Storm Callum has been beating its way across Cornwall today and we have mostly stayed indoors doing the everyday stuff. This poem by Naomi Shibab Nye, Daily, seems the right one for today though no washing was hung outside!
Daily - Naomi Shihab NyeThese shriveled seeds we plant, corn kernel, dried bean, poke into loosened soil, cover over with measured fingertips These T-shirts we fold into perfect white squares These tortillas we slice and fry to crisp strips This rich egg scrambled in a gray clay bowl This bed whose covers I straighten smoothing edges till blue quilt fits brown blanket and nothing hangs out This envelope I address so the name balances like a cloud in the center of sky This page I type and retype This table I dust till the scarred wood shines This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again like flags we share, a country so close no one needs to name it The days are nouns: touch them The hands are churches that worship the world
The Clematis over the arch is hanging very low making it hard to get through – but I love how it looks this late into the season. Even after the storm, it is still looking good though blown about all day. We still have dangerous winds to come…….
Clematis taking over
Yesterday in Penryn, these richly coloured leaves caught my attention.
Red
commonprose
November 1, 2018 at 7:04 am
Gorgeous clematis!
maureenjenner
October 13, 2018 at 6:40 pm
The season of mists, winds, rain and the multi-coloured fruitfulness that is autumn; a season we love or hate.as the echo of summer or the harbinger of winter, but the clematis, in all its forms, has always been welcome in all the gardens I have created over some sixty years.
mybeautfulthings
October 13, 2018 at 9:15 pm
I love Autumn, its colours and its mists and I like cosy evenings by the fire. 🙂
Heyjude
October 12, 2018 at 7:03 pm
The clematis is wonderful – name?
mybeautfulthings
October 12, 2018 at 8:51 pm
When the storm subsides, I’ll check the label. 🙂
Heyjude
October 12, 2018 at 11:17 pm
Thank you! Hope you are not getting too battered. It is pretty horrendous up on the hill, though no danger of flooding!
mybeautfulthings
October 13, 2018 at 5:16 pm
We are okay. We are also up a hill so no fear of flooding but it has been very wild! Stay safe. 🙂