St Piran's Day

March 5th is St Piran's Day, the patron saint of Cornwall; we vote for an extra bank holiday.

Inny daffodils again

for me this is an enduring image that epitomises something about this quiet little bit of Cornwall, something restful and loveable and endlessly satisfying.

(painting by paintshop pro XI ... I wish I could paint like that myself. Perhaps it does count as creative painting but just in a different way that anyone can achieve)

light and shade in the woods today during a long walk. There are signs of Spring everywhere now, even some purple toothwort (see earlier posts) and wood spurge.

the approach to Downhouse

crocuses and daffodils (for St David's day) on the road leading to Downhouse on a sunny March morning

little fairy and snowdrops

Cassie posing on snowdrops by stream running through woods at OldMill. The snowdrops are the same variety as those along the Inny, I think, but not described in my reference books. They are just beginning to fade; meanwhile the daffodils are rampant this year. The evidence for natural oscillations is very strong and it should make one ponder about the increasingly shrill tone of the catastrophists and miserablists.

wood mallards

It is quite unusual to see mallards on small streams in thick woodland. These two took off very quickly but somewhat riskily through the trees when they realised they were not alone.