Avonbank Garden – Jill Orme Photography

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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