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19 Feb 2023

Busy

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

R and I did some heavy gardening today, pruning several large (and in the case of a Banksia rose, vicious) shrubs. It was so warm that the honey bees came out in force, scrambling around the crocuses, snowdrops and hellebores, … Continued

22 Jan 2023

Kindness

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

B’s current cold includes a horrible cough, and a huge coughing fit woke him at 10pm last night. Luckily I managed to get to him before he roused fully, and after I’d talked to him quietly for a couple of … Continued

14 Jan 2023

Sunburst

by JDO | posted in: Fungi and slime moulds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’m still feeling quite rough, and spending the entire morning on the computer doing financial admin didn’t improve the situation. The weather was also pretty dreich, and by lunch time I was in a deep slough of despond. At this … 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

21 Dec 2022

Alert

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

House clean and decorated. Supermarket order received and put away. Presents bought and wrapped. Getting there. R and I worked solidly through the morning and into the early afternoon, knocking items off a massive Christmas to-do list. When we came … Continued

19 Dec 2022

Possession

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

Busy, busy, busy. Yesterday R and I brainstormed a meal plan for the stretch through Christmas, and today we did the supermarket delivery order, and then trekked around Warwickshire and Worcestershire sourcing the things we either couldn’t or didn’t want … Continued

18 Dec 2022

Vantage point

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

R and I have had a quiet day today. Both of us are a little anticlimactic after yesterday’s Christmas concert, and the weather hasn’t helped to pep us up: it was sleeting at 9am, and raining by early afternoon, and … 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

13 Dec 2022

Freezing

by JDO | posted in: Miscellaneous, My garden, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

It’s five years since I last tried freezing soap bubbles, largely because it’s rarely cold enough here in the Shire. Today wasn’t ideal either, to be honest – when R came back from a trip to Evesham he said that … Continued

11 Dec 2022

‘Mazin’

by JDO | posted in: Family life, Landscape, My garden, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

“Look at that!” I said, lifting B at the kitchen window, and showing him the snow falling thick and fast outside. “Snow!” “Yes. ‘Noe,” said B. “Wow!” I said. “Wow,” replied B agreeably, in the tone of a Boy who … Continued