a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

Autumn is here even though it is warm and sunny.  Early in the morning the mist lends a mysterious feel to the lane. Meanwhile stinkhor...

Something that caught our eye this morning was seed heads of grass bent over by silk. As can be seen in the bottom picture the cast-off s...

  Every now and again one comes across something genuinely strange. This is a giant wood wasp (urocerus gigas), about 4 cms long. T...

It is little surprise that we seem to have a lot of wasps about in the late summer. There were at least three of these beautifully constr...

Lords and Ladies (aka cuckoo pint and other scurrilous names ) in flower. Almost all have the tip of the spadix eaten away. Wiki states t...

witches broom is a common sight locally, and is the result of a fascinating and ill understood process whereby bacteria harness and corrup...

a giant corn dolly prepared by Duchy college ready for the ritual sacrifice of a student (still to be selected) at the winter solstice.

Hard though it is to remember, these meadows were full of butterflies only a few months ago (see link ). Below is an example of witches...

Light pouring into the woods today, and, away from the sun's warmth, a frost flower in bloom.

Not all of our red telephone boxes have been removed, and some have been pressed into new life. Not sure that there will be a riot in Latc...

The location of this image is given away by the fine silk strands holding the bubbles.

we came across this group of dor beetles on a track in the conifer woods near Carthamartha. There was no obvious evidence of droppings ...

we are surrounded by old cornish hedges and walls (they are much the same sort of structure). Hedge trees grow on top and in these wall...

This little bike has been parked here for a week or more. Don't ask me, I don't know.

The best example yet of this strange phenomenon.  And the eerie light on a snowy Kit Hill this morning.

the magical frost sticks are back (see previous pages and this link ). This was a surprising find because it has not been that cold and ...

the huntress caught watching over the Temple (at which you can come and stay for a weekend see link and we would come and visit you...

I only show again this unusual picture of our beloved river Tamar looking unusually blue to provide an opportunity to advertise a BBC pro...

I know this is April 1, all fools day, but the photographs above are absolutely genuine and worth closer inspection. I noticed two smal...

  the heart suggests this barn at Treven farm (home of Jill and Den Long) was built or rebuilt as part of a marriage settlement (not Jill a...