Warwickshire – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

26 Feb 2026

Shelter

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The weather surprised me today, which only goes to show that I’m not as cynical as I think I am: after weeks and weeks of depression-inducing rain, all it’s taken to make me forget that this is what life’s like … Continued

21 Feb 2026

Tarted up

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“It’s amazing,” said R, “that they go to all this effort every year, tarting themselves up, just to get a girlfriend.” I fondly remember a YSL suit and some rather look-at-me ties that R used to wear back in the … Continued

20 Feb 2026

Brambling

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

When I sat down in the bird hide at Hillers at lunch time today, a man I didn’t know turned his camera towards me and said, “Do you know what this is?” It was a very nice photo of a … Continued

18 Feb 2026

Spiny

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

My first day responsibility-free, after a hectic weekend of child-wrangling… and it rained. Because of course it did. So I went to Hillers, where the hide was not only dank but unpleasantly cold – but at least I got a … Continued

17 Feb 2026

Breakfast club

by JDO | posted in: Family life, Wales, Warwickshire | 0

R had to have blood tests done in Stratford early this morning, and when I mentioned this to the Boy Wonder, giving him the option of either going out with Granddad early doors or meeting up with him for breakfast … Continued

16 Feb 2026

Adventure

by JDO | posted in: Family life, Warwickshire | 0

B bounced awake at 7.30am, fully recovered from whatever it was that laid him low yesterday – though he was barely upright before announcing that he wouldn’t be eating any more cake. “That’s OK,” I said. “It’s your cake, so … Continued

10 Feb 2026

Marshy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having consulted all my weather forecasts this morning, I concluded that the best of the available conditions were likely to be found north-east of the Shire, so I made a return visit to Brandon Marsh. Which was… marshy. The five-hides … Continued

9 Feb 2026

Neat

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

There wasn’t much going on in the clearing outside Hillers bird hide this afternoon, though there were plenty of photographers inside it, and I struggled to get photos of anything other than the Goldfinches. In the end though, I thought … Continued

7 Feb 2026

Operatic

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had a domestically productive day today – making next week’s breakfast yogurt, and then batch-cooking some stifado for the freezer. But in between, I also made time to go into Stratford with R, for walking, coffee, and cake. The … Continued

6 Feb 2026

Perky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’m nearly as tired of talking about the horrible weather now as I am of enduring it, but we are where we are: today was another cold and rainy day. But it was Friday, and R and I decided that … Continued

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