Mother’s Day
Is it Mother’s Day, though, or would Mothers’ Day be more appropriate? I have all the flowers, obviously, courtesy of my lovely Offspring, and I ate all the cake, courtesy of R’s generosity and my own shameless greed. But I … Continued
Flower Friday
By this morning the storm of last night had played itself out, and the day began very promisingly. Sadly, by late morning the cloud had rolled back in and the temperature was dropping, but at least we were spared any … Continued
Insouciant
The sun came back out today, and brought with it the Hairy-footed Flower Bees. When I got tired of chasing them I went for a little wander up and down the lane, and on a whim veered onto the driveway … Continued
Irresistible
Well, I can’t resist them anyway. On the way back from Slimbridge yesterday I called in at the garden centre in Ashchurch to see if they had anything I couldn’t buy closer to home, and came back with some quite … Continued
The joy of spring
I finally got to try out the new power edger today, and it was a lot easier to use than I’d expected – though, to be honest, I think the ground was still a bit too damp, because I had … Continued
Early Early Bumblebee
Just to prove that bees other than the Hairy-feet do exist in my little world, this is an Early Bumblebee queen (Bombus pratorum), who finally allowed me some photos today at the third time of trying. It’s not just the … Continued