Part of our front garden is crowded with daffodils and this delightful little poem by Sue Cowling ,which I read a few days ago, comes to mind when I see them.
Ten Syllables for Spring
daffylonglegs
blowing
buttered trumpets.
Daffodils in our garden
Behind the Magnolia tree in the beautiful blue sky the moon was rising.
Look carefully to see the moon
It was lovely to see a Bee very busy in the Crocuses today.
Bee
Sunlight lit up my beautiful Tulips.
Inside one of my beautiful tulips
We none of us know what is going on in the lives of others. Much remains hidden so remember……
No act of kindness is ever wasted
Today’s singing workshop was fabulous! Imagine spending a day with wonderful people, friends and singing teachers, learning new pieces to be sung in harmony all written by the lovely Helen Yeoman, sharing the most delicious lunch and coming away with such a sense of well-being all brought about by singing together. Just imagine! Well that was my day today and aren’t I just so lucky?
The very talented Helen Yeoman
To cap the day off, I was given a beautiful bunch of purple tulips by a lovely friend – for just being a lovely friend! That was a very special moment. Thank you.
Purple tulips with green leaves against a white wall – celebrating Suffragettes again.
Last night I finished off a cosy scarf that I have been knitting for the lovely Mr S. Now the weather will probably turn warmer!
Scarf
What an incredibly moving, informative and inspiring day we have had, hearing from ‘ordinary’ Cornish people who are doing extraordinary work both here and abroad to ease the plight of those who have had to leave their homes in Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and other places where life is unimaginably hard.
Our own St Piran was a refugee made welcome here and we, those who live in this beautiful county, want to help and are helping in Lesvos, in Calais and in Cornwall, each in her own way and all volunteers. Here follows a gallery of the day, photos taken from the back of the hall of the projection on the wall.
I pass these embroideries on my way to singing each Thursday. They sum me up quite well!
Later in the day I passed this triangle of loveliness, heaps of little golden daffodils.
A triangle of loveliness
I’m going to two shared lunch events in the next two days so this afternoon I have made two delicious cakes, Tunisian Almond and Orange Cake with the addition of Star Anise in the glazing syrup. I love the glowing colours of the citrus zest.
Orange and lemon zest for Tunisian Almond and Orange Cake
On Friday afternoon a group of my lovely friends are getting together to make some more Baby Carriers and today I have prepared three ‘kits’ with all the pieces cut out and ready to sew.
Baby carrier kit
Baby carrier being modelled for me
Today saw the opening of The Elizabeth Treffry Reading Room at Krowji Studios, Redruth’s creative hub. All the 3000 books and artefacts in there are by or about women in Cornwall. One of the speakers quoted Germaine Greer as a woman who had influenced him, here speaking about libraries. Perfect, isn’t it? This place is going to be such a fabulous resource for research.
“Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark … In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.”
The J K section in the reading room
There were refreshments!
Tiny scones
Beautiful flowers, a present from Texas for Millie
The Hypatia Trust
Walking around St Euny Churchyard again this afternoon, there were more and more signs of Spring.
Our eldest daughter has been down for the day for her birthday which is tomorrow and happily this year it has coincided with Mother’s Day. We spent the afternoon on a lovely long walk out of Trelissick along the river through the woods and back up again. Join us on our peaceful stroll. Please click on any photo for detail.
We had a delicious Birthday dinner of Chicken Adobo followed by Chocolate Torte.
A fabulous parade today – full of energy and delight. Click on any photo for more detail.
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