hellebore

20 Feb 2021

Spot

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

Spot the leafhopper on the spotty hellebore. I’ll confess right now that I didn’t, or I’d have homed in on it and tried to bring you a better photo, but in my defence I was contorted into an almost impossible … Continued

6 Feb 2021

Sacrifice

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Still life | 0

A dark and dank day, slightly misty, and though there were plenty of birds in the garden eating the food I’d put out, there really wasn’t enough light to capture them by. My mood had lowered with the light, and … Continued

1 Feb 2021

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

I suffer from Hellebore Envy. Not because I don’t have enough hellebores – by any objective standard, I do – but because when I see photos of other people’s they always look pristine, whereas all of mine tend to look … Continued

24 Nov 2020

Hellebore

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants | 0

A day which began very well ended in annoyance and frustration. This morning I did some administrative stuff, and then took a few minutes to photograph the central reproductive bits and pieces of the little hellebore I bought at the … Continued

19 Feb 2020

Casualty

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Still life | 0

Actually, that’s not quite correct. Sacrificial victim would be closer to the mark. I spent much of the day planning my dragonfly year: with the help of books, maps, and web pages I’ve created a spreadsheet to help me maximize … Continued

10 Feb 2019

Happy dance

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Flowers and plants, Gloucestershire, Still life | 0

R and I did gardening this morning (eeeurgh). We finished pruning an old leylandii hedge that was planted by our predecessor, and then dealt with the phormium – in the end we cut it back hard, and then R transplanted … Continued

8 Feb 2019

Hellebore

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

“If I look at it for long enough,” said R, “will something come into focus?” You just can’t get the staff. A quiet day today, largely due to the kind of weather you stay indoors to avoid. We did pop … Continued

19 Jan 2019

Wet

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

A day of busyness, and rain. I was vaguely planning an indoor shot of a tulip on a light pad – which may turn up tomorrow, if things don’t improve – but while I was squelching around the garden putting … Continued

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