Keen
It rained heavily overnight, and the first half of the day was murky and cold. When the sun appeared – unexpectedly – mid way through the afternoon, I grabbed the camera and squelched off down the garden in search of … Continued
Multitasking
I was impressed with the casual way this Hairy-footed Flower Bee used his front feet to clean some of the pollen from his proboscis as he flew from one aubretia flower to another. I sometimes eat while on the move, … Continued
Garden lists
This morning I sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and wrote out a list of everything that needs doing to bring the garden back into some kind of order, trying to divide the elephant task into … Continued
Tube feeder
If there’s anything more pleasing than having a bowl of grape hyacinths flowering on the patio wall opposite the kitchen window, it’s having two, bookending the stretch of wall like stone lions, only better. And if there’s anything nicer than that, … Continued
Sitting pretty
Sitting pretty among the sweet violets in the sunshine this morning, this Hairy-footed Flower Bee stopped me heading off to Slimbridge for the second time in ten days. At breakfast time all four of my weather apps had suggested that … Continued
Ash blonde
It doesn’t take long for the male Hairy-footed Flower Bees to lose their bright chestnut colouring and fade to an insipid elegant ash blonde (much like my own). By now they’re hanging around the pulmonaria like a phantom horde, and … Continued