Flowers and plants – Page 22 – Jill Orme Photography

3 Jul 2020

Oakleaf

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

Cold. Wet. Windy. Dark. I waited most of the day for a promised lightening of the sky, but it never came, so in the end I had to make the best I could of what there was. All the flying … Continued

28 Jun 2020

Opium poppy

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

I don’t believe I’m responsible for this poppy plant, although from time to time I do buy some mixed wild flower seed, sprinkle it around the garden, and wait to see what takes. But I always choose native seed mixes, … Continued

26 Jun 2020

Carding

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

The heat and humidity of the past two days have more or less done me in, bringing on a rheumatic flare, so rather than the trip out I’d been planning, I spent most of the day sitting in a deckchair … Continued

19 Jun 2020

Mad Max

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Bugs, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

It was another very rainy day, and having exhausted my supply of indoor casualties flowers yesterday, I had to brave the weather this afternoon and squelch around the garden, photographing things with raindrops on. One of these was a young … Continued

18 Jun 2020

Stachys

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Still life | 0

As I’ve been talking about the near drought conditions we’ve been suffering for the past few weeks, and the serious effects these have had on the countryside and on invertebrate life around the village, I can hardly complain that it … Continued

12 Jun 2020

Wine flower

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

According to Wikipedia the genus name of this plant, Oenanthe, is derived from the Greek oinos “wine” and anthos “flower”, and comes from the wine-like scent of the flowers. I can’t say that I’ve noticed this, but there are only … Continued

11 Jun 2020

Adaptable

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

Someone I know once expressed disdain for bee images, on the grounds that there are so many bees around in summer that getting photos of them is like shooting fish in a barrel. To which my response would be: “Not … Continued

8 Jun 2020

Assertive

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

Today was pretty quiet – she said, as though every day isn’t pretty quiet at the moment. It’s reached the point at which I have to work out what day it is when I wake up each morning, and sometimes … Continued

5 Jun 2020

Cuckoo

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

Another day, another bee on toadflax – but this time a female cuckoo bee, and she was sound asleep. Personally I would have chosen a more stable resting place, because there was a fierce breeze blowing and the long thin … Continued

4 Jun 2020

Early

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

The weather has turned somewhat grim since Tuesday: it’s cold and dark, and conducive neither to bug activity nor the photography thereof – but yet we haven’t had the rain we quite desperately need. I will feel rather embarrassed if … Continued

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