May 2024

I live for moments like this, a bee on my melancholy thistle

a few days later

bee on the houndstongue (upper right)

closer view of the bee

I also saw a bee on this aquilegia but didn't have time to snap a photo.

It can take a long time for seed-grown plants to bloom but this is my longest. I sowed Centaurea montana seeds in 2021. I only had 1 seed germinating. It was in the pot for the last 3 years and seemed to expand but never bloomed. I planted it in the ground recently and noticed a bud yesterday.

the ladybirds seem to love the giant scabious

ladybird on red campion

my first scabious flower

it's been so hot, the cats have found cool places to stay

Erigeron karvinskianus

water figwort buds

Eastern rocket seen on a day back in Camden Town