Spotlit
Overnight I found myself pondering ways in which I could rapidly improve the environment around the wild pond, and making a mental list of plants I could move from their present homes. This morning I lifted a large clump of … Continued
Speckled Wood
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I was stalking a tiny and uncooperative Holly Blue around the garden with a long lens this afternoon, when I was distracted by some butterflyish fluttering up in the top of the weeping pear tree. It took me a while … Continued
Holy Trinity
When I last saw the rheumatologist a few months ago, I ‘fessed up to a few things, and he sent me for a battery of tests and scans. Today I went back and saw him again, and we had an … Continued
Red Admiral
I almost titled this ‘Autumnal’, but then thought Nooooo!!! Not yet! I was as busy as a very busy thing today, but treated myself to an hour in the fresh air at Grove Hill in the middle of the afternoon. … Continued
Silver-spotted Skipper
You would not, of course want to be looking around at the scenery if you were driving yourself along the M40; but if you’re ever a passenger in a car going south through what’s known as the Stokenchurch Gap, the … Continued