gravestone – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

26 Feb 2025

Full-body commitment

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having overdone the gardening yesterday (eeeurgh), I awarded myself an easy day today. I also wasn’t feeling the love for standing up on the Cotswold scarp waiting for the owls to perform, so I wound up going into Stratford with … Continued

21 Feb 2025

Surprise

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The Boy Wonder is coming to stay tomorrow, and because it’s recently occurred to me that many of the toys we have here for him aren’t age-appropriate any longer, and it’s forecast to be a stormy weekend, I went on … Continued

12 Feb 2025

Brave

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After lunch with R in Stratford I went for a walk along the north side of the river, which ended in Holy Trinity churchyard. There was a lot of bird activity going on, and in the half hour I had … Continued

4 Feb 2025

Colourful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was too windy for owls today (or so I decided, even if what that really meant was that I didn’t fancy being up on top of the scarp in dubious weather conditions), so I went to Stratford instead, where … Continued

24 Jan 2025

Sensible

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This was the second time I witnessed this Nuthatch managing to get three sunflower hearts in its bill at the same time – a few seconds earlier it had achieved the same feat, but then spoiled it by getting overambitious, … Continued

18 Jan 2025

Floof

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I don’t claim to know much, but until today I believed I knew that Goldcrests are entirely carnivorous, eating only small spiders, insects, and larvae. However, my new RSPB Handbook says that they “…will sometimes eat small seeds” – and … Continued

17 Jan 2025

Return of the native

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This was supposed to have been a desk-bound day, as I continue the struggle to get back on top of all the stuff I allowed to slide over Christmas. But I’m never very good at doing what I ought to … Continued

12 Jan 2025

Moody

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’d intended to get out early this morning and take some macro shots of the fabulous hoar frost. But I didn’t check the forecast carefully enough yesterday, and missed the bit where it said that the temperature was going to … Continued

24 Dec 2024

Mine!!

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Warning: this will be me tomorrow, guarding the dauphinoise potatoes against all comers. Because I worked myself to a virtual standstill yesterday, today I found myself in the unusual position of having not very much to do. So R and … Continued

22 Dec 2024

Tense

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

With the Christmas supermarket delivery due at around 7pm, R and I went off into Stratford this morning to source a few things I hadn’t been able to order. I was waiting for an email detailing any substitutions or missing … Continued

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