Bluebells and other things

[bunn]

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.




And here are some more bluebells, sunbathing in the evening light near the Tamar


A random tiny weir on the Cotehele estate.  This used to send water down a side channel to the watermill downstream, and now it sends water into a channel to a tiny hydroelectric powerstation instead.  Just after I took this photo, a collie came racing up and leaped into the pool delightedly.  My hounds looked at him as if at an insane dog. 




And here, somewhat randomly, is the Port Eliot Dog Day.

 I entered Brythen in the Best Crossbreed dogshow class, but he didn't win.  Possibly because he went to sleep in the ring while waiting to be judged?  I don't know, but I felt the judge was somehow unimpressed by how difficult he was to wake up :-D 


One thing I liked about this event is that there is lots of space you can just wander off into when you have had enough of stalls and busy people and stroll down the estuary or around the park. 



Port Eliot was a real port once, but that was a very long time ago.   According to their website, they have a 3-4th century glazed tiled floor in the house somewhere.  I find this slightly hard to believe (glazed tiles?  In Cornwall?  That early?) but one of these days I really must go and have a proper look. 

Comments

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Yay, you have proper native bluebells :) All the ones I've seen around here foreign invaders from gardens.

Pottery had been around for a very long time by the 3rd century. I think slipware was more common than glazed stuff that early but they may have been traded from the continent or even the Near East rather than made locally.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I confess we do have some foreign bluebell-invaders in the garden itself. I feel I should probably hunt them down, but there are so many!

Pottery has been around that long certainly, but down here in Cornwall we are somewhat at the arse end of the universe and although there are some imports of stuff not made locally and it's theoretically possible, my suspicions are aroused by the fact that I've not come across any other mention of 3rd century high status stuff in that location, and most Cornish buildings of that period are very much stones in mud. But it may still be real, and would be fascinating if it is!

I must get round to going there and finding out more!

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! The Port Eliot dog day sounds like a lovely event to visit on a sunny day - especially if there was cake & tea to be had.

Pip has never been placed in a class because of his insistence on lying on his back with his legs in the air whenever the judge approaches.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

There was cake, tea and cream teas! though I do feel that tea loses a little something served in poly cups...

Brythen's attitude was very similar. He's not a naturally competitive dog... :-D

[demon-rum.livejournal.com]

this is all so beautiful! I can't believe I'm actually going to get to see it. Wow.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Not long now :-D

I hope we have not used up all the sun for this year before you get here.

[demon-rum.livejournal.com]

this is my biggest fear at the moment: I will get to England and it will rain for 7 weeks. Maybe the Olympics committee will be working on it.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Nice!