Purple haze

One of many beautiful flowers in bloom this summer around the lake at the University of York, my old student haunt

Keep off the grass, that’s my dinner!

Spring is finally springing in the garden

Cornwall at Christmas

Backdrop to the Minnack Theatre, an open air theatre set in the rocks on the south Cornish coast near Land’s End

From the gardens of the Minnack Theatre, a hardy plant which can withstand all that coastal Cornish weather can throw at it

Another hardy perennial found in the nationally-acclaimed coastal garden of the Minnack Theatre

Seats decorated by the Minnack Theatre’s founder and creator Rowena Cade, using a screwdriver in her own special mix of concrete. Each one represents a play that has been put on at the theatre.

Refuelling stop at the Minnack Theatre

View across the Hayle estuary, on the north Cornish coast near St Ives

Kitesurf beach near Hayle

Kitesurf beach

Looking across the Hayle river to St Uny Church from Kitesurf beach

Hayle estuary at sunset, looking towards St Ives

Highlights from my post-Christmas trip to the southern tip of Cornwall.  Thank you to Anya & her family for inviting me to join you for a few days!

I’d also like to say a special thank you to my brother Steven, who bought me a year’s subscription to Adobe Photography suite for Christmas.  I’ve enjoyed editing these photos using Adobe Lightroom rather than the freebie editing software I’ve been using to date.  A whole new world has opened up to me!

Spring is springing