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

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

We have experienced a succession of wet and windy days recently. It is hard to capture the wind in a photograph but the pampas grass give...

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

and so it snowed a few inches, enough to bring everything to a slippery halt. The quick thaw allowed some colour to creep through the wh...

No road out. It feels like 2012 inches of rain  have fallen this year! Happy New Year and here is to a sunny 2013.

and the scene at Horsebridge this afternoon, Royal Inn still accessible but you may need to go now if you want a pint before Christm...

apart from death and taxes two other things are certain, as soon as the cherry blossom appears a gale will blow it all away, and as soon ...

At this time of year in the meadows it feels as if the party is over, the tussocks are drab and collapsed, seed heads look like cigar...

It has been that kind of weather, sharp showers and bright sun, with gold at the end of the lane.

hoar frost or rime on the remnants of the dead flower head of hogweed

frost, blue sky, Venterdon barns and the church

another magical image from our favourite lane, thanks to the exceptionally hard frost

Showers and strong sunlight make for vivid rainbows, and provide a fitting photo to mark a break in Spot's blog, at least for the time ...

after a very very wet day, the sun came out this evening to add a little background colour to the aerobatics

one of the stranger consequences of this long cold dry period is that everything has turned a light brown. Normally at this time of year (an...

by some happy chance there was gold at the end of the lane this evening.

some pictures from our walk today. The snowdrops are very nearly out, and the snow was falling once again.

the water in Kit Hill quarry has frozen solid but no dogs were allowed to try it out given recent tragic events. It is so cold that an icefa...

another strange day with a golden sunset across freezing fog creating an eerie and magical world of soft suffused light; it reminded me for ...

and still it rains, the ewes must be soaked. Dartmoor is on the far horizon, Hingston Down to the right.