Late

I was pretty tired today after all the gadding about of the past three days, but it was warm and the light was good, and not knowing how many days like that we might have left to us this year, … Continued

Spider season

This Garden Spider had the truly brilliant idea of building her web between the plastic hanging sections of the Boy Wonder’s swing, where it was effectively invisible, and any unwary insect flying up or down the garden might easily hit … Continued

Him and her

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I went to Trench Wood today, in search of mini-beasts. When I arrived home I told R the best thing I’d found had been my friend RC, who I haven’t seen for several weeks, and with whom it was nice … Continued

Bronzed

I know that I’ve posted a few of these Red-legged Shieldbugs recently, but I simply can’t resist this fabulous beast, which I swept out of the Lawson cypress this morning. Given the proximity of the cypress to the willow-leaved cotoneaster … Continued