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5 Apr 2026

Sloe bee

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

Since coming into the care of new owners, the hay field down the lane from our house has been allowed to go to wrack and ruin, and because of this it’s no longer the butterfly and pollinator paradise that it … Continued

4 Apr 2026

Honeywort bee

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

After we’d finished our Saturday morning chores, R and I went into Stratford so I could pick up a new 5TB hard drive for my raw files. Then we had lunch at BTP, where I’ve become mildly addicted to their … Continued

3 Apr 2026

Ammo

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

L brought the Grandsons to see us today, and we spent a day together that for the Oldies was in almost equal measure brilliant and exhausting. Before they arrived R and I set up the world’s easiest Easter treasure hunt, … Continued

2 Apr 2026

Stalker

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

Yes, I know. Please don’t @ me. Today Karma decided that R had suffered alone for long enough, and it was time I was also given some stressful, tedious and expensive nonsense to sort out, alongside all the other stuff … Continued

1 Apr 2026

Pinch punch

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

How can it be April already?? Especially given that I still seem to be bogged down in January’s tasks. I need to sort my life out, and soon. Sigh. I did my best today, spending most of it alternately excavating … Continued

31 Mar 2026

Newbee

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

Today’s good news in the garden was the appearance of the first first-brood Speckled Wood of the year, shortly followed by two male Mason Bees, which sat (unusually co-operatively) on the same patch of honeysuckle, and allowed me to compare … Continued

30 Mar 2026

Smug

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

A Great Northern Diver turned up at Farmoor Reservoir last Thursday, because of course it did: they always wait till they know I’m busy. I assumed that all the dinghy sailing, kite foiling and angling that goes on at Farmoor … Continued

29 Mar 2026

Aberrant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After a slow start to the day, because everyone was quite tired, we’d lost an hour due to the clock change, and H and I (for different reasons) were somewhat under the weather, we got ourselves together and went off … Continued

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

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