Flowers and plants – Page 31 – Jill Orme Photography

8 May 2019

Beardy

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

I do like a wet iris, and this one was a welcome sight today, when I took a break from my do-to list and scuttled around the garden with the macro, because I was trying to avoid a lengthy photo … Continued

3 May 2019

Apple blossom time

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

Though possibly not for long. We’re forecast to have horrible weather over the Bank Holiday weekend, and I realised this morning that this might well mean the end for the blossom on our ancient cider apple tree, which has been … Continued

1 May 2019

Wet play

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants | 0

The day began fine, but by the time I’d done some essential admin and got myself ready to go out it was raining. I went into the garden anyway, where despite the weather there were plenty of birds noodling around … Continued

26 Apr 2019

Amaryllis

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants | 0

It was a strange sort of day. Firstly, the boiler broke last night, and the chap who deals with stuff like that for us is away on holiday, so we’ve been having to faff around with portable radiators and immersion … Continued

25 Apr 2019

Bluebell

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

It was a very strange day, with weather rolling across us in successive waves. I was still trying to get a decent shot of an insect on the apple blossom, but eventually I got tired of dashing out into the … Continued

24 Apr 2019

Threatening

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

I was out in the garden at lunch time, happily listening to the chiffchaff – back in the sycamore tree – going: Chiff chaff chiff chaff chiff chaff chiffy chiffy chiffy chaff chaff or sometimes, for variation, Chiff chaff chiff … Continued

22 Apr 2019

Cider

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

Well, not exactly cider – but the blossom of our huge old cider apple tree. When I went down into the wild garden this morning, there was such a loud buzzing going on that I initially thought we had a … Continued

10 Apr 2019

Evening

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

Back at Christmas, the Offspring were talking about how spread out our little family is now, and suggested that the four of us should make all possible efforts to get together on each of our birthdays – the first of … Continued

9 Apr 2019

Serendipity

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

I’m not wholly sure if that’s the right word – I’ve always thought of serendipity as meaning something you find or discover by chance, whereas this is more a happy accident; but fortuity seems ugly, and I can’t come up … Continued

8 Apr 2019

Stormy

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

When I woke up this morning it was so dark that I assumed it wasn’t yet time to get up, but it turned out that we were buried under a layer of rain cloud so thick that we’ve had to … Continued

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