the first signs of hope

at long last the shoots of early (although by now quite late) daffodils, and of the first snowdrops have started to emerge ... the nights are getting shorter so all that tree worship seems to have worked yet again.

first of the new year

the jays were being especially querulous today, goodness knows what about.

and a Happy New Year

on the road to Malham (where a few of us spent Christmas)

a christmas wish

night life

snow, a moon lit night and light on the church tower make for a magical Christmas scene at the bottom of our paddock.

dreamy landscape

an unusual view across the Tamar valley shrouded in mist towards Gunnislake, Tavistock and Shaugh Prior on a very cold and snowy morning. And below another view of our little village.