Before we went to the beach…

…I had a chance for a little early-morning bee chasing…

Out for a walk last week…

…and this fabulous dragonfly alighted on a nearby bush. For a change, it wasn’t skittish, and I had a grand opportunity for some insect shots.

He who hesitates is lost…

Well, you know what happened here. I had a beautifully framed image of the cat looking right at me. But no, I thought, I need to be just that little bit to the right before… Damn!

For a few days last week, we adopted a little friend…

We were clearing the garden and I rescued this cricket (I think it’s a cricket) from being binned with the garden waste. We moved it to a safer place and it was growing nicely, but then it rained and rained, and the pour soul couldn’t fly off. Eventually, after five days, the weather cleared up,