Montbretia and Cornflowers
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Shop Window, Chocolate Cake and A Dahlia
We’ve been in Truro this afternoon and I just love this shop window.
Charlotte’s Tea House is always our place for a treat and my goodness, was the Chocolate Fudge Cake a treat!? We shared a piece with ice-cream and I had almost finished when I thought to take a photo for you.
Our big shaggy Dahlias seem to have survived Storm Betty. In fact, although the winds were crazy, the storm itself with thunder and lightning passed us by though other parts of Cornwall saw some dramatic skies and some lost power. .
Storm Betty, Last Year and Thanks
We have a crazy storm coming over, such fierce winds that this year’s Tall Ships Parade of Sail in Falmouth has been cancelled. Our garden is being hammered and I haven’t been out all day.
The following photo is from this day last year when we were very taken with the beautifully maintained hanging baskets in Truro. Truro this year is among the finalists for City in Bloom and the baskets this year are lovely too. 
Thank you to all of you who have left comments for our wonderful Granddaughter, LiveWire 3. We are so proud of how she says, “Yes, please,” when I ask if she would like to do another Guest post and then disappears with the lap top for 20 mins or so and comes back with such a lovely piece of writing. 🙂
Beach, Buds and A Rose
Brunch at The Blue Bar is a tradition whenever the family are here – delicious food followed by fun on the beach, body boarding and messing about in the water – for the family, not us!
We have lovely pinkish rose buds.
And a gorgeous rose.
Guest blogger again!
Hi, It’s LiveWire 3 again! This time we arrived spontaneously because we love coming here and take every chance we get to come to Cornwall and see our family! Today we had a magical beach trip to Kynance Cove which was unimaginably beautiful. It was like being in Spain or Italy! The water was bluer than sapphire, it was like a matching outfit, the sky as a shirt, the sea as trousers. It was absolutely idyllic!
In the evening, we traveled up the ferny hill to a castle, but not just any castle, a restaurant! The castle floated over some massive rocks and it felt like we were royals in the 16th century! We walked up the stairs and sat down, surrounded by stones and sunshine. It was so cosy – especially with the candles! Our food was so delicious and I don’t think the plates even needed to be cleaned after we’d finished!
We watched the sunset through the windows and as we left everything was orange so we stood behind those massive rocks and just immersed ourselves in the sunlight.
Street Art, A Poem and A Face-Off
We spotted some new street art in Redruth today, brightening up a hidden corner.
I love this poem. Feel the rhythms of the sea as you read it aloud.
I put some oats out for the birds and the Magpies and Jackdaws had some tussles about who was going to get more!
Today, Words and A Thank You
Rain outside and baking inside. One family with LiveWires can’t come, another is stepping up and arriving tomorrow with LiveWires 2 and 3. Hooray!
I found these words today and love them – (Found on Facebook and hope it’s okay to put on here.)
Thank you Anita Krizzan
Today’s Harvest
Beans, fine beans and tomatoes from the allotment.
Foraged blackberries on a meringue nest with creme fraiche.
Lasagne, Love-in-a Mist and Clematis
I’ve made a Chicken and Sweetcorn Lasagne and frozen it away in portions for using in the Autumn when the lovely Mr S will be out of action having his second new knee.
I love the Love-in-a-Mist flowers, so delicate and pretty, colours ranging through rich blue to this pale pink and white.
This late flowering Clematis is particularly lovely from underneath.
