cotton grass

cotton grass growing in Kit Hill quarry. Very little wild life today. Is this blog getting boring, Spot asks himself?? It may be just that there hasn't been anything new recently. Mind you up at Bude today we saw all sorts of exciting plants, marsh orchids, crow garlic in flower, wild thyme, but we didn't take the camera.

callington

Callington (said Kal-ington rather than Call-ington which would sound incredibly posh) on a fine sunny morning looking south west towards the rest of Cornwall. All the key features can be seen, church, chapel, cricket green and cemetery

not howling but singing

"now, after me, one two three, "happy birthday to me "

birthdays

yes, I know, you would have sent us a birthday card if I had reminded you. It is hard to believe that we are three today and old enough to vote. Harriet (on the left) has always looked out for me even though she cannot read or write herself. If we can sit still for more than a few seconds we will try and provide an up to date birthday pic.

swallobatics

a pair of swallows doing an aerial show chasing down insects above the paddock this morning

more and more blogging

on a more mundane note, this pretty flower is hedge cranesbill, which I have probably seen but not noticed before. The lower picture is from another type of cranesbill but shows the bill in question. We are not entirely convinced by the analogy but we don't see many cranes around here.