Despite the lock-down I got a bit of a treat over the Easter weekend. Two years ago the excellent Martin of Martin’s moths gave me 5 emperor caterpillars. These had hatched from eggs laid in his moth trap. Martin did a very good job rearing the caterpillars and ended up with quite a few, so Read more about Easter Emperors[…]
One of the MANY perks of being a member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters is that you get the opportunity to go on their fabulous trips as well as attend lectures at Glaziers hall in London. This trip I had been looking forward to for a very long time as it was Read more about Harry Clarke at Ashdown Park[…]
We hosted Christmas at home this year which was brilliant And as you can see from this photo very relaxed! After almost a week of good cheese, a bit of mulled wine and the now traditional barmaids mince pies we were in need of a bit of fresh air. And where better than the White Read more about White Horses[…]
We had a short week in work & headed down to Devon to visit mum & dad on Wednesday night. Mum had promised us a surprise on the Thursday morning & it turned out to be a lunchtime trip to Hotel Endsleigh (she had found a deal, we don’t usually hang out at such luxurious Read more about Weekend off[…]
Last week was a short week at work for me as I had the day off (and a pressing engagement) on Friday with some tropical butterflies at RHS Wisley! I was on a macro photography course with insect photographer extraordinaire Adrian Davies. The course took place in the morning where we were allowed 2 hours Read more about Photographing butterflies[…]
This year for Christmas we were lucky enough to go and visit James dad, step mum and their two little dogs who live near a town called Fougere in France. We took the car across by Ferry a couple of days before Christmas so when we arrived everyone was really getting into the Christmas spirit. Read more about En Francais[…]
We took a long weekend to go and see Mum and Dad and spent our Friday off in beautiful Totnes… Someday I will live here. We called in to see my friend Ama, sculptress extrodinaire at her ceramics studio on the way back to mum and dad’s (with bonus pots from Lea Phillips). It was Read more about Torqeeeee[…]
On Sat we set our alarms for early o’clock (that was very very early o’clock for those of us who had moth traps to empty first…), packed our bags and headed for the city of London. We had been given tickets to the aquarium, London eye, London Dungeon & Madame Tussauds & a night in Read more about Our trip to London town[…]
One of the fantastic things about living in Oxfordshire is all the fab events that you can attend. I spotted the above flyer in the newsletter for Oxgrow a local edible community garden (you can find out more about them here). The photography workshop really appealed to me as since buying a second hand DSLR Read more about Taking great photos at Oxgrow[…]
My birthday fell on a Thursday this year and as it is no good to work on your birthday days were booked off and plans hatched. We headed to London to meet with the tropical butterflies currently housed at the Natural History Museum. And what butterflies they were! Some stunning colours (this one was one Read more about Birthday butterflies[…]