Anthophora plumipes – Page 8 – Jill Orme Photography

8 Mar 2021

Furry friend

by JDO | posted in: Pets, Warwickshire | 0

Name: Norman Stanley Breed: Standard wire-haired dachshund Likes: Humans, bitches, being out and about, jumping up, belly rubs, more belly rubs Not so keen on: male dogs, belly rubs stopping, having to go home Rating: 6/5 I honestly thought he … Continued

7 Mar 2021

Best boy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Although it was a cold day, it was brighter one than we’ve seen for the past week, and I thought it was worth wrapping up well and going out with the macro in search of invertebrates. In the event there … Continued

27 Feb 2021

Plump

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

R and I spent almost the whole day in the garden, and though I’m tired now I’m very happy with our achievements. We cut back and tidied the whole of the long front border – possibly the first time this … Continued

2 May 2020

Geriatric

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

To be fair, I’m not looking all that good myself after a couple of hours of gardening (eeeurgh), but with his pile grey and worn, and his wings in tatters, this plumpie can’t be long for this world – which … Continued

20 Apr 2020

Flower bees

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I said the other day that I was only seeing female hairy-footed flower bees now, and that I feared the males had died off. Happily it turned out that I was being too pessimistic: there are far fewer about than, … Continued

3 Apr 2020

What day is it?

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

No, seriously – is it…..? No, it can’t be Tuesday because I remember doing Tuesday about five days ago. And we had pizza on Wednesday, so that’s already been and gone. So is it…? Oh – no….. they collected the … Continued

2 Apr 2020

Viburnum

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today’s post is a small morality tale. We’ve been in this house for twenty years, during which time I have always wanted a pond, and R has never wanted a pond (even though he liked the pond we had at … Continued

14 Mar 2020

Solitary

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After having such a good day yesterday, today was a sad one for me: this morning I emailed Choir Two and withdrew from their current season. I then sat down and cried at the thought of not singing the Brahms … Continued

11 Mar 2020

Coy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

There were four competing hairy-footed flower bees in the front garden this morning, and at least as many in the wild garden. I’ve been keeping an eye on the wallflowers growing out of the front wall for a few days … Continued

10 Mar 2020

Nectaring

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I did my favourite kind of gardening this morning: standing around with a mug of tea in one hand and a camera in the other, issuing instructions while R did all the actual work. Once he’d removed all the bramble … Continued

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