Stratford
One of yesterday’s errands was to collect a parcel that I’d had delivered to a shop in Stratford. Imagine my amusement when I got home and discovered the parcel they’d handed over to me wasn’t mine – I should have … Continued
Blue Chaser, Take Two
After spending the morning sorting out financial stuff at my desk I decided it was time to tackle the small mountain of errands I’d amassed, so I devised a round-Warwickshire tour that would encompass them all. Somehow it also managed … Continued
Soldiering on
If I told you how many photos I took of these soldier beetles on the riverbank in Stratford today, in order to achieve precisely one that was in focus, you’d probably laugh. I’d have to admit that it wasn’t one … Continued
Beautifuller
A couple of weeks ago I posted my first Beautiful Demoiselle of the season, from the feeder stream in the Heart of England Forest at Barton. Today I went back and saw several mature specimens of both sexes, though only … Continued
Thunder thighs
I paid a disappointing visit to Grove Hill this afternoon, en route to an extremely trying session of beating my head against the brick wall of bureaucracy. All in all, not the best of days, though having L at my … Continued
Distaff side
A series of storms yesterday evening caused some flash flooding locally, and today we had to suffer the consequences: our wild garden was impassable in anything other than wellingtons, and the walk from the car park at Barton to the … Continued