Horticultural

Meet The Major

Here's another cat I meet regularly, this time on the allotment itself. It's a little blurry as it began to rain as soon as I took the camera out of my bag yesterday and The Major decided it was time for a swift exit. I have no idea why I call this cat The Major. He just has a faintly military air about him.

Photo fest

As you can see the camera's back from its holidays in Barcelona and has wasted no time in getting back to work photographing various things on the allotment, like this stunning cardoon bud.

Cardoon flowers, once they're in bloom, are huge - the size of a honeydew melon, roughly. The bees are mesmerised by the tufty electric blue flower. Fact: the cardoon and the artichoke are both from the same family as the sunflower.