In the pink
We’d been told to expect wet weather for much of the day, and I’d planned my time accordingly, but in the event we didn’t get much rain till this evening, when the garden got the kind of soaking that meant … Continued
Beauty and the beast
Today brought me two firsts. The main image shows the first Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) I’ve seen this year – a fresh and pristine male, so gorgeous that I let out an audible “Oooh!” of appreciation when I first … Continued