house guests

as the summer ends the large spiders are coming back indoors to frighten those of a nervous disposition. Close up and not squashed they are a marvel of natural engineering.

a good year for apples

a crab apple tree in the woods bearing a very heavy crop of apples. Our own apple trees are cropping very well with sweet unblemished fruit.

buzzards

buzzards are usually seen gliding with wings outstretched, but they find it hard to get going from a standing start.

harriet is right here

by special request, Harriet on her early morning trouble finding escapade.

autumn mornings II

on Kit Hill, looking northwards down the spoil pile towards Stoke Climsland.

autumn mornings

early morning, a misty day with the sun rising over Hingston down, Dartmoor on the horizon.