Faded
The season marches on. My beloved male plumpies are all gone now, though the females are still zooming about, working on their nests. There are fewer and fewer mining bees around, and I haven’t seen a bee-fly, of any description, … Continued
Domestic goddess
When R described me as a domestic goddess this afternoon, I raised an eyebrow at him and waited for the punchline, but it turned out that he was being sincere. Compliments tend to make me laugh uncomfortably and reel off … Continued
Osmia bicornis
This morning was very wet and stormy, but the thunderstorms cleared around lunch time and the afternoon was mostly warm and sunny – though scudding clouds still blew through and changed the light quite dramatically from time to time. The … Continued
Speckled Wood
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I was stalking a tiny and uncooperative Holly Blue around the garden with a long lens this afternoon, when I was distracted by some butterflyish fluttering up in the top of the weeping pear tree. It took me a while … Continued