A Dragonfly smiled at me last week! Don’t ever let anyone tell you that dragonflies can’t smile. Of course they can and they often do. Here are the photographs to prove it. This Common Darter Dragonfly smiled at me and I smiled back at him. This one Read more…
Brantwood has the poshest public toilets in England! Never in a hundred years did I ever think I’d be taking pictures in a toilet. Never in a thousand years would I have thought that I’d find an online challenge asking for pictures of toilets. Then I read Cee’s words for Read more…
MONDAY MACROS: A new series starts today. I’m out such a lot in the summer months with my DSLR and macro lens that I’m sure I can post once a week with some close-ups of our natural world. Well, that’s the plan; the intention; the sincerely well-meant resolution; the pious Read more…
Today’s butterfly hunt started off very well indeed. Before we’d even set off we were prancing around a Buddleia bush beside the car clicking our camera shutters. There were Small Tortoiseshells, Red Admirals, Peacocks, a Painted Lady and a Gatekeeper. A 45-minute drive north took us to Myers Allotment up Read more…
More Mini-Beasts at Brockholes I keep thinking how much we saw yesterday at Brockholes in the absence of the butterflies which we’d gone looking for. It would have been such a shame to have overlooked these amazing mini-beasts. I am pleased to give them their rightful place here. (Especially since Read more…