Greenscombe woods

the view from the top of the woods is very impressive, the bladderseed field is very brown and parched at the moment.

dog violets

These very pretty flowers are appearing everywhere now, with their distinctive little nectar horns.

dog days

Last night was seriously bad, I was shut out by mistake for hours, and then I had my first nightmare about being shampoo'd. This is a picture of me escaping, and there are some dog violets at bottom right. This is a very remote part of the parish, very close to the bladderseed field.

winkers

I went out and rolled in fox droppings today; everyone I know well thought the aroma was very nice and pungent (what do foxes eat?), but I was taken away, shampoo'd, hosed down and generally humiliated; I ask you what is wrong with these people? Now I smell disgusting. The boss tried to make it up to me by telling me that in the old days periwinkles were hung around the neck of those about to be executed and I should consider myself lucky that he hadn't thought to stop and pick some instead of just photographing them. Why periwinkle?

in for a soak

Ash buds just coming into flower (before the leaves appear). They say ash before oak you're in for a soak, oak before ash you're in for a splash.
Well, here's to a warm summer with rain at night.

watch this space

help help, I am definitely getting braver. As you can see Harriet is admiring me for swimming out into the middle of this raging torrent to rescue mum. This is the Tamar just above Latchley. Dead river snake beached in foreground.