I have bought a Tile for Theo. It's a Bluetooth device that hangs from his collar and allows me to use an app to track him by showing him on a map. In theory, it's also supposed to send me an alert if he goes too far from the phone, but so far the only time this has happened has been the time I went out in the car without him. It seems that the ( Read more... )

It's been mostly a very mild winter here.  There's quite a lot in flower in the garden, and today was such a lovely sunny day I thought I'd photograph the flowers.
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To go to London by train from Cornwall, I had to drive to Tiverton Parkway station, because our railway fell into the sea :-( You can just about do London and back in a day on an off-peak ticket that way.
I was glad to get back to Tiverton today, and see the blossom around the station as the sun went down.


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I have been working very late, and I should go to bed.  But instead, and probably because I am too tired to make good decisions, here is a photo of Brythen with a riot of wildflowers on this evening's walk -  bluebells, blue alkanet, red campion, and white stitchwort.  There will be foxgloves soon, but they are not quite ready yet.


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Everything has just come into flower at once.  Primroses, vinca, camellias, azaleas.  The late daffodils are still holding on, but the bluebells are coming out too!  My big cherry tree is already opening up delicate pale flowers, while the little nectarine tree is still covered in deep-pink flowers.    In the woody bit at the top, there are gangs ( Read more... )

It is the season for bluebells, and more specifically, posting photos of bluebells on LJ.  So here are some of our local ones growing interspersed with buttercups and stitchwort.
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- Snowdrops are out in the sunnier spots, and budding in the shady ones ( Read more... )