Flowers and plants – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

28 Mar 2024

Misty

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

When R and I set off for Slimbridge this morning, to collect the Boy Wonder for a visit, it was a bright, sunny day. An hour and a half later, by which time the three of us were having a … Continued

23 Mar 2024

Tired

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

Today was concert day – so there was no time for anything much other than music. Plus, at the point when I thought I might be able to spare half an hour for photography it was raining, so I called … Continued

14 Mar 2024

Drenched

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

As we walked the Boy Wonder back to the car after collecting him from school I told him that the Baby Brother had gone off with Mummy and Daddy to have his first set of injections, but he looked a … Continued

10 Mar 2024

Shelter

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

There are a lot of 7-spot ladybirds lurking around the garden at the moment, many of them in the honeysuckle or the laurel hedge, and a few in the rosemary and the sweet violet patch in the secret garden. But … Continued

2 Mar 2024

Cross

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

The weather somehow managed to get even worse today, and as stormy weather is one of the things that can make my joints flare I’ve mainly stayed in the warmth of the house and spent the day getting useful things … Continued

15 Feb 2024

Under the weather

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

All of us were more or less under the weather in Cardiff today, which made for rather less fun times than usual. R and I managed to get the Boy Wonder to the park for a while, but we were … Continued

13 Feb 2024

Toxic

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

I bought a new computer today. As you do – though in my case at least, not often. My current iMac is eight and a half years old, and well past its best-before date: when I typed the serial number … Continued

2 Jan 2024

Wrong

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

It rained – sometimes forcefully – from dawn till dusk today, apart from ten minutes in the early afternoon, when the downpour apparently lost concentration and allowed itself to fizzle out. I took advantage of the lull and scuttled outside … Continued

27 Dec 2023

Post-Christmas cactus

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants | 0

We had a leisurely breakfast with H this morning, before he headed off for lunch with a friend en route back to the Frozen North. I tried very hard to remember that he’s a functional adult, with a career that … Continued

24 Jun 2023

Busy

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

I’ve had one of those days when you work pretty much flat out, but don’t feel you have much to show at the end for all the effort. I’ll just have to console myself that I can see the difference … Continued

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