flood doggling

maybe Spot and co knew something we didn't because the rain was torrential this afternoon. The scene at Beals Mill was one of devastation. No one can remember floods like this before. And then the sun came out.

Portwrinkle

the beach at Portwrinkle. The local flora is as quirky as the flora on the North Cornwall coast.

red damselflies

red damselflies mating at Tredis farm near Polbathic. These are common but we never see them locally.

on St German's quay

the viaduct over the river Tiddy, and the quay at St Germans near Polbathic where we went to see some paintings. Notice sunny weather, but storm clouds over home where we returned later to find 4 quivering poodles in fear of the thunder and lightning.

holly in flower

the woods are full of holly; this is a close up of the male flower so no berries later.

let's have some colour

the blog has been rather dull recently, all greens, greys and black, because of the weather. So we set out to find some colour today. The top picture is of rhododendrons in the woods (another non native invasive species), and below is an old fashioned climbing rose ... the one thing a photograph cannot convey is its beautiful gentle scent.