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

Our neighbours all report seeing long tailed tits regularly in their gardens but they seem to avoid our feeders (too full of hungry sparr...

a walk on Bodmin moor on a stunning day, a raven flying above us all, and below Spot recharging his endorphin levels after what has bee...

the meadows at Greenscoombe are full now of butterfly orchids (the lesser variety) which are slender and have a barely detectable but sweet...

this picture captures better than most the hectic flow in our little babbling brooks. My friend Brian , who occasionally makes an appearanc...

Spot has been thinking. He is pleased to be a part of the 14 th cosmic billennium (abb), and a small part of planet Earth's 5 th billen...

sorry about the lack of new photographs, but the weather has turned cold, damp and grey so walking has become an exercise in wet coats and m...

Spot and I are feeling very despondent for reasons that can be understood by studying the difference between these two meadows. The bottom m...

another year goes by. Very little has changed in the view of the village from Kit Hill, caught in the lovely soft low light of evening in l...

my leitmotif is to give you an ersatz zeitgeist, the weltanschauung from my rucksak, to blitz you with my wanderlust. I am no dumbkopf but a...

... the little village of Venterdon. Sam Davy died on Tuesday and did not live to see this fine evening. He lived here all his life. He was ...

these are water boatmen. I think I am right in thinking that they transmit their size and fitness by stamping their feet and sending out rip...

...our adventuress, leaping across the same raging torrent just for fun before rescuing Dad and carrying him to safety in imitation of her p...

Apparently my surfaces cannot be defined in single dimensions, I am hugely more complicated (x1.333) than this. Hence, it appears that my jo...

well, it was an enormous show with folks from all over the place and the world Luckett, Liskeard, Callington, Trebinthar, Tresinthat, Tredun...

Spot finds villanelles tough but terzanelles ... thanks for stimulating his interest. .........................................................

further to my reflections on the Terrano (our four wheel drive monster) you will notice that there appear to be stars in the water. Is this ...

Sundays:-It is so wet and miserable today that we have had to amuse ourselves by training the boss. Here he is giving us a Bonio after a lot...

water, cool, dark, filthy; best in old flower pots, puddles that have been stomped about in, or in byres and old algae ridden troughs. Cow p...

Sadly, the boss's camera has got to go in for a clean, there is more dirt on the CCD than photons. This may give me a chance for some mo...

Barking is an important part of my life. It must always be loud and purposeful. Bark whenever someone you know wants to gain entry to your h...