Flighty
R and I were both busy all morning – he was engaged in domestic engineering of various kinds, and also dealing with the plumber, who’d come to do our annual boiler service, and I was re-imagining the myth of Sisyphus: … Continued
Reflective
Today was a crazily busy day, and I was lucky to get a few peaceful minutes in Stratford this morning, photographing birds in lovely light. These images are always at least as much about the water as the birds, but … Continued
Reflective
This morning R and I did some work on the family finances, which was deeply tedious and irritating, but luckily took so long that by the time we eventually made it into Stratford to do our shopping, the morning’s drizzle … Continued
Transformer
“He’s the one I want,” I said to R, trying to track this individual in the midst of a feeding mêlée, “because he’s almost into his breeding plumage.” In truth though, male and female black-headed gulls are identically marked, and … Continued
Weevil huddle
I was starting to worry that I might have posted a surfeit of roosting pairs of Oxystoma pomonae weevils over the past few weeks, so I went out into the garden this afternoon and found a quartet of them. Don’t … Continued
Reflected glory
R wanted to go into Stratford first thing after breakfast, but I had a couple of urgent things to do at home first which held us up, and by the time we made it into town the clouds were building … Continued