December 2024 – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

21 Dec 2024

Christmas bokeh

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Seasonal | 0

More Christmas nonsense today, as time was pressing heavily on me and the poinsettia and the tree were both readily available. This morning R and I did more tidying and cleaning, and then he went off out with a shopping … Continued

20 Dec 2024

Colourful

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Food, Fruit and vegetables, Seasonal, Worcestershire | 0

Please find enclosed herewith my annual Christmas photo of the Broadway Deli. It was by far the most cheerful sight I could find in the village on an otherwise wet and miserable day. Having run a string of minor errands … Continued

19 Dec 2024

Smudgy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I arrived at the owl field later than usual this afternoon, because I had a raft of things that needed doing at home before I could go out, and by the time I got there the roads were packed with … Continued

18 Dec 2024

Territorial

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Who hogged all the seed? You hogged all the seed. Right up until a Blackbird swooped in with a lot of noise and kerfuffle, when you beat a hasty retreat into the depths of the nearest yew tree. If you … Continued

17 Dec 2024

Noble

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This Robin looks as though it’s posing for a portrait – Van Dyck could probably do justice to this noble attitude and elegant profile, though Rembrandt would doubtless deal more flamboyantly with the light. What it was actually doing though, … Continued

16 Dec 2024

Dark

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Sun and cloud was the Met Office’s promise for the owl field today. Well, they were half right. When I set off from Evesham, where R and I had been this morning to finish our Christmas shopping (yay!), things did … Continued

15 Dec 2024

Second instar

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

I found this shieldbug nymph in the wild garden this morning, hanging out in a clump of pendulous sedge by the pond. It’s a Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), which is unusual among British Shieldbugs in that it overwinters not as … Continued

14 Dec 2024

Birthday treats

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Landscape, Warwickshire | 0

What a contrast. We went to Compton Verney today, as we also did on my birthday two years ago, when I took one of my favourite ever photos of the lake. Today it was sunny, the temperature was +7 rather … Continued

13 Dec 2024

Nutty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

More running around today, trying to finish the Christmas shopping before it finished me. I’ve just about beaten it now, I think, which isn’t bad considering it’s only a week since I finally agreed to engage with it (though R, … Continued

12 Dec 2024

Weather

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Gloucestershire, Landscape, Weather | 0

When you think of winter in the Cotswolds, it’s worth remembering that Bridget Jones is not a documentary: most of the time, instead of (fake) snow at Snowshill, and Colin Firth in a comedy Christmas jumper, you get fog, rain, … Continued

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