I know

it happens every year, but it is a spectacular sight deep in the woods, a blaze of luminous blue in the dappled morning light. Unfortunately it doesn't last long.

cowslip corner

cowslips growing in abundance at Kingsmill farm (a very good place to stay if you are interested in the flora and fauna of the Tamar valley, see link)

 and it has been a very very good year for dandelions

just built

 

the heart suggests this barn at Treven farm (home of Jill and Den Long) was built or rebuilt as part of a marriage settlement (not Jill and Den's I should add). Below is a picture of the stone at the end of the pig barn. It clearly has an ecclesiastical origin but when and where from?

foxing the opposition

I'm red, the cows are red, no one will notice me creeping up on the chicken run

annual bluebell pictures

well they are always very pretty, as is dog with style

Ramson lane

walking down the woodland path surrounded by ramsons, which in their own way are just as pretty as bluebells. Martins and swallows are around if not quite back. Several started rebuilding the old nests at the front of Orchard House but then left and have not returned (yet). What is going on?