My garden – Page 74 – Jill Orme Photography

21 Mar 2021

Vivid

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

I’d say this anemone was pink, though some people would probably disagree and describe it as purple. On the other hand, if they compared it with the flowers of the brave little survivor I recently rescued from the compost heap … Continued

20 Mar 2021

Style

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

I thought that by now you might be bored with photos of hairy-footed flower bees feeding from pulmonaria flowers, so instead I present one feeding – with great style, I think – from a flower of my Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’. … Continued

17 Mar 2021

Major

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

In tonight’s episode of Photographing Very Small Things with Very Long Lenses, we feature the dark-edged bee fly, Bombylius major, spotted at a distance this afternoon, basking on a leaf. Two ‘record’ shots were taken (in focus), followed by two … Continued

16 Mar 2021

Sap rising

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

I know it felt as though the winter would never end, but here we are finally, back at the bug porn season. This makes me very happy, and I know that some of you at least at least will be … Continued

13 Mar 2021

Chunky

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

It was another cold and blustery day, and I was tired and sore after my pruning efforts yesterday, so I gave myself a pass from doing any more work in the garden and spent most of the day at my … Continued

12 Mar 2021

Approach

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

I had a productive day today. This morning I went to Evesham (for the first time since early December, I think), to renew my driver’s licence at the Post Office. I’d been nervous about this beforehand, but the member of … Continued

7 Mar 2021

Best boy

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

Although it was a cold day, it was brighter one than we’ve seen for the past week, and I thought it was worth wrapping up well and going out with the macro in search of invertebrates. In the event there … Continued

5 Mar 2021

Full stretch

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

It was another horrible day, weather-wise, and I spent most of it at my desk trying to clear a mountainous backlog of processing. I ventured out into the garden at lunch time for the sole purpose of taking a photo, … Continued

3 Mar 2021

Charming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spent most of the day trying and failing to choose a carbon fibre tripod. In the end I gave up and started banging my head on the desk, because it was marginally more pleasurable and productive. Later I told … Continued

27 Feb 2021

Plump

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

R and I spent almost the whole day in the garden, and though I’m tired now I’m very happy with our achievements. We cut back and tidied the whole of the long front border – possibly the first time this … Continued

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