St Michael’s Mount makes an impressive sight wherever it is visible from. Views here from different pointa around Mount Bay: the nearest point on the mainland at Marazion, as well as Penzance, Mousehole and from the on / off island itself.
Sea pink, is, as the name implies, a coastal plant. These, with the last of the pink flowers just about to begin to develop theire seeds, were on Orcombe Point at the westerly end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Young magpie in a tree. The bird seemed to be carefully watching visitors to Morrab Garden as a potential source of food rather than as a possible threat.
A selection of flowers noticed on a brief visit to Morrab Garden – just a couple of minutes walk from the sea front at Penzance, a peaceful and pleasant public space.
Waterlilies in flower. The Water Hawthorn, first in the series) was on a small pool in the garden of the Barbara Hepwork Museum, St Ives. The others in the Morrab Garden, Penzance.
A palm tree growing, like lots of others in Cornwall, in the open behind Porthminster beach, St Ives, providing a platform for a goldfinch to survey its territory.
