Gravid
By this time in the summer the garden is looking pretty tired, so it’s a pleasure to see that the sedums are coming into flower. We have clumps of them all over the place because they do well even in … Continued
Grace under pressure
AOG – final day On the final day of this year’s Alternative Olympic Games the style medals were awarded. These events have attracted criticism from the athletes competing in more traditional events, because of the level of subjectivity involved in … Continued
Going for gold
AOG Day 9 The Hoverfly Copulation Competition concluded this afternoon, with what was surely an inevitable win for H. Hybridus, the hoverfly affectionately known to his team-mates in Team Eristalini as Alpha Male. Here you can see the unparalleled poise … Continued
Surprise
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Whether because of the changeable weather, or because there’s not much flowering in the borders at the moment that they like, I’m currently finding very few invertebrates when I go on bug hunts around the more cultivated sections of the … Continued
Concentration
This female Melanostoma scalare refused to be interrupted in the middle of her meal by some idiot sticking a camera and a light in her face, and carried on doggedly browsing the dogwood. A woman after my own heart. Today … Continued
Caught napping
Another day of lowering skies and occasional showers discouraged me from going road tripping, and in the end I contented myself with a bug safari around the garden. Despite the dire (and dour) light, I made some quite nice discoveries, … Continued
Turned out wet again
“OMG,” I said to R, half way through the day. “I’m going to have to go out in this.” This being a soft but wetting rain, coupled with the kind of thick mist you see around the edges of a … Continued