sisters

this is sister Meg who came down from London to see us. She is very like Mattie, but with an even smoother coat. Mum immediately gave her her sound thrashing, presumably on the basis that all her daughters need keeping in their place. She was very taken with me, which is not surprising. Someone told me today that lurcher is from the romany for thief, can this be true? I know we are good at removing things from the kitchen but this is more by way of snacking.

sylvia's meadow II

spiders, meadow brown butterfly with wings open, and the confusingly named fairy flax best know for its extreme purgative powers in an infusion of wine

sylvia's meadow

There are 1000's of orchids in this ancient unspoilt grassland meadow in St Annes Chapel. It was open on Sunday, as it is at weekends through June (check through the link to the wildlife trust) and five species were out , the lesser and greater butterfly orchids, southern marsh orchids, heath spotted and common spotted orchids, and seemingly a lot of hybrids.

mutts

Waiting
for the rough run running,
on banks
by which the river runs.
A soft stream
hardly heard,
this dream
flows absurd
in which I, waiting,
Watch.

by Spot

blue insect movies

two of the fittest young demoiselles caught in delicto flagrante fitting together although God knows what is actually fitting where (on reflection only He probably does). Boss says they probably are work mates.

figwort

this is probably marsh figwort, a very big luscious and foreign looking plant with huge winged stems, the small flowers have complicated innards including a staminode (an infertile stamen). Why would one have an infertile stamen?