I was stalking a tiny and uncooperative Holly Blue around the garden with a long lens this afternoon, when I was distracted by some butterflyish fluttering up in the top of the weeping pear tree. It took me a while … Continued
When I last saw the rheumatologist a few months ago, I ‘fessed up to a few things, and he sent me for a battery of tests and scans. Today I went back and saw him again, and we had an … Continued
I almost titled this ‘Autumnal’, but then thought Nooooo!!! Not yet! I was as busy as a very busy thing today, but treated myself to an hour in the fresh air at Grove Hill in the middle of the afternoon. … Continued
You would not, of course want to be looking around at the scenery if you were driving yourself along the M40; but if you’re ever a passenger in a car going south through what’s known as the Stokenchurch Gap, the … Continued
I was rummaging around in the long grass in Tilly’s field, looking for a grasshopper to photograph, when I inadvertently disturbed this Common Blue. He flew into the middle of the field and settled on this grass stalk, where he … Continued
