Thursday, August 11, 2011

muscovy sauce


Calstock viaduct at low tide, and below, in close up, a surprising resident.


Monday, August 08, 2011

for dog lovers only


her favourite toy(aka the Puppy)

meadowland


wrens flourish because there are so many insects in the meadows at this time of year. The knapweed is now the dominant flowering species locally. My eye caught this very pale bumble bee, it looks like a white tailed bumble bee but the other bands should be a brighter yellow so it may be another species.

a bird in the bush


the bushes are full of young birds although they are hard to see properly. This is a young wren. For small birds they make a lot of noise.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

it's that time of year again


It's the Flower show, it must be August again. It feels like the hand on a giant clock, ticking once a year. The criteria by which these apples came third are not clear; I would have eaten them.

the joy of flying

for some reason early this morning the paddock was full of martins flying around chasing each other and generally having FUN.