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

you can start casting clouts, the May is out. (There is some dispute about the origin of this old saying, but I like to think it refers to...

beautiful Spring, Pempwell, Cornwall 2016

Out snigging today, and, below, the view of the Tamar valley from Greenscombe, with a snowy Dartmoor in the distance

winter sun, starlings and a buzzard in a tree

It was the coldest night of the year, with a hard frost and a contemplative horse. Nevertheless, much to my surprise there were bumble...

New moon at Christmas. And a happy New Year from Spot.

something to brighten up the morning walk on the road to Latchley

Once again it has been exceptionally mild this autumn. Mushrooms are out in abundance and they provide a few flashes of vivid colour in...

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...

Ponies on Bodmin Moor this (lovely) morning. The stack of Kit Hill can just be made out to the left on the far horizon. The bracken is tu...

As was predicted last year, there is a developing plague of white butterflies. There are 6 small whites (and a tortoiseshell) on this one ...

Although the bluebells are past their best in the woods, they continue to flourish in shadier areas like this stretch of Rowden lane, an o...

The hawthorn is out! and nothing goes to waste around here, exotic fallen Camelia flower tea

It has been a beautiful day. All the early butterflies (brimstone, red admiral and tortoiseshell) were out, the sap is rising, the birds a...

The fields are full of them!

Two cock pheasants having a territorial dispute. Usually very shy birds, they were too engrossed in each other to notice us.

It was warm and almost Spring-like today, daffodils and snowdrops are out and there are signs of plants beginning to come into leaf alr...

raincloud over Dartmoor this evening, illuminated by the evening sun; very striking.

thank God 2013 is over; welcome 2014

And peace on earth!