last of the winter sun

rooks watch the sun go down

images from a far away land

last of the summer walks

the Tamar at Calstock viaduct on a warm October afternoon

two rarities

At last summer has arrived with some warm sunshine. The meadows are full of wild flowers. This is a heath fritillary (female) feeding on cornish bladderseed, two rarities in one.

cornish bladderseed

did you knock?

Swallows roosting in our porch. They have had one unsuccessful attempt to breed already. Something (probably local sparrows) raided the nest and chucked the eggs out. They will probably try again.

may is out

you can start casting clouts, the May is out. (There is some dispute about the origin of this old saying, but I like to think it refers to the hawthorn coming into flower, whatever the time of year, and it is a bit late this year). So out with my clouts.