Stratford upon Avon – Page 35 – Jill Orme Photography

25 Oct 2019

Hangin’

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I wish to put on record the fact that I spent this morning baking a cake – actual cooking, with ingredients, and a recipe. A blueberry orange polenta cake, if you’re wondering. I’ve never made a polenta cake before, so … Continued

23 Oct 2019

Chirpy

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I had a pretty annoying day on the whole – mainly from being caught in a situation not of my making, that’s going to cost time and money to resolve. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. I discovered this … Continued

21 Oct 2019

Holy Trinity

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Butterflies, Invertebrates, Warwickshire | 0

When I last saw the rheumatologist a few months ago, I ‘fessed up to a few things, and he sent me for a battery of tests and scans. Today I went back and saw him again, and we had an … Continued

13 Oct 2019

Contemplative

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After yesterday’s workshop I had sooooo much processing to do today that I needed to be really focused, and spend all day at my desk. Which is obviously why, when R went to Stratford for some out-of-the-trench time, I went … Continued

10 Oct 2019

Monochrome

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I haven’t converted this to black and white, or desaturated it at all – it’s exactly as I took it. So you’ll probably be able to work out what kind of day it was. My other candidate for a post … Continued

7 Oct 2019

Scruffy

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You know that thing I said about it being a long, duck-filled winter….? Ahem. Today was utterly dreary – it never seemed to get properly light, and by the time R and I went into Stratford for errands and coffee, … Continued

30 Sep 2019

Dribble

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As it was quite a nice morning, but rain was forecast, I zoomed off to Stratford in search of dragons. When I reached the river I couldn’t immediately see any, so I crossed to the south side and walked along … Continued

28 Sep 2019

Same old

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

That is, he’s another Migrant Hawker, and he’s getting somewhat old and battered now. But despite his age he’s still quite bright and handsome – it seems to be female dragons that fade to a nondescript sludge colour, at which … Continued

24 Sep 2019

Sparkling

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Today was a good day. I was so nervous about this morning’s Supreme Court ruling that I preferred to read the live tweet streams of Joshua Rozenberg and Ian Dunt rather than watching the Supreme Court TV feed; but the … Continued

16 Sep 2019

Compensation

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The car saga took an unexpected turn this morning, when the insurance company loss adjustor received the repair estimate for our car: having inspected the damage, burned some herbs, cast a few runes, and sacrificed a chicken, he sucked his … Continued