We woke to a sprinkling of snow this morning and then came more and more – very pretty of course but tricky journeys for many. It took me twice as long as usual to get to Penryn for singing.
Most of it was gone when I cam home three hours later but the yellow poppies and the Hesperantha had survived the onslaught.
We had a lovely walk in Trelissick gardens this afternoon. Click on any photo for a bigger version.
Colourful leaves in a muddy puddle
Just the best news came through today in a phone call as we were walking around – our 15 year old Granddaughter, LiveWire 1, has just received her visa so can come with the rest of the family to UK for Christmas and New Year!!
The full Beaver Moon was there high in the pink dawning sky as we drew back the curtains this morning and then again, this evening in the dark – just gorgeous.
It pleased me on our walk today to get the tower of St Euny Church with a lovely blue sky behind and birds on three of the finials.
It was good to see colour in the hedges too.
I love this flashmob with my choirs. There’s a need for joy and harmony right now. All the very best to all my Dear Readers.
This time last year we ‘cooked for Ukraine’ and today we remember our friends and their families. I cooked Borsch for friends using our dear friend, Danylo Shramenko‘s recipe. It was a shared meal – one couple making bread to go with the soup and the others making Biskvit, Ukrainian Apple Cake, It was a brilliant evening!
I was in town this afternoon for the Christmas Light Switch-on and to enjoy all the other festivities going on. First I was in The Ladder where there was a super craft market and various workshops, one of which being run by our lovely neighbour – transforming plain knitwear int o Christmas jumpers. Here she is with two of her fabulous creations.
There was a choir, there were lanterns, decorated hats and the switch-on, lighting up the trees and our Fore Street.
We have a new venue for our secondhand book shop, The Idler, right onto our main street and we wish it every success.
The sunlight on wet leaves in the front garden lit up so much through the front door that I thought the neighbours had put Christmas fairy lights in their trees already.
I bought a Christmas cake tin many years ago. This is the first time I’ve used it to make a cake for tomorrow’s extra market at the Redruth Switch On Christmas Lights Ceremony.
Happy Thanksgiving to all much-missed family and friends and many dear Readers in America! 
We usually do a Thanksgiving dinner and use family recipes to share the day with friends and family. This year, for various reasons, we have declined the big cook and instead given a nod to the flavours by getting delicious Turkey and Cranberry Sausages from our fabulous local butcher.
It’s been a jelly baby kind of day, had to miss singing so needed a treat!
Our weekly coffee date was in a new venue today and we liked their decorations, tiny felted birds on a large bare branch hanging from the ceiling. 
The golden colours of autumn lined the roads on my drive and were there outside the cafe too.
I chose Christmassy colours for today’s angel and am happy with the result.
Just washed and drying on kitchen paper
A lovely memory in this photo of me and my sister when we were in Seattle..
Today is the birthday of Danylo, one of our Ukrainian friends, who were with us last year. I made this angel with him in mind last year, in the colours of Ukraine and with the words ‘a walk on the beach by the sea’ as that is what he loved to do when staying with us.
Happy Birthday, Danylo
Not sure if I have posted this before. It is always pertinent.
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