Happy
I’m happy because a cold and drizzly morning gave way to a warm (if not exactly bright) afternoon, which brought out the odonates at the village pond. This male Migrant Hawker is happy because he recently got the girl (though … Continued
Autumn Hawker
It rained solidly all morning and into the early afternoon, and then quit when I was about ten minutes into a forty minute walk, wearing a long raincoat. By the time I got home I was melting, and so cross … Continued
Gift-wrapped
I went over to the Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior this afternoon, expecting to find plenty of damsels and dragons, but most of the ponds are now either virtually or completely dry, and all I found were a single very … Continued
Ready for his close-up
R and I went to Stratford this lunchtime, for dragons, walking, and a picnic lunch by the river. I had the same problem at Lucy’s Mill today as I had yesterday at Croome, with the Migrant Hawkers being antsy and … Continued
Lazy woman
I’m always pleased when I manage to get a shot of an insect as pleasing as this – sharp in the right places and blurring to an attractive bokeh – with 500mm of lens. I’d have been hard pressed to … Continued
Stress-free
I’ve committed to going to a moth-trapping event tomorrow morning, which will require me to haul myself out of bed at 6am and get a prompt and rapid wiggle on, and given that, and the fact that the Boy Wonder … Continued
