1 I love how the sun has caught the purple edge of the Hebe leaves and highlighted the stamens on the flower.
Hebe in my Suffragette garden
2 Going out in Skippalong today to follow the Tall Ships Parade of Sail we noticed pleasing haystacks on the horizon.(I’ll post a gallery of the beautiful ships tomorrow)
Tall haystacks
3 Our friends took the opportunity for a Titanic moment as we were moving through the channel to see the Tall Ships.
N&G’s Titanic moment
1 The clematis in the front garden has lovely fluffy seed heads – and this one has a Green Shield Bug on it.
Seed head and beetle
2 Truro’s hanging baskets are quite splendiferous this year – every turn brings another beauty.
One of Truro’s glorious hanging baskets
3 We are having a picnic with friends tomorrow and I have baked a Mary Berry recipe, a Scone Tray Bake for the shared lunch. I’ve also collected lots of beautiful salad leaves from the garden.
Peppadew and Cheddar Scone – it tastes as good as it looks! I had to try a bit so that it fitted the box!
1 Leaving my piano lesson today, the hedge once full of wild roses is now full of Rosehips. Had I more time, I would have collected some for Rosehip Jelly.
Rosehips
2 A neighbour is growing Hollyhocks. These pale pink beauties are about10′ tall!
Pink Hollyhocks
3 Along the lane the Arum maculatum, also known as cuckoo pint or cuckoo-pint here in the British Isles is named thus in Nicholas Culpepers‘ famous 16th Century herbal. These berries are sadly poisonous if very glossy and lovely looking!
Cuckoo-pint
I like the frayed nature of some bark and grasses.
Frayed Silver Birch trunk
Fraying grasses
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1 We were in Falmouth for the four day Tall Ships event and had a delightful day, first in the always pleasing Falmouth Art Gallery. There was a really touching exhibition on ‘The Boy Who Bit Picasso” about the friendship between Picasso and a young boy and his family. If you get the chance, do go and see it.
2 We called in to see an exhibition of work, The Art of Happiness, by our very talented artist friend, Suzanne Crook, and I fell in love with a small painting which we bought as our Anniversary present to each other. On our way through the town we spotted one of her signature pieces, a fantastic bejewelled Unicorn. I would so love to have one of these!
Rocking Unicorn by Suzanne Crook
3 And at last we arrived at the Tall Ships – they really are magnificent. Look closely and you will see some sailors on the main stays. It looks very precarious!
Some of the Tall Ships in Falmouth Harbour
1 More and more Goldfinches are coming to feed each morning. This photo was taken from indoors and a long way away. You may have to click and zoom to find all six if this lovely family.
A Goldfinch family feeding
2 I like the thoughts in this little poster that was sent to me.
Do your best
3 Supper tonight was a delicious Chicken and Mushroom Lasagne.
Golden topping
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