We spotted this bumper sticker in a car park.
Interesting bumper sticker
Driving to Helston we could see the rain in the distance.
Rainy sky in the distance
After our visit in Helston, the sun was going down and the berries and thorns made a good silhouette.
Sun going down
We have just come in from seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, a film well worth seeing.
My Dear SIL, on holiday on Tybee Island near Savannah, sent me the footprints photo with the comment, “In the light of the low early morning sun some of them look raised, rather than indented.” I love how this sometimes happens and have never managed to catch the effect on camera myself.
Footprints in the sand
Fungi found down the lane……..
Fungi
Such sensible and kind advice……….
Do not be daunted
Another fabulous creative morning making glass ornaments for Christmas with the lovely Lisa Macfarlane. I made another Angel this time, in Suffragette colours as I did last year. I love the others too – a Father Christmas, a Christmas tree and a VW Beetle! Maybe next time I will attempt one of those!
From today’s Glass Class
VW Beetle in the making
We are going to friends for dinner tonight. M makes her own jam (so I can’t take along homemade jam), flowers make her sneeze (so we can’t take along flowers) so I made her a gift in the Glass Class today.
Quite small, just 2″x2″
Lots of our journeys here in West Cornwall go through tunnels of trees and the drive to Penryn is just glorious at the moment. The colours are gorgeous – orange and yellow, umber and gold, brown and khaki. Even when there is no sunshine, as today, there is a glow to the lanes cast by the light coming through the leaves. The whole journey for a couple of weeks is magical.
Over our heads – photo taken from moving car
Walking along the street later the floor was covered in fallen Oak leaves, all beautifully brown and crisp.
Oak leaves
At the ship yard in Penryn, as I waited for the lovely Mr S to sort out something on the boat, I was watching the river and the reflection of the masts in the water.
Reflections
There are always flowers to enjoy when walking through Penryn. Today it was firstly a front garden and then a window box outside a pub.
Kaffir Lily
Pansies and Cyclamen in a window box
We have been to see the most amazing piece of theatre tonight – Hireth. The title Hireth is a Cornish word for which there is no direct English translation. It describes an intangible feeling, a longing for the familiarity and comfort of a place. It is the feeling I had in the 40 years I lived away from Cornwall. It is the feeling that my siblings express and now we have a word for it.
Poster for Hireth
The play told the story of Cornish miners being called up to dig tunnels at the front. If you can get to see it, do. The live music, the community choir and the actors were all brilliant!
Yesterday was World Kindness Day. Every day should be kindness day! This is a reminder for each of us to be kind to ourselves as well as to others.
Note to self
We saw this beautiful Beetle in town.
Decorated Beetle
I loved this painting in Tate St Ives when we popped in on Sunday. It is The Fisherman’s Farewell by Christopher Wood and I found it very touching.
The Fisherman’s Farewell
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Our lovely neighbour is home again after being away in China for a month where she and her brother have been constructing an amazing sculpture, the Chinese God, Thousand Mile Eye.
Thousand Mile Eye by Sue Hill and Pete Hill
Showing the scale
Sue brought us home presents – a beautifully embroidered scarf for me and a super sharp peeler for Mr S.
Beautiful scarf
We had a lovely visit with our Dear Friend for whom I made the Nisse a couple of weeks ago. She was delighted with it and is going to hang it in a window.
Glass Nisse
In the gardens of where T is staying, I noticed two beautiful blue snails nestled in among the plants.
Ceramic snails
The Ingleheart Singers are learning a delightful carol, Christmas Bells, to sing with the Troon School children at their Christmas Concert. I am guessing that these bells have been made for that occasion.
Enormous Christmas Bells
We’ve been in St Ives today for the Pages of the Sea event initiated by Danny Boyle to commemorate 100 years since the Armistice was signed and WW1 came to an end. It was one of thirty such events on beaches around Britain today. My choir was singing. Several of us wore white poppies which symbolise two important things. The white poppy is to remember ALL the dead, those of all nationalities caught up in the horror of war as soldiers or civilians and to show our commitment to working for Peace.
St Ives when we arrived
Flowers left at low tide to be taken as the tide came in
The sand art at Porthmeor, courtesy of WildWorks. Captain Edward ‘Teddy’ Hain (15 August 1887 – 11 November 1915)
Waiting for the tide to wash away the image of the soldier
Being washed away by the incoming tide
One of the soldiers being remembered today and, on the back, a beautiful and very moving poem written for today by Carol Ann Duffy
St Ives as we were leaving
Other beaches in Cornwall had sand drawings of soldiers too.
Lieutenant Richard Charles Graves-Sawle. On Porthcurno Beach
On Perranporth Beach. Photo by Naomi Smith
Many, many years ago my Mum embroidered pillowcases with Goodnight, the child’s name and kisses for all her Grandchildren and two of our four, now in their 40s, still have theirs, if a little worn. I have started today making such pillow cases for each of our six Grandchildren for Christmas.
First pillowcase
I iced the Hummingbird cake tonight to take to a shared supper and it went down well.
Hummingbird Cake
We love our small town. You might enjoy watching this video that tells you about Redruth, its history and how it is blossoming recently.
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