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A Big Old Moth
Posted on September 8, 2022
(with apologies to Cee for the creepy-crawly)
One morning last week, I opened our barn door and this blew out in a gust of wind. At first I thought it was a dried leaf, but when I stirred it with my foot, its wings opened. The wingspan is about three inches so it’s certainly bigger than your average moth.
Fungi
Posted on August 26, 2022
These mushrooms have suddenly popped up amongst the lemongrass in our serre (greenhouse). And, of course, mushrooms are fuNgi.
Hydrangea – A closer View
Posted on August 5, 2022
It’s macro week in Cee’s midweek challenge, so let’s take a closer look at the hydrangea from my previous post.
Can’t Go Wrong With Raindrops
Posted on July 7, 2022
Captured on the wet morning of a recent coach trip, you just can’t go wrong with raindrops on flowers, can you?
What’s Eating Our Clematis?
Posted on June 4, 2022
Some tiny creature obviously took a fancy to this clematis bud before it got the chance to flower.
Mediterranean Spurge
Posted on May 4, 2022
This is a close-up view of the intricate flower of a Mediterranean Spurge, a plant I had never seen – or even heard of – before, but which is growing strongly in my son’s garden.
To give an idea of scale, the green ovoid disc of which the flower is at the heart is no more than a centimetre (about a third of an inch) in diameter.
CMMC 4 May 2022
Sprouting garlic
Posted on April 7, 2022
Although it doesn’t usually get the chance, this time some of our garlic has ‘gone over’. We’ll plant it out and see what happens…
Wisteria on the way
Posted on March 31, 2022
French bread
Posted on March 25, 2022
There is nothing to beat fresh, ‘proper’ French bread – from a genuine artisan boulanger, not a supermarket.
Colours by the bucketful
Posted on March 12, 2022
An arresting and very colourful display of….er, buckets, outside a shop in St Andrews.
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