fruit – Jill Orme Photography

20 Dec 2024

Colourful

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Food, Fruit and vegetables, Seasonal, Worcestershire | 0

Please find enclosed herewith my annual Christmas photo of the Broadway Deli. It was by far the most cheerful sight I could find in the village on an otherwise wet and miserable day. Having run a string of minor errands … Continued

14 Feb 2024

Emergence

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

The invertebrate season begins. Today I spotted my first Buff-tailed Bumblebee of the year, and my first hoverfly – a female Eristalis tenax. I also found some beetles and bugs, including this Hairy Shieldbug, in the Lawson cypress. For a … Continued

13 Jan 2024

Baby

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

Babies everywhere. This one is slightly less pink and squishy and rather more hairy than Grandson Two, whom R and I met over a Facetime call this morning, but is already walking and feeding itself very competently, and eating an … Continued

3 Dec 2023

Quinces

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Still life | 0

Perhaps fortunately, the weather was horrible today, which stopped me going to the owl field. Instead, R and I worked through a raft of Christmas preparation, and having felt slightly unhinged over the past couple of days at the realisation … Continued

5 Jul 2023

White legs

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

After being stuck at home for nearly forty eight hours I was raging to be out and about, but the weather outside my study window wasn’t enticing, and neither of my weather apps was optimistic. By this point in the … Continued

4 Jan 2023

Garnish

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

By lunch time I needed a break from my desk, and despite the Vale being shrouded in heavy cloud, and the weather forecast for most other places in the vicinity being equally poor, I decided to risk a trip to … Continued

23 Dec 2022

Nom

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

R and I were both up pre-dawn today – though that’s not saying a lot, as the Vale was trapped under a thick lid of cloud, and dawn didn’t really break till about noon – and off out to source … Continued

17 Dec 2022

Apple ice

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Weather, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Today was a very busy day, with a long orchestral rehearsal this afternoon and then the concert this evening. I also had to spend nearly forty minutes in the back yard at lunch time, digging my car out from under … Continued

5 Dec 2022

Broadway

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Transport, Worcestershire | 0

After cleaning the conservatory yesterday, R and I brought out the boxes of Christmas decorations, and discovered a file note in R’s handwriting, stating that we’d discarded one of our sets of tree lights when we packed everything away back … Continued

4 Dec 2022

Characterful

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Still life | 0

“These pears are about perfect now,” said R. “Good,” I replied. “Photogenic, you think?” “Oh,” said R. “I didn’t realise they were a photo project. Sorry. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have eaten half of them.” “That’s fine,” I said. … Continued

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