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…your sure of a big surprise…as we were when we discovered a dog had joined us on our walk. We were taking a very pleasant afternoon walk around Garnetts Wood when Basil, a black labrador, decided, as he had misplaced his owners, he’d come along with us. Fortunately he had
This hoverfly was very keen to get as deep into the lavender as possible.
I believe this is a Japanese Anemone (or a variant on that). I’ve been watching these growing in a couple of gardens I walk past on my morning walk and had it in my mind to photograph these when next I had my macro lens with me which I did
Into the back garden and rummaging around the rosemary bush I found a few of these Rosemary Beetles.
It’s a bit noisy this shot but I enjoyed the look this Moor Hen is giving the feather behind it…and being a little short on top myself I could relate.
The Aster is coming along nicely, it’s only a few days since I last photographed it, the addition of the red in the petals gives this a nicely evil feel. See also the Echinacea in its formative days.
From this mornings walk, this viewpoint from the top of Beaumont’s Hill is always a favourite of mine.
I think this is a small purple and gold (Pyrausta aurata) moth also known as a Mint Moth…and we do have mint in the garden. I’m a bit unsure because, well, there’s not much purple on it and last time we had these in the garden they were quite purple.
It’s almost 10 years to the day that I last visited this site. I had no idea it was that long ago until I looked up this shot on Flickr. In the intervening years there has been a little skatepark built under it and, as you will see, some pretty
Debbie has a new flower about to bloom to keep me entertained when I have nothing else to photograph. This is a New England aster (Aster novae-angliae) and as you will gather, it hasn’t bloomed just yet, but it’s on its way. We have a couple of the flower heads
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