Over-mature
Even I have to admit that this one is looking a bit past her best. “She is,” said R, whose favourite photo of the day this is, “but she still looks as though she was made by an Art Nouveau … Continued
Golden girl
Every now and then someone posts a photo of a drab and battered, often uniformly brown damselfly or dragonfly to one of the Facebook groups and asks what it is, and receives in reply the name of the species, along … Continued
Supervision
This afternoon I spent ten minutes watching in fascination as a female Banded Demoiselle laid her eggs in the floating and submerged vegetation close to one of the fishing pegs at Cleeve Prior Mill. I knew from reading my Brooks … Continued
Banded bonding
R and I are road tripping for the next couple of days, but soon after setting off we had to break our journey in Stratford, where he had a hospital appointment. I used that time to go down to Lucy’s … Continued
Reflective
The weather went over a cliff overnight, taking my energy and my mood with it. Abandoning a vague plan I’d had to go after small early butterflies up on Prestbury Hill – even if it wasn’t too cold and windy … Continued
