Stratford upon Avon – Jill Orme Photography

Engineer

19 Apr 2025

Engineer

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Bar a few minutes in the witching hour at the end of the afternoon, when the Boy Wonder and I – both tired and hungry – threw a minor strop at one another, today was a thoroughly enjoyable day. This … Continued

Feathery

12 Mar 2025

Feathery

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R had to be in Stratford first thing this morning, and I went in later to join him for lunch. Best of the day’s birds was this female Blackbird in Holy Trinity churchyard, who landed so close to me that … Continued

Splashy

3 Mar 2025

Splashy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford for lunch today, in belated celebration of the fact that Saturday marked the 39th anniversary of our first official ‘date’. In truth, having all the family over at various points in the weekend was … Continued

Full-body commitment

26 Feb 2025

Full-body commitment

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having overdone the gardening yesterday (eeeurgh), I awarded myself an easy day today. I also wasn’t feeling the love for standing up on the Cotswold scarp waiting for the owls to perform, so I wound up going into Stratford with … Continued

Surprise

21 Feb 2025

Surprise

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The Boy Wonder is coming to stay tomorrow, and because it’s recently occurred to me that many of the toys we have here for him aren’t age-appropriate any longer, and it’s forecast to be a stormy weekend, I went on … Continued

Dirty duck

20 Feb 2025

Dirty duck

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’m not sure how I managed to justify a trip to Stratford with R today, given that I had enough stuff piled in my in-tray to keep me at my desk for a week, but anyway, it happened. We walked … Continued

Brave

12 Feb 2025

Brave

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After lunch with R in Stratford I went for a walk along the north side of the river, which ended in Holy Trinity churchyard. There was a lot of bird activity going on, and in the half hour I had … Continued

Grey

9 Feb 2025

Grey

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was another deeply grey day, but I can only be stuck at home for so long before I start tunnelling out under the floors, so when R went off to Stratford this afternoon (nowhere in Evesham having been able … Continued

Colourful

4 Feb 2025

Colourful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was too windy for owls today (or so I decided, even if what that really meant was that I didn’t fancy being up on top of the scarp in dubious weather conditions), so I went to Stratford instead, where … Continued

Missus

28 Jan 2025

Missus

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had a satisfyingly effective day of admin and errands, topped off by seeing not just one but two Goldcrests hunting for food in one of the yews in Holy Trinity churchyard. I’m pretty sure that this is a female, … Continued