1 Swimming in the sea in January! Not us but a woman and a dog! We watched them from the Gylly Cafe as we were indoors having a lovely lunch.
2 A short walk along the coast from Gyllyngvase to Swanpool and a surprising number of flowers including this gorse and a web, all covered in mist-droplets. Click on any photo to see the detail.
3 A Robin has been investigating the pastry bird-seed cake which I put out yesterday.
Woman and dog swimming off Gyllyngvase Beach
Gorse, web and Cornish mist droplets
Robin at the pastry bird-seed cake
valeriedavies
January 10, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Is the bird cake simply pastry with bird seeds pressed into it… is ir Cooked???
I’d love to try it … or rather I’d love to offer it to my birds!!!
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
January 10, 2013 at 4:16 am
loved the “gorse”…never heard or seen…and your Robin does look different from ours …Very pretty!
Alex Autin
January 9, 2013 at 11:29 pm
It looks like you’re having success with your the bird-seed! Very good. And I was also going to comment that your robins look a bit different then ours, yours seem more colorful!
tartanpants
January 9, 2013 at 10:08 pm
The bird cake looks delicious!!
hjbryant
January 9, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Always think gorse smells of cocnut
Kathleen Richardson
January 9, 2013 at 6:50 pm
I’ve never seen that coloring on a robin, Sally. More orange than red and extending up on the head. So I researched and it’s a European robin. American robins are red-breasted and no red on the head. Love the orange.
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 6:53 pm
I didn’t know that your Robins are different from ours! Thank you for that. 🙂
Shelagh
January 9, 2013 at 6:35 pm
I have a friend living in Stithians who has taken up winter swimming, I just cannot imagine that! Tell me what you think the scent of gorse reminds you of please. Enquiring minds in Vermont want to know.
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 6:37 pm
Honey with a vanilla hint but not really in the winter 🙂
Our Growing Paynes
January 9, 2013 at 6:16 pm
Gorse does have a pretty flower, too bad it is so invasive. I’d love to have flowers in January. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 6:18 pm
There’s a saying in Cornwall that you can only kiss in the months that gorse is in flower. Fortunately, it flowers every single month! 🙂
Our Growing Paynes
January 9, 2013 at 6:45 pm
I love that saying! 🙂
Kathleen Richardson
January 11, 2013 at 4:38 pm
LOL!
on thehomefrontandbeyond
January 9, 2013 at 6:13 pm
glad your bird seed cake is getting some response
why do you have flowers in January?
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Flowers in January because it’s so mild, especially around Falmouth which is where Gyllynvase Beach is. 🙂
on thehomefrontandbeyond
January 9, 2013 at 6:16 pm
must be nice
El Guapo
January 9, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Again, the droplets on the flower are incredible!
Should the bird be concerned that the cake is bigger than it is? 😉
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Maybe that’s why he seemed so cautious! 🙂