complete cowtempt

meanwhile, watching on

water logged

can your dog do this? Poor Cassie, this was the fifth take.

rat attack

an unwelcome visitor, very bold, very fast and very hungry. Rats 1 Lurchers 0 (reminiscent of yesterday's FA Cup Final).

flowing

a water picture shown solely because I like water pictures, especially from the Tamar

more spotted orchids

the first (from the left) is pink spotty and spiky










the second is paler, and less spotty














the third is very pale, much blunter spike and only a few spots. None of them have the characteristic wavy lower lip of heath spotted orchid, but all have only a very small middle lobe. I like to imagine (but doubt it) that these flowers are a new variety evolving before my very eyes in this very odd but special field.

heath orchids

three very different looking orchids, within 2 feet of each other; in fact they are probably all variants or crosses of heath spotted orchids, common spotted orchids and southern marsh orchids. See the next page for a closer look at each orchid.