Keen
It rained heavily overnight, and the first half of the day was murky and cold. When the sun appeared – unexpectedly – mid way through the afternoon, I grabbed the camera and squelched off down the garden in search of … Continued
Multitasking
I was impressed with the casual way this Hairy-footed Flower Bee used his front feet to clean some of the pollen from his proboscis as he flew from one aubretia flower to another. I sometimes eat while on the move, … Continued
Bird on a stick
When I woke up this morning with a burning desire to be somewhere else, I thought about the past few days and realised that I hadn’t set foot outside the muddy trench we call home for almost four days. No … Continued
Garden lists
This morning I sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and wrote out a list of everything that needs doing to bring the garden back into some kind of order, trying to divide the elephant task into … Continued
Ducking out
By coincidence, I had two unconnected appointments at Stratford Hospital today – routine blood tests at 11am, and an eye clinic consultation, for which R would need to drive me, at 2pm. Rather than us making two separate car journeys, … Continued
