We’ve been down to a lovely gathering at the local allotments today, each of us taking food to share. There was a lovely box of hard boiled free range eggs.
The produce growing around the various plots was very impressive.
What a display of beautiful onions drying in the sunshine!
The garden has been parched for weeks so the heavy rain of the last couple of days has been very welcome, except where it has beaten flowers down, showing us too (as the Propagator confesses) to be too sanguine about staking the tall plants. Reminder to self – do better next year! I love the photographic opportunity that raindrops provide.
1. Yorkshire Fog – covered in raindrop jewels.
Yorkshire Fog grass
2. Bill Mackenzie Clematis
Bill Mackenzie Clematis
3. Bill Mackenzie seed head
Bill Mackenzie seed head
4. Agapanthus – these are having the most amazing year. We have at least 30 blooms on their way.
Agapanthus
5. Clematis Warsaw Nike
Clematis Warsaw Nike
6. Nasturtium Verve
Nasturtium Verve
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Our friends who came to dinner a couple of nights ago brought a beautiful bunch of flowers.
We have been picking a few raspberries each day for the last week or so and today there was a whole handful!
On the shed at the far end of the back field where the sheep live, the lovely Mr S spotted a Buzzard preening itself. I took the photo on a very long zoom.
One of the charities that The Suitcase Singers supports is the Invictus Trust. The Invictus Trust was set up in January 2010 by Ben’s family and is dedicated to the memory of Ben Cowburn, a wonderfully vibrant young man whose struggle with mental health issues had tragic consequences. The Invictus Trust is named after the poem that inspired Ben. Click on the links to find out more.
Today we presented a cheque for £600 which Ben’s Father accepted with gratitude. He explained that the money we have donated will be the icing on the cake for the new unit which is about to open in Cornwall, the first such unit in Cornwall. The money we have raised will go to equipping the music room and to the parents’ accommodation. Until now, young people with mental health problems could only be treated outside Cornwall so this is a wonderful development.
The Suitcase Singers and the Invictus Trust cheque
This is our walk into town. Aren’t we lucky?
Imagine the perfume in the lane as I walked past this Jasmine hedge.
Jasmine perfume filling Church Lane
I love this song . It speaks to me and for me.
We had friends round for dinner tonight and I made a Summer pudding.
There were clouds last night as on the last full moon night but the night before was very clear and I attempted to get photos of the Moon Garden.
Two years ago, Dear Friends gave us a beautiful golden rose to celebrate our Golden Wedding and this year it is giving us scented roses galore.
Crown Princess Margareta, a fragrant English Rose
I love the sound of water in the garden. We discovered that adding pebbles to each layer increased the burbling sound.
Fountain in full flow
Blue and white agapanthus are flowering in the same pot, much to our delight.
Agapanthus
Just one tonight – been a crazy day. All is well. Love and peace to all my Dear Readers.
We had been watching the beautiful sunset out of the front room windows and then discovered the pink sky and nearly full Moon in the back garden, opposite the setting sun.
We have had lots of purple poppies already – this is the first scarlet one and we love it.
The Eringium Planum Blue Hobbit is turning blue! For weeks we have wondered if we had the right one and we have.
We have been very short of rain and are having to water every evening to try to keep things going. Despite that, we think our beautiful new Hazel may be dying. It has some crisp brown leaves but we will live in hope.
1. Colour mix Poppy. This has just appeared and we have labelled it for seed keeping though we know it’s unlikely we’ll get another next year. This grew from saved seed and is very beautiful.
2. Mum’s Pan Stand. I grew up with this pan stand, full of shiny pans, in the kitchen. I inherited it some years ago and we too kept it in the kitchen but then we moved back to Cornwall and there was no room inside the house for it. I put it outside, painted it black and found various pans and containers to plant in. I love the oranges and blues of this year’s display.
3. A very full border. Lupins, Alstroemeria, Verbena Bonariensis, Day Lilies, Cornflowers and more -and to the right, the possibly terminal, but we hope not, Red Hazel.
4. Aliums. They are beginning to change colour, at last.
5 The Edible Garden is overflowing! We are eating the lettuces as fast as we can, using the Pansy flowers, Nasturtiums and Borage blooms in G&T ( and in salads!) and the herbs in everything! The Olive tree has tiny buds!
6 Hydgrangea in a neighbour’s garden – such a good blue.
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Truro Cathedral was looking beautiful in the sunshine today.
There are hedgehogs on the Trafalgar roundabout!
LiveWire No2 has been talking about having a guinea pig as a pet. Today we saw a lovely house to keep it/them in. 
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