Our Sweet peas are blooming lovely!
Today’s Sweet peas and first Cornflowers
2 There are often horses in the back field but they have been away for some time. Today there were seven, all looking beautiful in the sunshine.
The horses are back the field behind us.
3 This came my way today and the sense in it pleased me. Thanks, Kate.
In this house……..
We met our Best Beloveds at The Pandora Inn today for a lunch in the most beautiful place you can imagine. Enjoy the gallery.
My eleven year old and much loved Beetle Cabriolet has a non-functioning soft top! However, I love how the windows open so completely allowing the wonderful scent of Summer hedgerows into the car. I so wish I could bottle it for you and share it. It is intoxicating!
Tonight at choir we sang songs of peace in honour of our friend Paul who is about to embark on a walk from Rome to Jerusalem, a walk of about 1500 miles in the name of Peace and Reconciliation. I so admire what he is doing and will post more shortly about his endeavours.
Last night was our lovely friend, N’s, birthday party and what an array of delicious desserts were on offer. The curries, lasagne and salads were scrumptious too!
Our Best Beloveds are with us, my brother and SIL, from Atlanta USA and we are visiting lovely places and eating out more than usual. Today we went over the King Harry Ferry to meet them for lunch at a lovely old pub, The Roseland Inn in Philleigh.
Roseland Inn
Inside the Roseland Inn
Coming home through the lanes and driving down to the ferry, I thought you might like to come with us – especially for Shelagh and Calvin.
Ferry on this side as we waited to cross to The Roseland
This chap travels on every trip across
Rowing boat
Coming in on the home side
We had a lovely morning with my brother and SIL having a first visit inside Trelissick House since some rooms have been open to the public, then around the gardens and up to the old Cornish Apple Orchard. Click on any photo for the caption.
The Sweet peas are doing just as I asked them to do – climbing nearly all the way up the arch, smelling delicious and framing the back part of the garden.If you look carefully, you can just see a horse in the back field and, on the table, the broad beans which I had just picked for our meal tonight.
Sweet pea archway
This afternoon, in honour of National Cream Tea Day, we had splits with Jam and Cornish cream in the garden. The rain of the day had stopped and the sun came out lighting all the raindrops in the grass like tiny diamonds.
Split with Strawberry jam and Cornish Cream
When I came in, I found a message with a lovely poem waiting for me. The poet, Steven Fanning, wrote these beautiful words when awaiting the birth of his daughter.
Through Seasons
Found you in the fading springtime
When the summer sun rose once more
Waited for you since the autumn
A vigil chilled upon the shoreFirst life upon the autumn tide
Through four long seasons yet to come
Immersed so deep, the pool within
The longest wait for summer sunSpring’s gentle zephyr kept at bay
No carpet of leaves leads you in
These seasons pass you softly by
No winter chill on your fair skinSoon it passes and you’ll arrive
The seasons coax our time away
When water gives way to the air
We’ll meet then, on a sunny day
The poem came with these words which, I am sure you can imagine, pleased me greatly. “Hi, Mrs S, I saw your blog, containing lots of poetry and it reminded me of the anthologies we wrote in year 9. I remember you really encouraging me to write (and I know I wasn’t exactly a dedicated student!), however I kept writing poems on and off over the years and thought I’d share one with you…I wrote this before my daughter was born.” I just love it when students I taught years ago get in touch.
This week’s challenge invites us to find a whole rainbow of photos on a theme if we wish. I have trawled my photos for things I have made. Please click on any photo for the caption and detail. For others in the Challenge, click here.
After singing, we met my brother and his wife who are here from America and we had a lovely lunch and a good natter in the sunshine in Falmouth, overlooking the bay. The gardens at the Princess Pavilions were blooming lovely!
2 One of our lovely choir members, Jen, has knitted a tiny sweater for a baby in Tanzania. I have six now to send off to KniTZTanzania. Thank you so much, Jen.
Jen’s beautiful little sweater
3 One of my favourite shops for cards and presents and pretty things, Just Delights, now has its Summer mural on the wall. I showed you the Winter one here. I’m thinking it will be the same artist, Elizabeth Perry, but I cannot find the name.
Summer mural on Just Delights
We visited the Lost Gardens of Heligan this morning. The changing room for babies caught my eye!
Baby changing room at Heligan
Last year, in the gardens, there was a wonderfully moving commemoration of the start of World War 1. You can read about it here. Thousands of poppies were planted for the event but, as is the way with poppies, they chose their own time to bloom and there were few around last year. This year they have bloomed in their thousands and make for a most moving spectacle. Click your way through the gallery and enjoy them as much as we did.
3 The Giant is always one of our favourites and the Live-Wires all love him. Wish they had been with us today.Here he is for them!
The Heligan Giant, made by Sue Hill and Pete Hill
Thank you for this one, Di
Early this morning, the sun was already warming up and I walked around the garden feeling peaceful. A feather had become caught among the Lobelias in the window box.
Window box
2 A couple of Nasturtiums have opened today in the sunshine.
Monkey planter byJ Beswick with Nasturtiums and Lobelia
3 Mark Twain’s brief poem seems just right for today.
Warm Summer Sun
Warm summer sun,Shine kindly here,Warm southern wind,Blow softly here.Green sod above,Lie light, lie light.Good night, dear heart,Good night, good night.
Or as we say in Britain, Richard Of York Gained Battle In Vain. This week we are invited to illustrate all the colours of the rainbow in a gallery. Click on any photo for detail and the caption. For others in this delightful challenge, click here.
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