leaf – Jill Orme Photography

4 Nov 2025

Me and my leaf

by JDO | posted in: Art and craft, Birds, Buildings, Warwickshire | 0

R and I had to go to Warwick this morning, and on the way back we stopped off in Stratford so we could top up our already sky-high sugar levels, and I could get a photo. We parked in Old … Continued

27 Oct 2025

Texture

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

Invertebrates have been a bit hard to come by recently, but no sweeping or beating were involved in me getting this photo: I was simply walking across the yard when I spotted the Hairy Shieldbug soaking up some rays on … Continued

25 Sep 2025

Gardening

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

R was busy this morning, slapping wood stain on the garage, and I decided – with deep reluctance – that instead of going out and enjoying myself I was morally obliged to share the pain of domesticity. After the weird … Continued

2 Sep 2025

Stowaway

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

My lovely sister came over today to have lunch with R and me. She’s quite a bit younger than I am and is still working, so we don’t get to see her all that often, but we made up for … Continued

19 Jul 2025

Dangerous

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, My garden, Wasps, Worcestershire | 0

How gorgeous is this? In fact, I even told her so at the time: “Oh, wow! You’re gorgeous!” But I don’t think she was listening, being far too intent on cantering up the sedge leaf to get away from me. … Continued

7 May 2025

Dapper

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This morning I looked at the long front border I sorted out last month and realised that it was being reclaimed by pernicious weeds, and I was going to have to do something about it. So bang went my planned … Continued

3 Nov 2024

Leafy

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

On another dreary, Tupperware day, I struggled to find anything much in the garden. In the end I resorted to beating, but that got me very little more than the few invertebrates I’d already spotted myself. Of these the Green … Continued

7 Aug 2024

Fool me twice

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Late this afternoon I went out into the garden to take care of a situation that had been niggling me, which was the fact that a huge clump of nettles and rosebay willowherb had almost taken over one of the … Continued

6 Apr 2024

Sallow

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The combination of a crazily busy morning and the current round of stormy weather had me feeling almost unhinged by lunchtime. A loathing of high winds isn’t new for me – in my early 20’s I lived in Milton Keynes, … Continued

27 Oct 2023

Autumnal togetherness

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

When I went out bug-bothering in the garden this afternoon I wasn’t expecting to find myself interrupting any private moments, but here we are. I beat this pair of Cinnamon Sedges from the quince tree, and they were so outraged … Continued

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