My garden – Jill Orme Photography

27 May 2026

Irruption

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The wild flower meadow that used to be our front lawn is looking gorgeous – even R says so, and at heart he believes a lawn should be an emerald green sward with neatly mown stripes. But the ox-eye daisies … Continued

26 May 2026

Mad Moth Season

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Moths, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Before I go any further, I’d like to offer sincere thanks to everyone who said charming things on the occasion of my 12-year blipversary yesterday, and bestowed so many awards on the post that my gorgeous face is currently Top … Continued

25 May 2026

Selfie

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Blipfoto tells me that this is my 4,380th post, and after going through the usual kind of thought process: Twelve years?? Surely not!! That’s a lot of photos… and a LOT of words! No wonder I’m so tired all the … Continued

19 May 2026

Rescued

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

I was rummaging around the very wet wild garden this morning, looking for inverts, when I spotted this male early Bumblebee trying and failing to haul himself out of the sodden grass by climbing a taller stem, which unobligingly bent … Continued

18 May 2026

Drenched

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

I needed to be in Stratford for a meeting this morning, but I had some time to spare, so I went to the river and walked along the north bank, exploring much further than I ever have before. I usually … Continued

16 May 2026

Grim

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

It was such a grim day, weather-wise, that I walked twice round the garden before managing to find a single insect. Then the sky lifted slightly and the temperature went up a degree or two, and suddenly I heard the … Continued

14 May 2026

No-mow May

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

A couple of years ago, for good reasons, we had to leave the garden to its own devices for several months, by the end of which time nature had substantially reclaimed it. At the point when the front lawn reached … Continued

13 May 2026

Blue

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Last week I posted an atypical blue-form female Azure Damselfly, and commented that even once she achieved fully mature colouration she wouldn’t look as blue as a male of the same species, because her coloured markings were less extensive. In … Continued

28 Apr 2026

Old and tired

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

I had to have the front near-side tyre on my car replaced today. This was a relatively painless process, except for the small matter of paying for it (I snickered in amusement when I was first quoted a price, but … Continued

23 Apr 2026

Good times

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

What with one thing and another the morning ran away from me, and it was after 2pm when I finally made it into the garden. By this time it was unseasonably hot, and many bees and flies were unhappy enough … Continued