Cowrie shell...

...this was not an easy subject. This beautiful shell is very shiny and it wasn't easy to get the lighting right without too many reflections... Having said that I'm pleased with this image.

It's been a throughly miserable day and this afternoon it's rained steadily. Michael and Chris will be pleased! (Not)

I took Margaret over to Fulbourn for her volunteer work and went off to Sawston to buy 20kg of sunflower hearts for the birds in the garden...