Monthly Archives: February 2021

Beautiful sunshine again today, but not as warm as yesterday. There have been plenty of insects around, but they don’t stay still for long, and I can’t chase round after them for long, it takes me quite a while to … Continue reading →

Putting on a good show. Unfortunately they were rather inaccessible, just under a low branch on a magnolia, and I banged my head on the branch several times, so the session was accompanied by a lot of bad language!

The Ornathogalum didn’t flower last year, and I almost threw it out, but happily it is doing better this year.

More will follow I expect!

No, not ICM but Unintentional Bird Feeder Movement. There have been strong gusts of wind, and although I put the (tethered) camera outside, no birds came to this feeder all day – understandable as even if they could have hung … Continue reading →

With the submission date for the most recent 127 day approaching fast, I needed to finish two films and process them. I finished the films yesterday, so today was mostly spent processing the films, drying them and then scanning them … Continue reading →

Another picture of my Christmas cactus I’m afraid, but it is doing so well. A have in the past sometimes had a few flowers appear after the main flowering (which is before Christmas), but it has never produced such a … Continue reading →

The snowdrops have done particularly well this year, though the hellebores have been rather disappointing.

I spent most of the day rearranging cameras, camera bags and computers etc, so two sausage rolls (vegetarian!) for tea were the highlight of the day. No Apple products were involved!