Herman and his Hermits sang about silhouettes way back in the mists of time.... I only vaguely remember the song.

Silhouettes have been popular among art lovers for many a year; here’s one of mine.

Hope you like it.

Right, I think that's enough from me for one day: more posts than I've oftem made in a week!

Just the place for a cool walk on a hot day...

A little evening visitor...

Somehow I managed to miss these when I was posting images from Thira back in July...

Very nice they were too!

I photographed this flower at a garden I visited a year or so back. It grows on a small bush and the plaque said it was Tea Tree. Here's the thing though, I've since seen Tea Tree growing at the National Botanical Gardens and it looks nothing like this; I'm guessing the bush was wrongly labelled.

So okay, I don't have the least clue what this is, but it's rather pretty; can anyone help me out here?

I've bloged about Melincort Falls in the past, but thought I'd revisit simply because of their beauty; the spectacular eighty foot high waterfall on a tributary of the Neath River was painted by J.M. Turner in 1794. Turner didn't see the falls quite as I do though...

The whole fall is lovely, but I really like the bottom of the fall.

This is nearer to Turner's aspect:

Should you find yourself anywhere near Resolven, I urge you to take a few minutes to admire this beauty.

But it was all on its lonesome...

When you look at power cables strung across the countryside, what do you see?

If you follow the main route into South Wales (the M4/M48 motorways) you'll need to ensure you have some cash with you; we charge you to enter God's country you know.

There are plenty of toll booths available to relieve you of your cash and they're divided into various sections to speed traffic flow, however you shouldn't expect to find them always as empty as this; there are more usually queues of sorry citizens desperate to get out of England!