May in Falmouth, fantastic

Well, had our Cornwall fix and a great chance to catch up with good friends who were over from Australia:

And good friends busy setting up their business in Penryn.

We rediscovered the lovely pebbly Castle beach looking for smooth stones, seaglass and rock pool creatures.

We hadn't been down to the Lizard for years and ventured to Cadgwith Cove (we think). A fantastic day where I got stuck in a kind of seaweed quicksand down on the beach that stank and provoked much jollity from Rob and several passers by.

Bluebell woods at Whippendell

It seems incredible that it has been a whole year since we last went to look at the bluebells in the woods just a fraction North of Watford.  There was a gap in the clouds on Saturday so the bike was wheeled out and off we went.  They smell amazing even when you ride past on the bike and they are certainly large enough to steer clear of most other people visiting.  I think these were my favourite shots, but there were a few that I was fairly happy with.

You'll notice in the slideshow that Rob still has the same bike jacket but has discarded the stick by the time I took this photo.

Away to Skye again mid March 09

It's been quite a while since putting a new entry on here but I took my Mum across to Skye again.  Sam and Deb's home looks fantastic and the building inspector gave his stamp of approval a few days before we arrived.   This is the first time I've tried to put a slideshow on here so hope it works.  Lots of chickens and some almost in the dark as we climbed the old fort on the Saturday.

Rob's Mum's 70th birthday.

Had an excellent time in Silverstone (Not Watford) at Anne's birthday do. My Mum came too and it was a great opportunity to catch up with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Neices and Nephews -it was a bit like a wedding really - without the church.

The girls tuck in

Plenty of pudding

And Cake

That's a nice green suit Anne.

My Mum Sylvia, having a nice time.

Sunset behind the golf club

These were all taken on the new Pentax 200D, still getting used to the setup and as with most photos, it still seems to work better in natural light. Really looking forward to giving it a proper workout when we are back up in Skye at the end of next week.

A dragon in the Watford pond.

Cycling home this evening past the pond in Watford (yes the one that the club goers chuck stuff into every club night) to see this wonderful paper dragon.  I thought it looked like the Loch Ness Monster.

There is still some snow....

Tess ventured out today and was not impressed to be followed by me with the camera.  In the garden things have started to melt but on our neighbour's football pitch, it is still quite deep, crisp and frozen on top and soft underneath which means as cat walks on it, her feet suddenly go through the crunchy layer.

The snow makes Watford look lovely

We are nearly at the end of a very cold and snowy week,  Rob couldn't get in to teach on Monday but sadly I live so close to work that I managed to stumble in, it was a bit like the last week of term but the roads were empty and Cassio Park full of people making giant snowballs.  

So, here is the back of our house complete with cat footprints in the snow.

This is the view as the sun hit the street on Tuesday.  (Yes I know quite a bit has melted)

And why not share this lovely shot of the local MOT station with snow covered cars.