Avonbank Garden – Jill Orme Photography

7 Nov 2024

Redwing

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This afternoon I finally managed to catch up with my first Redwing of the season. It was feeding on holly berries in the Avonbank Gardens in Stratford, down near the chain ferry, where at just after 3pm it was so … Continued

1 Oct 2022

Care

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Because he’s a huge 21-month old boy now, B doesn’t want to feed the ducks by having R tear up slices of bread and hand small pieces to him one at a time: he wants to do it all himself. … Continued

25 Nov 2021

Bobbin

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

It’s beginning to look…. Oh, do be quiet. A busy day today: banged in my tax return, did some on line Christmas shopping, and then went to Stratford with R for walking, errands and cake. Then I swung round to … Continued

4 Dec 2020

Poised

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The body’s a funny old thing, isn’t it? This morning I was crawling round the house, shivering, head aching, throat sore, skin crawling. And whinging, of course, as you’d probably expect. And then by this afternoon, I wasn’t. It seemed … Continued

26 Oct 2020

Fly past

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Another Monday, another WHAT???!!! o’clock appointment at Stratford Hospital, this time for a scan. The joy of being old middle-aged, with a long-term medical condition…. Reasons to be grateful however: firstly, it got me up and out of the house … Continued

4 Nov 2019

Medlar

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Fruit and vegetables, Landscape, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

If you’ve never seen one of these fruits before, I very much doubt that you’re alone, because they’re not often grown these days – although now that there’s a revival of interest in heritage crops, it’s becoming a little easier … Continued

8 Mar 2019

Spherical

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

I’m guessing that whoever put this handful of seed on top of a gatepost in Avonbank Gardens in Stratford today has done it before, and that this squirrel knows the drill. From its proportions I think that it’s a youngster … Continued

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