Continued

27 Mar 2023

Springy

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

For the first time this year, the garden was literally humming with flying insects, and you could almost see it lift its head, drop its shoulders, take a long, deep breath, and stride out into spring. Or maybe that was … Continued

26 Mar 2023

Bribe

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

After the happiest of days yesterday, today went slightly awry. It began very well: the Boy Wonder slept through the night, and if 5.15am was perhaps a little early for me to want to hear the summoning cry, “Gramma! Gramma … Continued

25 Mar 2023

Welly Boot Land

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

I don’t know how many times I’ve been to Slimbridge over the years since I became a WWT member – certainly quite a few. But I never noticed that they had a children’s play area called Welly Boot Land before … Continued

24 Mar 2023

Guardian

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I did far too much gardening today, tidying one of the long borders in the back garden and the soft fruit bed in the secret garden. I then snapped and snarled at R when he got home from running errands, … Continued

23 Mar 2023

Flourishing

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

R and I had an excellent day with the Boy Wonder. After a couple of visits in which he was somewhat terribletwoish, and we found it tricky to avoid conflict, today he was back to his usual self: chatty, and … Continued

22 Mar 2023

Expert

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

There are now around a dozen male hairy-footed flower bees in the garden, and competition between them is getting fierce. Yesterday I saw the first female of the year, though sadly I spotted her at the exact moment when she … Continued

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