Interlude: A visitor to the garden

Last year we had a cricket, I think it was a cricket, that was hurt and spent weeks in the rose bush in our garden. This morning I found another, who I followed around the garden, from the house wall to the same rosebush. For a brief time, s/he also found a little friend, before

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.

A wasp after the rain

We had a most ferocious rainstorm, and afterward I spotted this wasp taking a drink from the drops on a rosebush. Trying to get closer, I disturbed his libations, but then he turned around and looked like he was drying to dry himself off. It wasn’t until I prepared the images I realised quite how

D’oh!

Found while I was looking for some glue to repair my slippers (probably to much information already)…

There now follows a short interlude

The other day we were fortunate enough to have time to take a walk. For a start, it wasn’t raining, and we had just finished a recent video project. The birds and insects among the flowers were a sight to behold and, of course, as we had taken a camera, there were opportunities to capture