I'm not Very Good at Weeding

Took an hour to work in my herb garden today, noticing how bloody weed choked the whole thing is.

I don't actually have any tools to do this, so went out there with a pair of work issue gloves, and found myself rummaging in the wet, claggy soil trying to dig out dandelion roots which seemed to go on forever into the dirt, and wrapping my hands round thistles out of that thing we call stupidity.

I possess much of it.

Anyway, I managed to clean out a small area before the rain came, and I headed inside.

Today was a good day. I sorted out important cycling matters related to the Tour of Britain. I spoke to people miles above me as an equal. This was important.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 03.08.17

Flutters at Work

Managed to get out for a short trot across the campus today - I am the work version of a Securicor van - and managed to check out our various meadows and verges.

It's been a bright day, which means a healthy population of bees and butterflies has been about. They love the flowering teasel, and the rosebay willowherb keeps them occupied as well.

A small skipper also nectared long enough off one for me to get a shot of it.

Then over in the herb garden, a huge and shiny peacock was sat upon a buddleia but I never got a chance to get a shot. A red admiral was far more amenable, indeed it kept fluttering around my shoulders and back onto a different flower every time it as disturbed.

It wouldn't show me its wings however. Little scaly sod.

Speaking of scales, the line of blue markings along the bottom edge of each forewing were rather interesting!

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 25.07.17