Monday, 20 July 2015

Elephant rock

This natural rock formation in Heimaey, Iceland, is very beautiful.




Sunday, 19 July 2015

Room with a view

The view is spectacular from every room in this fabulous house in the Swiss Alps.









Saturday, 18 July 2015

Black

Black is a colour full of mystery and dramatic beauty. Is it technically a colour? Molly Malone?

[Hey P, check out the macarons!]
















Friday, 17 July 2015

Our Pirouette, then and now

I never thought I could love a cat as much as I love Pirouette. Pirate is ok and I love him, but she is really special, incredibly affectionate... Here she is, from the start.

This photo is from the ad offering her to a good home:


These were taken on her first few days with us:





Some of her favourite things. I understand the salmon, but rugby?



She's all grown up now, and as adorable as ever...



Thursday, 16 July 2015

A marvellous little bird

This little guy has a grand name: marvellous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis). It's true, he does look marvellous!







Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Grey

Or gray... depending on where you are. We're approaching the end of the "Colours" series. The next post will be quite dramatic, then there are three further posts and that's it.