raindrop – Jill Orme Photography

19 Oct 2025

Peak quince

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Still life, Worcestershire | 0

“Can we stop saying that the garden needs it now?” said R moodily, glowering out of the window at the driving rain. “No,” I replied. “We do still need it – the ground’s like rock.” He sighed, got his umbrella, … Continued

17 Sep 2025

Good grooming

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

When I wandered into the garden between the rain showers there weren’t many insects around apart from moth flies, and I thought I was going to need to dislodge someone from their roost to get a more interesting subject. But … 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

22 Jul 2025

Dusk

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Flowers and plants, My garden, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire | 0

This was my last photo of the day, taken just after dinner in a prematurely dusky garden, with a rainstorm on the way. As you can probably see from the droplets on the open bloom, it wasn’t the first rain of … Continued

12 Jun 2025

Hunter

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wales | 0

When I first checked the weather forecasts at 5.30 this morning, conditions on Skomer looked set to be apocalyptic, and I was sure they would cancel the day’s sailings. But over the next couple of hours all my weather apps … Continued

27 May 2025

Damp

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

Today we finally received at least some of the rain we so badly needed, along with some fierce winds – a combination that kept me at my desk, crunching digital files, until mid-afternoon. As soon as I was sure the … Continued

23 Mar 2025

Wet

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

Yesterday evening there was an unexpected thunderstorm over to the east of us, and though the rain wasn’t too bad here I began to see social media posts about flash floods around Stratford. I was surprised to hear that the … Continued

16 Feb 2025

Hopeful

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

I spent quite a bit of today making a large batch of chilli con carne in the slow cooker for freezing, and I expected to be posting a quick still life I threw together of some of the fruits and vegetables … Continued

10 Feb 2025

Diffuse

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

Over the past few years I’ve worked with both ring and twin flashes, but they’re difficult to diffuse and tend to produce harsh highlights and shadows, so late last year I made the decision to go back to a traditional … Continued

26 Jan 2025

Grim

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

Today was the last day of this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch – one of the biggest citizen science projects on the planet, allegedly – and even though it was an absolutely grim morning and I had a mood on … Continued