Winged creatures!

On a recent trip to Shropshire I encountered a great deal of delightful winged creatures! From Blue Tailed Damselflies mating by a pond to various butterflies. Here are some of my snaps of these beautiful creatures, hope you enjoy!







All images © Alice Durose

Bee seeing you ...

The garden is buzzing with life, quite literally!
As flowers begin to rear their heads and emerge in their glory bees are making regular appearances, especially among our napweed!
As a lover of bees the recent decline in the bee population does really sadden me, lets just hope they prevail through these hard times, otherwise the human race is in a spot of trouble! Afterall, Albert Einstein theorised; 'If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!', which may or may not be true, but I personally dont want to take the gamble!

I really take my hat off to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year and specifcally to this wonderful garden! Yes a bee friendly garden packed full of plants bees just adore!

Here are a few photos of the Bees on our Napweed:

Delightful Dahlia's ...

Here are some photographs taken on a visit to Chatsworth Garden's this Autumn, specifically their wonderful Dahlias:

















An overview of the garden:



Dahlias are my favourite flowers, so naturally this was not the first time I had photographed them (previously around a year earlier):













All images © Alice Durose