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This is number three in my series of Wednesday evening, post-choir, “I’ll just have to hope there’s an interesting sky on the drive home” blips. The village is called Aston-sub-Edge – cunningly named for the fact that it’s the eastern … Continued

I blipped my grandmother’s peony as a bud a few weeks ago, and I thought you might like to see it again in all its blowsy glory, catching the last of this evening’s sunshine. I think it probably qualifies for … Continued

“No, don’t move….. you’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.” “What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?” “You ask a glass of water.” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (1952-2001) As soon … Continued

Wait a minute… is that right? It doesn’t sound quite right somehow. Oh well, never mind – he’s here now. I can’t even claim that this is the only photo I got today – when I uploaded to the computer … Continued

I’ve been spoiled for choice for blips today, but in the end I couldn’t resist this. I don’t do much with bedding plants – I’m far too lazy to grow things that need regular attention – but I do love … Continued

A couple of weeks ago my next-door neighbour gave me nine seedlings of Cerinthe major which she had pulled out of her garden, warning me that it self-seeds so prolifically that once you have it you’ll never be without it. … Continued

Having said last week that all my split and replanted irises had come through dark purple, I now have some paler ones appearing too, which is fun. This bloom fell victim to some emergency weeding I was doing this morning … Continued

Oh. Apparently I’m not allowed into this wood to walk among the lovely bluebells. Many thanks to chantler63 for setting Barriers as the theme for Wide Angle Wednesday this week. It’s entirely my own responsibility, and not hers, that I felt … Continued

When I posted this blip I said that I would rephotograph Hall’s Croft in Stratford-upon-Avon when the wisteria was flowering, and today when I went into town to run some errands I managed to grab a couple of shots between … Continued

“Triffids were at large. Sometimes I saw them crossing fields, or noticed them inactive against hedges.” Many thanks to Dollykgray for hosting Mono Monday this month.