Category Archives: Uncategorized

Wordless Wednesday – Daffodils: A visual antidote

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

Wimpole Hall is owned by the National Trust. In a statement about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday 17 March 2020 the National Trust said that … Although Wimpole Hall, Farm, restaurant, visitor welcome, shops are now closed until further notice, … Continue reading →

Posted in Out and about, Spring, Uncategorized, Wimpole Hall, Wordless | Tagged Coronavirus (COVID-19), Daffodils, Gardens, National Trust, Photography, spring bulbs, Wimpole Hall, Yellow | 6 Comments

Wildlife Wednesday – Ivy Bees … so adorable!

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Frogend_dweller

A new spot for me and IDed by helpful Twitter users, these are Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae), a type of mining bee that first appeared in Britain in 2001. Here’s a helpful summary of the Ivy Bee from Naturespot. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Bees, Gardening, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), mining bees, Photography, Wildlife | 7 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – In a sweet swirl

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Flowers, Uncategorized, Wordless | Tagged Alpine, bulbs, Cambridge Botanics, Candy Cane Sorrel, Gardening, Glasshouse, Oxalis versicolor, Photography | 18 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Hot stuff

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Out and about, Uncategorized, Winter, Wordless | Tagged Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, Cornus, Gardening, Gardens, National Trust, Photography, Winter Walk | 20 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Snippets from Anglesey Abbey’s Dahlia Festival

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Flowers, Out and about, Uncategorized | Tagged Anglesey Abbey, Dahlias, Flowers, Gardening, National Trust, Photography | 11 Comments

Looking for a man!

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

OK, I couldn’t resist that title …. but it really should read man orchid (Orchis anthropophora, recently changed from Aceras anthropophorum on DNA evidence). The man orchid is a UK native, hardy orchid, which favours sunny conditions on free-draining, calcareous … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers | Tagged hardy orchid, Horticulture, Man Orchid, Orchids, Orchis anthropophora, Photography, quarry, UK native | 17 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Shine a Light

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

Cambridge e-Luminate 2017 (10-15th February)

Posted in Art, Out and about, Science, Uncategorized, Wordless | Tagged Art, Cambridge, e-Luminate, festival, Light show, Photography | 10 Comments

In a vase on Monday – Botanically Brewed

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

I realised recently that the kitchen window sill is filling up with drinks bottles that I have saved to use as vases, because I like the shape/decoration/texture of them. First off there are the Orangina bottles that I brought back … Continue reading →

Posted in Flowers, Uncategorized | Tagged Gardening, Glass bottles, In a vase on Monday, Photography | 34 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Growing pink pipe cleaners

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

See Cotehele’s Christmas garland

Posted in Crafts, Flowers, Uncategorized, Whimsy, Wordless | Tagged Cotehele, dried flowers, Gardening, Limonium, nature | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Into the deep blue yonder

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

*’Handfuls of sky sprinkled though the garden’ – Aptly described by Tom Stuart-Smith in his Guardian column

Posted in Flowers, Spring, Uncategorized, Wordless | Tagged blue, bulbs, Gardening, macro, Photography, Scilla | 7 Comments