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I’m happy to tell you that I had a much better day today than yesterday. Arthur has been unable to deal with the freezer bag clip owing to a sad lack of opposable thumbs, and the t-shirt is once again … Continued

Today was one of those days. Firstly the weather was quite stormy, and though we set off for our morning walk in a sunny period between showers, the dogs both went on a go-slow and we were right on the … Continued

Some of the squirrels that live in our garden are pretty bold, but as soon as I spotted this one this morning I could see that it was nervous:  it stopped eating every few seconds to check around for danger. … Continued

I spent about three hours in the front garden today – weeding, lifting and splitting overcrowded plants, and putting in a few new purchases. For once I remembered to have the camera close at hand, and I was able to … Continued

I finally managed to get a reasonable photo today of Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ – I’ve never had much success with rudbeckias before, but this one is looking quite sturdy and I think it may take. It certainly adds some zing to … Continued

Firstly, thank you for helping me to celebrate my almost-accidental capture of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth yesterday – I’m very grateful for all the nice comments, stars and hearts it received. Today I went after flowers – though it was so … Continued

Callooh! Callay! &c., &c. I ditched several perfectly creditable flower shots to post this slightly blurry image – but given that it’s the first time I’ve even seen a Hummingbird Hawkmoth I’m sure you’ll be understanding about it. It was … Continued

Back in the spring I bought a beautiful passion flower called ‘Blue Sky’ – I was delighted with it, but it failed within a couple of weeks of being planted. It was obvious that the stem had been damaged just … Continued

I had a busy day today: Arthur had to go to the vet this morning to have his stitches out, and then after his car was returned by the body repairers R and I had to go to Stratford to … Continued

One of R’s birthday presents from Child One was a two-hour archery experience at Cotswold Archery, which is now located in the lovely setting of Batsford Arboretum, and today she came home to join him in playing with bows and … Continued