After a delicious breakfast with lovely friends at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan, we had a brief walk on the beach, wary of the looming black clouds which dropped a downpour ten minutes later just as we arrived home.
Breakfast and the Sea
Michaelmas, Sweet Peas and Autumn Colour
When we saw Michaelmas Daisies in Portreath this windy afternoon , I remembered seeing in the diary that today is Michaelmas.
On Sunday we took down the finished sweet pea plants and these are the very last of this season’s blooms, still smelling lovely. 
On my way to my pottery class on Saturday, the vibrant red of a Virginia Creeper climbing up a telegraph pole in the car park stood out against the lovely blue sky.
A Walk on the Cliffs
It was a beautiful September morning and we decided to ignore all jobs and go for a stroll along the cliff tops below St Agnes Beacon. It was the right decision, both bracing and unwinding.
Turned off the road and into a National Trust Lane towards the cliff top
Gorse and the sea
Wheal Coates and the paths
Low tide and miles and miles of golden sand. You might spot a few people on the beach.
Moon, Moussaka and Sunset
Last night was the full Harvest Moon.
I made a big moussaka today and will freeze it in portions for almost instant dinners on the nights I don’ t feel like cooking.
Another gloriously pink-becoming-orange-becoming-fiery sunset and all within moments.
Gladioli, Stitching and Pots
A beautiful bunch of Gladioli was brought to our door by a lovely friend who had just heard of my not being on top form. They certainly brightened my day.
Thank you A&P
In town this afternoon, just before this week’s pottery lesson, I spotted some very clever stitching in the shop window of Make A Mends.
Today we learned how to trim our pots, put our initials on the bottom and then practised throwing some more.
Lovers’ Lane, A Feather and Sunset
It was a beautiful afternoon and after lunch with a very good friend, in the sun at The Buttermarket in Redruth, I walked home along the lanes listening to bird song and noticing all the lovely things on the way.
Lovers’ Lane
Pink flowers, bright green leaves
Dark red leaves
Happy landing for the feather
Tonight’s sunset
A Poem for our Times
These are the first few verses and the last verse of Adrian Mitchell’s brilliant poem, Human Beings. Do look at the whole of it here.
HUMAN BEINGS
look at your hands
your beautiful useful hands
you’re not an ape
you’re not a parrot
you’re not a slow loris
or a smart missile
you’re humannot british
not american
not israeli
not palestinian
you’re humannot catholic
not protestant
not muslim
not hindu
you’re human
………………………….
look at all that life
all that beauty
you’re human
they are human
we are human
let’s try to be humandance!
As a Humanist, this speaks to me very clearly.
Posy, View and A Poem
I visited a friend this afternoon and took a small posy of the last of our sweet-peas. They smelled gorgeous.
The view from W.s flat in Falmouth is absolutely wonderful, an ever-changing seascape and cloudscape.
Today is the Autumn equinox and the official start of Autumn. The air certainly had that feel both early morning and this evening with some lovely warm sunshine in the middle.
Kim has given me permission to share his poems before but hasn’t seen my message today. I’m hoping permission will be on its way because posting his poem tomorrow won’t be the same…
P.S. I was, very kindly, given permission! Thanks, Kim.
Irises, Tulips and Elephants
It’s bulb planting time and today, my lovely Mr S has made up two pots of purple and white Iris Reticulata and a bigger pot of multi coloured tulips. I love planting for Spring colour and planting hope for the future.
It is National Elephant Appreciation Day. I love elephants as did my dear friend Angie and today is one we both celebrated.
We have been lucky enough to see elephants in the wild and I have a small collection of elephants – wooden, glass, painted, carved. Here are some of my favourites.
My Elephant family, representing me and the lovely Mr S, our eldest daughter, our second daughter and our twins, a son and a daughter. The tiny one is the little person we never met but who will always be one of us.
Peace, Berries, Harvest and Pie
The International Day of Peace 2026 is observed on September 21, 2026, with the official United Nations theme “Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day”.
Fabulous bright red berries on the Cotoneaster Horizontalis
First enormous leek from the garden, used in the Chicken, Mushroom and Leek Pie, below
Pastry cooked while filling was being made halved the prep time – crisp and crunchy all round, not soggy where it had touched the filling!
