it's that time of year again

lush holly in Greenscoombe woods, just in time for the bleak mid winter.

cherry gall

a cherry oak gall on an oak leaf, the work of a gall wasp. I never knew there were so many different types of gall.

lamb chips

why are all these potatoes going to waste? Well, at least he is as happy as a sheep in potatoes.

vivid mushrooms

this looks like black purple russula, who knows, but it is very vivid and looks very poisonous (it isn't but it isnt edible).

the flow

water is about all there is to photograph at present. These woodland streams run down to the Tamar at Luckett and are usually very quiet little glades but have become very lively following the torrential downpours we have experienced recently.

log fishing

Cassie braving the rapids to look for salmon.