the fall of Spring

two images of Spring today (in fact you can just see the blaze of red to the right of Spot's house in the picture below)

Venterdon

Spot's house from Holmbush woods, looking North across the valleys of the Inny and Tamar, with Duchy Agricultural College to the left. Below is a picture of Spot in front of the ruins of the mine works at Holmbush which used to be a source of tin, copper and arsenic (hence the lack of vegetation under the trees) and is now a world mining heritage site.
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cherry blossom breakfast

a coal tit tucking into a peanut breakfast. It reminds me of those beautiful oriental paintings on fine porcelain vases.

and as soon as they are back

they start building again, maybe this one built the nest last year, or maybe it was born at this site. For more about house martins see this link

ash springs to life

Ash is a particularly badly behaved horse who is in the field next door to us. Spring juices are running in his veins and he has spent most of the day chasing rooks and rabbits in his field. And he doesn't like having his photograph taken or anything/person in his space (defined as the whole field and all surrounding fields).

magnolia magic

the magnolia tree and the cherry are all in full blossom. This is usually the signal for an unseasonal storm and gale force winds, but we will enjoy them while they are still on the tree.