JDO – Jill Orme Photography

28 Mar 2026

Highs and lows

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

Concert day involved the usual mad dash to get all my normal Saturday chores done before I had to go over to Campden for final rehearsal, with the added complication today that we needed to make up beds for the … Continued

27 Mar 2026

Outrage

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This is exactly the look R gives me when I say – sure, the Beatles were fine, especially when they started out, but I’m not convinced they were the best band of all time, and frankly, if I never have … Continued

26 Mar 2026

Insulation

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Compton Verney today, to see the exhibition Bruegel to Rembrandt, which I enjoyed very much. We also had a decent salad lunch in the café, and then I left R catching up on emails and … Continued

25 Mar 2026

Spotty

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

I’d hate you to look at this photo and think that the weather had dramatically improved since yesterday: it was perishing, and for most of the day it was at best overcast as well. This afternoon we had a rain … Continued

24 Mar 2026

Ginger

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

It was a horrible morning: cold and mizzly, with a fierce, swirling wind. This wan’t enough to keep the Plumpies at home, their schedule for completing their life tasks being pretty inflexible, and there were several being blown around the … Continued

23 Mar 2026

Favourite

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

I tried to make myself feature the humongous Common Carder queen in my second photo – I really did. But you have to learn to accept your limitations, and one of mine is that however much I love other bees … Continued

22 Mar 2026

Tourist

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

For reasons I’ve never quite understood, it’s an accepted tradition for people from Birmingham to come down to Stratford for the day at weekends and on Bank Holidays. Maybe they just get tired of breathing the polluted air in the … Continued

21 Mar 2026

Blue boy

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

Unusually, out of the two hundred or so photos I took today, the first turned out to be my favourite. It’s not that I haven’t posted bees on grape hyacinths before, or Common Mourning Bees, or even Common Bees on … Continued

20 Mar 2026

Evening snack

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

Recalling what a good time we had yesterday kept R and me going through today’s almost inevitable physical backlash – in my case, my knees whining almost constantly How many steps?? Are you mad???, and my back harmonising from time … Continued

19 Mar 2026

Chiaroscuro

by JDO | posted in: Birds, London | 0

R and I went to London today, leaving from Warwick Parkway just after the end of the expensive commuter timetable on a train rammed with fellow oldies, to see the exhibition Wright of Derby at the National Gallery. It was … Continued

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