a real rarity

today, as promised, in a field not far from you, and thanks to Cornwall Wildlife Trust (see http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/ and more of this later), the heath fritillary butterfly with the striking orange tips to its antennae.

sphagnum fruiting bodies

the fruiting bodies of this beautiful soft moss, which produce the spores. And who put the h in sphagnum? The Greeks no doubt as in Sphelen of Throy.

hard fern

hard fern emerging. It looks like a bunch of hedge strimmers emerging. Common in Britain but not around here (supposedly, but there is a lot of it about in the woods).

kennels

dead holly tree and my kennel. The place where I was born on 5/6 (when I will be one by the way).

Frodo, Lily, Mattie, Meg, Toby, Vasco, Des and Harriet were born later, probably on another day.

Keep calm, come to my party on 3 June on the village green.

Love Spot

one soon

well, I am beginning to expect the early cards and presents.

LOTS of love
from
Spot who is one on 5/6/2006, repeat 5/6.

That's right, one

silverweed

you often see the silvery frondy leaves of this common wild flower but for some reason not the flower