Author: David

This small and ornate statuette is one of a pair from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur.

It is in the British Museum. Its twin is in a gallery in the United States.

Still weather where there are lots of chances for spotting the water lingering on plants after the latest bout of rain.

Here are a couple of roses I noticed recently.

This view of a roadside thistle’s flower was taken early last month.

Another tiny insect, possibly a shield bug, standing on a nettle leaf.

A ragwort in Barley Field: the last of the flowers was going over, most turning to seed, some of which had already dispersed.

This tiny insect on a nettle leaf had a carapace banded in pale and very dark green.