1 On our way to the Doctor’s for the next two vaccinations (Meningitis and typhoid) we walked through the park where I found all these beautiful small flowers, all of which we call weeds but aren’t they gorgeous?
2 Heard the buzzards calling in the early morning sunshine but couldn’t spot them.
3 The rabbits are racing around in the field behind us. One sat still for a photo shoot!
Today has been on of those days when finding the beautiful has been harder than usual. I’ve been laid up with Yellow Fever vaccination reaction, feeling completely worn out and achey, as we were warned could well happen a week after the event. So…..
1 “The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.” Hortense Calisher. I, too, am an avid collector of words.
2 Another piece of bathroom art that I love. We brought this beautiful sculpture home from Swaziland.
Sculpture from Swaziland
3 I finished knitting Tabitha’s new shrug – now to sew it all up.
1 We could see the sea from our bedroom window today, just a blue stripe on the horizon about seven miles away but such a joy!
2 Feeling the warmth of the sun on my face and back when walking aroung Truro, smelling the hyacinths outside the Royal Cornwall Museum and hearing the seagulls’ cries, a sound which I love, reminding me how lucky I am to be living in Cornwall again.
Truro Cathedral
3 Singing ‘Cornish Lads’ by Roger Bryant – it’s so good it gives me the shivers! Then, getting to grips with Fleet Foxes’ ‘White Winter Hymnal’ a most haunting set of harmonies. How I love my singing with all those voices of my friends.
1 Presents, cards, phone calls and text – what lovely kids we have!
2 Made a fabulous Caramelised Onion Jalousie for a pot-luck lunch with Humanist friends today. Glorious venue too overlooking Falmouth Bay. Thanks to Maria for hosting.
Caramelised Onion Jalousie
3 Our neighbours-on-the-other side gave us a tray of beautiful little pansies as they have too many for their garden.Thank you H&D. I’ll get planting tomorrow.
Lovely Pansies
1 This morning I found a scrap of paper on which I had written: ‘ May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.’ I’ve just looked it up and find it is an old Irish blessing which seems rather serendipitous given that today is St Patrick’s Day! Happy Day to all of you out there with any Irish in your blood (like me!)
2 We’ve spent the day in Truro where I did much of my growing up. I love this hexagonal post box and Walsingham Place and even the concrete car park becomes attractive when Mr S calls ‘Psst’ from near the top!
3 We have several sculptures in our garden. This one is ‘Copper Rook’, whom we call Muker as that is the name of the village in North Yorkshire where we bought him on our Wedding Anniversary in 2000. He was made by Michael Kusz and we love him! This one’s for you, David Heilman. Hope you like it.
1 Today’s piano lesson was hard but by the end my confidence was back and I know what to do for next week. My teacher is a star!
2 Just look at this beautiful Muscari Grandifolium flowering today in the wall.
Muscari Grandifolium
3 We love Skype! Tonight we Skyped with KJ and the children. Jake was telling us about ‘Flat Stanley’, a story our children loved too and Tabitha said her first word, “Hiya!”, while waving at us. Later, we Skyped with Daniel in Barcelona and Ami in Dakar, Senegal, speaking both French and Wolof and talking about the wedding which is only two weeks away. Fabulous evening!
1 Our choir babies had fun today as we sang our hearts out.They also enjoyed the attention during the delicious lunch that L put on for us all to say goodbye to one of our members who is leaving us.
2 Had a fabulous drive through very narrow Cornish lanes lined with ancient trees down to Porth Navas to meet Lowen, the baby whose naming ceremony I’m to do in April. Her name is Cornish for happy. Isn’t that lovely?
3 Then on the corner, as I left, I spotted a field full of daffodils, absolutely glorious in their yellowness.
Field of daffodils
1 Work on the fence has stopped temporarily as our lovely landscaper became a Dad overnight! Congratulations to D&P. I’ll have to get busy on a pair of Sally-Boots!
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3 The simplest of suppers – Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta – delicious!
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No 4 We’ve just seen Venus and Jupiter, seemingly very close together, in the night sky just above where the sun set. I’m told they are 3-4* apart and will be visible in our sky until Saturday if the skies are clear.
1 Been booked for a September Wedding today, on Fistral Beach, Newquay. Yipee!
2 Distracted myself on the walk down to the Doctor for my Yellow Fever vaccination (which can potentially have unpleasant side effects) by taking photos of pretty things (see the dewdrops on the grass behind the primrose) and the rather spooky-in-the-mist children’s playground.
3 Been to the ballet tonight, Nederlands Dans Theatre 2 at The Hall for Cornwall in Truro – absolutely fabulous – so full of energy and vivacity. See them if you can! You’ll come away with a smile on your face!
1 Anyone remember Polyphotos? Forty eight photos were taken in quick succession and printed on one sheet. It was hoped one would be good enough to print. I guess I’m about one year old in these.
Polyphotos
2 Some of today’s things may not be considered intrinsically beautiful but the effect they’ve had certainly is! The light in the front garden now is wonderful.
3 I rescued lots of little primrose plants from the front garden and planted them in the Cornish wall at the back.
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