heath spotted orchid

see this in a field near you! Lots of these lovely orchids, probably crosses between common spotted and heath spotted.

Hendrix and the green eyed monster

flash news

the boss has met Hendrix. Harriet swoons with jealousy.













unique opportunity

be my thousandth visitor and win an actual picture of me, myself, in person signed personally by me and sent by email. There can only be one winner!

three visitors

first a fat hen pheasant, then

a fat rook


then a young jackdaw.

come to my party

how do they know it's my birthday, I haven't told anyone. And I hear that there is an enormous celebrity opening the fete. Could it be me? It must be, surely. And there's a special screen saver with lots of these pictures on sale on a CD. Fame!

Blair's rain

these daisies are out everywhere. One small detail should suggest that this is out of the family archive. Will it rain on my party? Will it ever stop raining?
was this poem written by a Cornishman?
"All b****y clouds, and b****y rains,No b****y kerbs, no b****y drains,The Council's got no b****y brains,In b****y ........... ." (Put in your own wettest place). Thank you Hamish.

stannary towns I know

Tavistock from Kit Hill, Dartmoor in the background. Terrano somewhere in the centre of the universe. Pylon marks Spot. Aren't England and Cornwall green and pleasant lands? Plenty for those of us "chewing on a grassy blade" like http://duckyouduckme.blogspot.com/