lining up

lining up, getting ready to fly back to South Africa, this year's bumper crop of swallows and martins listening to traveller's tales of the perils ahead. Like nets.

Sunday afternoons

Harriet and mum enjoying a quiet afternoon doing what they do best.

punctuation

this is the comma (for the top side see 16/7 in archive) but showing the intriguing white mark on the undeside of the wing very clearly. This must be a second generation comma, perhaps it ought to be called the apostrophe but then it would never be found in the right place. Its a hard life (!).

holly

this picture appeals to me; it is almost as if the holly has been used to paint the sky. The holly is fighting back against a bad dose of honey fungus. Is this the largest living organism in Cornwall?

orpine

this is a succulent plant that flowers very late. Used variously as a fly repellent and a sensor for unsuitable bachelors (perhaps these disparate functions are actually quite similar). Mistakenly named for yellow flowered wall pepper (orpiment in French). 

harris hawk

missing hawk, if anyone sees this hawk let me know and I will pass on the news to his owner. He has jesses (short leather straps on his legs) and bells so you may hear him even if you don't see him.