bud – Jill Orme Photography

11 Jan 2022

Weevil huddle

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Birds, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

I was starting to worry that I might have posted a surfeit of roosting pairs of Oxystoma pomonae weevils over the past few weeks, so I went out into the garden this afternoon and found a quartet of them. Don’t … Continued

5 Dec 2021

Persecuted

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

I feel guilty every time I do this – though not guilty enough to stop, obviously. I was searching the photinia for birch catkin bugs when I caught sight of this leafhopper, which was trying to edge round to the … Continued

3 Dec 2021

Blues

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

For a variety of reasons with which I won’t bore you, I have the blues today. But tomorrow will most probably be better, if only because the light is forecast to return. It was so dark in the garden this … Continued

30 Nov 2021

Pining

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

I spent most of the day doing far more useful and boring things than taking photos, and it was mid-afternoon before I realised that I was headed for trouble if I didn’t get outside with the camera pretty promptly. Given … Continued

26 Jan 2021

Viburnum

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

It was a bitterly cold and dreary day. On the plus side, the window cleaner came, so we were able to see how dank and icy it was outside without actually leaving the house – especially after R, who is … Continued

1 Jan 2021

New

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

New Year. New baby. New buds. New hope. Wishing you all a healthy, happy and peaceful 2021.

1 Aug 2020

Culprit

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

It’s probably just my imagination that it looks guilty. If anything, it’s more likely to be exasperated because it finds itself having its photo taken again. But it definitely should look guilty, because it’s been living on one of my … Continued

15 Jul 2020

Caught napping

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

Another day of lowering skies and occasional showers discouraged me from going road tripping, and in the end I contented myself with a bug safari around the garden. Despite the dire (and dour) light, I made some quite nice discoveries, … Continued

19 Mar 2020

Crab apple buds

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Trees, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

Honestly, I’m running out of things to say about our beastly weather now. Today was more like November than March: by the time I’d put out some bird food and squelched round the garden for five minutes in search of … Continued

3 Mar 2020

Cones

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

As I think we all know, I’m not much of a gardener. I’m no botanist either – just about the only thing I remember doing with plants in ‘A’ level Biology was taking thin stem slices with a razor blade, … Continued

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