Monday Montage

Last week's WidsMob montage photo was:



Which was correctly identified by Wilma and Adrian as:



a coffee or tea mug.
Ragged Robin and The Weaver of Grass were close with 'jug'.
Yes, trying to estimate the size was difficult.

You will probably have two choices  for this one:



Who will choose the correct one?
If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the original photo next Monday.

Growing

In spite of the weather having slipped back from Spring to Autumn plants are still growing.

Outside the greenhouse a couple of troughs of Dwarf French Beans 'Slenderette' are starting to poke through.  I grew some of these last year and they gave a lovely heavy crop:



Also outside, but not photographed is a trough of spring onions.

Inside the greenhouse.
My tomato plants in their auto watering pots.
Alicante and Moneymaker:



Two troughs of 'Vibrant' strawberry plants.
Grew these last year. Lovely jubbly:

 

Some sweet peas of mixed colour:



Finally a couple of hanging baskets.
Bush Fuchsia 'Hermiana' and mixed trailing Lobelia:

Wordless Wednsday

Monday Montage

Last week's WidsMob montage photo caused no problems:



Well done to Ragged Robin, Adrian, Wilma and the Weaver of Grass who all spotted it was:



a Crane Fly (Daddy Longlegs)


I don't think this one should cause too many problems:



If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the original photo, next Monday.

Tolumnia Hybrid Orchid

It has been over three months since the buds appeared and finally the first one has opened.

24 focus stacked photos processed in two different programs.
Canon 50D with 70-200mm zoom set at 70mm + Raynox R-250 macro lens + ring LED light.
The flowers are quite small at about 3/4 inch (15mm) across.

Zerene Stacker:



Using the built in Focus Merge in Affinity Photo:



Zerene has more advanced facilities but the Affinity process produced an excellent result.

I Am An Important Person

Today I received a parcel containing some items I had ordered from Japan.
A UK company might have just slapped on a 'fragile' notice.
This one had a label with the following message:



So there we have it. To this company their customers are important.
Made my day did that, as well as making me smile broadly.

Who Will Win Possession?

It's not all over yet as to which will finally nest in the camera nestbox.
The bumblebee continues adjusting the nesting material.
At one stage yesterday there were two of them in there.

Every now and then Mrs GT brings more material.
Early this morning Mr GT arrived with what looks like a bee fly he had caught, presumably as food for Mrs. She arrives and after a short while leaves:



Who will actually raise a brood?
Will the Great Tits remove the bee or will they be scared off?
Stay tuned for the next thrilling episode of 'The Drama of the Nest Box'