flower – Page 23 – Jill Orme Photography

12 Apr 2023

Same old…

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

After managing to photograph one of the biggest flying creatures in the world yesterday, today I was back in the garden with the mini-beasts. Not that there were many mini-beasts around. By 10am a cold but cheerful dawn had given … Continued

9 Apr 2023

Spring fresh

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

I have two lovely fresh female mining bees for you today, both photographed in the brief window of opportunity between our last weekend guests leaving in sunshine at lunch time, and the weather closing in less than an hour later. … Continued

8 Apr 2023

Dotty

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

We had all kinds of family fun today, but when the crew went off for a walk this afternoon I regretfully decided that I needed to stay at home and hunt invertebrates in the garden cook. To be fair to … Continued

7 Apr 2023

B watcher

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

“Would you like to go and take a look at my special bees?” I said. “Yes,” replied the Boy Wonder. “Good!” I said. “If we bring your little step, you can sit on it to watch them.” “OK,” said the … Continued

5 Apr 2023

Drizzle

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

Sadly, the lovely spring weather of the past two days gave way to rain again today, and it was so cold that not even the plumpies were prepared to venture out of their shelters. R and I went to Stratford … Continued

1 Apr 2023

Slovenly

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Still life | 0

Today being concert day, I didn’t have much time for photography. The rain cleared overnight and there were hairy-footed flower bees in the garden this morning, but the light was pretty poor so they were difficult to capture well, and … Continued

29 Mar 2023

Sluggish

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

It was another dreary, wet morning, though warmer than yesterday and without the biting wind. R and I were both grumpy about this interruption to the onset of spring, when it had only just about got started, so we did … Continued

28 Mar 2023

Tiny

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

As I’m currently perched on top of the European Unprocessed Raw Files Mountain, I took advantage of a wet day to try to reduce the size of the problem, and over more hours than I care to calculate, managed to … Continued

27 Mar 2023

Springy

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

For the first time this year, the garden was literally humming with flying insects, and you could almost see it lift its head, drop its shoulders, take a long, deep breath, and stride out into spring. Or maybe that was … Continued

24 Mar 2023

Guardian

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

I did far too much gardening today, tidying one of the long borders in the back garden and the soft fruit bed in the secret garden. I then snapped and snarled at R when he got home from running errands, … Continued

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