one of those things

this old shipwreck is right under the cliffs in Hunstanton. Now, I've been to Hunstanton many times, and I never, ever seen it till this thursday, when we went there with my friend and turned the OTHER way when we came down to the beach, Amazing, really, It was always there and I always went in a different direction

poppy planet

pink poppies

those pink poppies, unlike the red ones, refused to raise their heads altogether, and dropped all the petals ithin few hours of opening.

view over Firth of Clyde towards Arran

I dunno where the rule about necessity of foreground interest in landscape arisen from. you don't need foreground interest in something as beautiful as this

poppy

I listened to advise by Vasilij Cesenov(check him out, amazing pics of flowers) and picked not fully-opened poppies this time, but the buds. Fully opened ones always drop half of the petals before you get them into water. Buds first went limp, but started to raise their heads in very snake-like manner next day. And today a first flower started to open

Solomon's seal

I can't quite see why exactly it is called Solomon's seal, but it is a pretty name for sure


big image of the same plant will be available for about a week at hiero.ru hosting here (over 4Mb)

Return of the Unpronounceables

I found it rather sweet that the B&B owner couldn't say the name of this castle (Caerlaverock) either, and she lives there all her life.

Admittedly, she lives about half a kilometer away from the border of England and Scotland, on English side. But still

swordplay

Timur, cameo appearance from Yuri, video taken by Kirill