Monmouthshire
This is the view from the meadow below our holiday house. I’ve shot it in all kinds of moods over the course of the week, but as I walked through the meadow (sadly mown since I last saw it) to … Continued
This is the view from the meadow below our holiday house. I’ve shot it in all kinds of moods over the course of the week, but as I walked through the meadow (sadly mown since I last saw it) to … Continued
She’s pretending to be a bumblebee, bless her, but it’s not a very accurate impersonation. She’s Cheilosia illustrata, a hoverfly found primarily on umbellifers, and especially hogweed, whose roots are the preferred larval foodplant. August is the latter end of … Continued
We met L and G again this morning, in Monmouth, for breakfast, and the return to me of a pair of reading glasses that I managed to leave behind last night. R and I then went for a walk through … Continued