Landing lights
I was on my way out to the supermarket this morning when I spotted this female Dotted Bee-fly in the front garden. Shopping immediately dropped to the bottom of my list of priorities, as I scuttled back inside for a … Continued
Four by four
Back on the last day of March, the Speckled Wood was the fourth butterfly to be added to my 2026 butterfly list (since then I’ve also seen the first Holly Blue and the first Orange Tip of the year, though … Continued
Bluebell bee
This afternoon I finally restored some kind of order to the chaos of my life: financial statements checked and reconciled, emails deleted, answered or archived, my desk as uncluttered as it’s ever likely to be, new external drive populated and … Continued
Honeywort bee
After we’d finished our Saturday morning chores, R and I went into Stratford so I could pick up a new 5TB hard drive for my raw files. Then we had lunch at BTP, where I’ve become mildly addicted to their … Continued
Pinch punch
How can it be April already?? Especially given that I still seem to be bogged down in January’s tasks. I need to sort my life out, and soon. Sigh. I did my best today, spending most of it alternately excavating … Continued
