This is a Pineapple Lily, eucomis bicolor, taken against a background of nasturtiums. I stronly recommend this plant to the novice gardner, it is easy and cheap to buy as a bulb for spring planting, it is a very, very easy plant to grow and fortunately, slugs and other pests tend to avoid it.

Mean, moody and magnificent! This is Jack, our Jack Russell terrier (imaginative name, eh?), taken at Malham Cove in North Yorkshire in Winter 2006. Jack has a blue eye and a brown eye. Pretty cool, eh?

This is Sophie, my 'step-daughter', on her 18th birthday - a few day's ago. She is getting ready for a night on the town. Note the immense handbag on the sofa. She's probably going to be dancing round that later...

Not a brilliant picture. Blackberries, ready to be made into more jam.