garden – Jill Orme Photography

4 Jan 2026

Crystalline

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

Today the family descended on us again, but this time in joint celebration of the grandsons’ birthdays – the Boy Wonder having achieved the grand old age of 5 a few days ago, and the Baby Brother turning 2 in … Continued

26 Dec 2025

Chapeau

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Late yesterday evening, sitting in the dining room listening to the family swapping anecdotes over a belated cheese course, I started to feel dramatically worse: I was nauseous, and the pain in my ribcage was now so bad I could … Continued

8 Dec 2025

Get-together

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

A jazz musician, a retired BBC producer, and a former management consultant went into a restaurant with a woman who takes photos and writes nonsense on the internet, and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon was had by all of them. Family … Continued

6 Dec 2025

Serendipity

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today was concert day so I was running against the clock, but I had to go to Stratford this morning, and I was rattling around the house trying to gather keys, phone, glasses, etc. as quickly as possible so I … Continued

16 Nov 2025

Little and Large

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Ever since their last meeting Grandson Two has been mildly obsessed with his uncle, demanding to view H’s Instagram reels on endless repeat in a way that must have driven the Cardiff crew mildly demented. Yesterday morning he was told … Continued

14 Nov 2025

Fiery

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

Late yesterday evening someone in the village WhatsApp group posted on a warning he’d received from the Environment Agency about possible overnight flooding. I looked at the current state of the weather and said I thought it was unlikely, but … Continued

9 Nov 2025

Thorny

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

It was a pretty dismal day, and though R hauled himself off out for a walk, I really couldn’t be bothered. Instead I made a vague attempt to catch up on some of the administrative backlog that’s still hanging over … Continued

7 Nov 2025

Burnished

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

R and I had another long and quite tiring day, but the load was lightened by all the help and support we had from Child One, who swooped over the border early this morning and propped us up right through … Continued

6 Nov 2025

Downtime

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

Today’s running around encompassed both Evesham and Stratford, and by the time we made it back home again I was tired and grumpy, and fairly disinclined to go back out in the garden hunting invertebrates. Luckily though, I spotted this … Continued

27 Oct 2025

Texture

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

Invertebrates have been a bit hard to come by recently, but no sweeping or beating were involved in me getting this photo: I was simply walking across the yard when I spotted the Hairy Shieldbug soaking up some rays on … Continued

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