path – Jill Orme Photography

26 Nov 2023

Dank

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Landscape, People, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

It was still dark, but the Boy Wonder and I had been awake for some while – he jumping up and down on the double bed in his room, singing songs at the top of his voice, and every now … Continued

5 Nov 2023

The Boy and I spent about 2 hours chatting in the middle of the night. Some of the chat was pretty entertaining, and I wish I could quote a few highlights, but by the time he went back to sleep … Continued

21 Aug 2023

Copper

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Oxfordshire | 0

I drove over to Oxfordshire this morning, to look for Silver-spotted Skippers and Adonis Blues on Watlington Hill. I found some Skippers, along with a few Small Heath and a gazillion Brown Argus and Common Blues, but no Adonis. Back … Continued

7 Jul 2023

Glowing

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I didn’t actually need to leave the homestead today to photograph something interesting: a morning walk around the garden had netted me a few nice invertebrates, including two female Common Darters. But I had to go to Evesham anyway, to … Continued

1 Oct 2022

Care

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Because he’s a huge 21-month old boy now, B doesn’t want to feed the ducks by having R tear up slices of bread and hand small pieces to him one at a time: he wants to do it all himself. … Continued

19 Aug 2022

Migrant Hawker

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

I broke the 100-400 zoom back out of storage today, and went off to Stratford to see if I could get some flight shots of Migrant Hawkers. The sunshine came and went, and so did the hawkers – I know … Continued

6 Aug 2020

Basking

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

R and I went to Croome this morning, where the dragon-fest I was anticipating failed to happen, but where we had a very pleasant walk nonetheless. This Ruddy Darter was basking on the gravel path near the house, and having … Continued

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