Concert day is always hectic, so I was grateful that this trio gave me an easy photo opportunity in the garden this morning – especially after yesterday’s pond dipping experience, which has left me somewhat sore, and still slightly discombobulated. … Continued
R and I did some more quite heavy gardening this morning, working on a rather tragic old greengage tree in the secret garden, which was blown apart in last month’s storms and has been leaning on other structures or lying … Continued
Having failed to get out in the garden early, while it was sunny and there might have been some easy invertebrate pickings to be had, I was faced with trying to find and photograph reluctant subjects this afternoon, in very … Continued
Wait – what? Blue, you say? But… he’s red…? Well, yes, at the moment he’s red – or reddish, at any rate. But as he matures his thorax will darken through brown to black, his abdomen will acquire a coating … Continued
Today felt more like October than June, and I spent much of the morning at my desk, grumpily processing old photo files while keeping one eye on the weather outside my study window. By noon it was at least not … Continued
