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I’m still heavily corseted today, but moving a little more easily than yesterday; given which, I decided this morning to make a small road trip – just up to the wetland reserve at Upton Warren. Because birds. Evidence of my … Continued

I’d been planning a road trip for today, but my back, which has been iffy for a while, went decisively out yesterday, and this morning I could hardly stand up. Literally. My Dad, bless him, used to walk like Baloo … Continued

A dreary morning lifted and gave way to a pleasant afternoon, so I zoomed off down to Croome for some life enhancement, deciding (perhaps a little rashly) to justify a chocolate brownie by walking the whole perimeter of the river … Continued

The unwelcome return of winter has played havoc with this year’s blossom in the Vale of Evesham – it no sooner comes out than it goes over. This is not good news for the area generally, as the spring Blossom … Continued

R and I went to Broadway at lunchtime, in search of a gift. Cake may also have been eaten, but I think it’s best that I don’t incriminate myself on that point. As we crossed back over the High Street … Continued

One of the few up sides of having Facebook know everything about you from your inside leg measurement through your detailed family tree to your bank account PIN code, is that occasionally they suggest an event to you that does … Continued

I’ve been waiting for about three weeks for the chance to give you an Andrena fulva female browsing on euphorbia, because I love the contrast of their vivid red pile against the yellow-green bracts. For the first week they were … Continued

It was a day of sunshine and showers thunderstorms, on which I appeared to have become an actual rain god or something: every time I looked out of the window and saw light in the garden, grabbed the camera and … Continued

Honesty is the best policy, so they say. I would say…. it depends. I’m a very truthful person these days. As I child though, I was a terrible liar – and I mean awful. Almost in the league of Matilda, … Continued

More blossom and another bee today. What you can’t see in this apparently spring-like scene is that by the late afternoon, when I finally braved the garden in search of photos, it was almost dark, perishing cold, and blowing a … Continued