Crazy Cobwebs

Early this week we had a very frosty morning which allowed some amazing cobwebs to be on display.

On the garden wall

Suspended from vegetation.

Beautiful patterns

Even the tables and chairs did not escape.

Intricate structures

A trip to Whinnlatter Forest where there was a metal bird.

Spread my wings and fly

Lots of lichen showing how clean the air is.

Beautiful patterns

I captured the sun's rays.

It moved like a search light

Bonny Bunting

A mixed week of weather. On Tuesday it was red hot and since then there has been a cold north or east wind. I have managed to catch up on all my gardening in the farm garden and most of my home garden. I have masses of plants to plant out this weekend and a lot of work to do on the allotment. Last night we had rain so the hard soil is now easier to dig.
The flower borders are looking colourful.

A pretty hellebore.

A hellebore in the back border 

The peonies are just coming into bloom.

A regal peony

Alliums stand stiff and straight in the flowerbed.

Spiky pom poms

I love forget me nots and they form a border along the paths in the farm garden.

A sea of blue

The laburnum is looking lovely with its trailing blossoms.

Floral bunches

This aquilegia is very unusual.

Dainty flowers

Rowan blossom is now in bloom.

Pin cushions of white

Comfrey is just coming into flower.

Comfrey amongst the raspberries

The blackcurrants are beginning to form.

Green blackcurrants

Can you see the spider's web in the plum tree?

Incy wincy spiders

I have knitted some bunting for the summerhouse.

Phase one of the bunting

Cornwall and Cobwebs

Autumn is approaching. We are starting to get cool misty mornings that turn into lovely sunny days. The beauty about this weather is that the cobwebs are so spectacular as they capture the dewdrops. There are often strands of cobwebs covering long distances.

All my pottery houses are attracting the spiders

Round and round and round

A wheel of perfection

So intricate

There are still butterflies about and I have seen a lot of peacock butterflies in the garden.

 A  peacock butterfly on a perennial wallflower that has flowered all summer

Sometimes it is good to pause and look carefully at a flower to see it's structure. This yellow daisy has layered ridged petals.

Pointed petals and the stamens have yellow tops and brown stalks

The white cosmos is still in full flower.

Fluted petals and yellow stud centres

Zinnias come in some striking colours.

Look at the layering of the petals

Look how the stamens twist

On holiday in Cornwall we had a meal in the Old Ferryboat Inn.

Situated near the house where Daphne Du Maurier used to live

Look at the ferryboat open to the elements 

We walked along the coast from Polruan to Polperro and saw some woody nightshade on the way.

Woody nightshade is very poisonous

The rock formations on the Cornish coastline are dramatic.

Look at the rock strata

This head was on a house wall in St Agnes.
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Get a head get a house

A stained glass window in St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.

Beautifully painted

Daisy Chain who lives in my home garden has just acquired a new outfit. I think the feather boa may be a tad too large.

Swamped by feathers

I love the name of this street.

It makes you want to dance

Webs of Wonder

The countryside is very colourful as the rape seed fields are in full flower.

Acid yellow rape seed

The farmers are busy rolling their fields, they do this to squash the stones and mole hills before the grass grows for silage.

Striped fields

Dandelions fill the verges.

Yellow spiked suns

The cherry blossom is blooming.

Pink power

Scattered cherry blossom petals that look like confetti.

Candyfloss confetti

New bumblebees have appeared in the Artful Garden.

Buzz buzz buzz

 Also spotty ladybirds.

Rosy ladybirds

A new dragonfly protects the wild flower seeds.

Blue dragonfly bouncing in the wind

The Bottle Babes and Boys have returned to the Artful Garden. They all look very dapper.

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Travelling along the country lanes on a cold frosty morning there was a wonderful display a dew caught spiders webs. Such intricate designs.

A work of engineering complexity

Hanging from a strand of grass

Made amongst twigs and nettle leaves

A spider web hammock

A rosy tulip flower head.

Such a painterly effect

The woad I started growing last year is now in flower. You use the leaves to make a beautiful blue dye.

Acid yellow dainty flower heads

Woad leaves