I like diggin'

Cassie has been doing her best to keep true to her Cornish mining heritage

and it's getting greener

the canopy is gradually closing in and turning green (see same spot a bit earlier this year)

the fall of Spring

two images of Spring today (in fact you can just see the blaze of red to the right of Spot's house in the picture below)

Venterdon

Spot's house from Holmbush woods, looking North across the valleys of the Inny and Tamar, with Duchy Agricultural College to the left. Below is a picture of Spot in front of the ruins of the mine works at Holmbush which used to be a source of tin, copper and arsenic (hence the lack of vegetation under the trees) and is now a world mining heritage site.
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cherry blossom breakfast

a coal tit tucking into a peanut breakfast. It reminds me of those beautiful oriental paintings on fine porcelain vases.

and as soon as they are back

they start building again, maybe this one built the nest last year, or maybe it was born at this site. For more about house martins see this link