Wednesday, September 13, 2006

quail and finger


Italian quails living in Pempwell. For some reason this image puts me in mind of the Cistine chapel. Perhaps the quail is called Adam. Posted by Picasa

burnet moth


.... five or six spots? Posted by Picasa

twosome


.... as in Austria so in Cornwall, the marbled white and a Burnet moth in the woodland meadows Posted by Picasa

Monday, September 11, 2006

lining up


lining up, getting ready to fly back to South Africa, this year's bumper crop of swallows and martins listening to traveller's tales of the perils ahead. Like nets. Posted by Picasa

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Sunday afternoons


Harriet and mum enjoying a quiet afternoon doing what they do best. Posted by Picasa

punctuation


this is the comma (for the top side see 16/7 in archive) but showing the intriguing white mark on the undeside of the wing very clearly. This must be a second generation comma, perhaps it ought to be called the apostrophe but then it would never be found in the right place. Its a hard life (!). Posted by Picasa