Jude at Cornwall in Colours posted today that she’s following Dawn who is hosting her “Festival of Leaves” autumn challenge where she invites us to share our photos of the autumn (fall) season. I thought I would join in too. Of course, the colours of Fall in America are more dramatic than here but I love our Autumn. .
Lovers’ Lane, lots of green leaves still on the trees
Sunbeams on leaves
I missed choir this morning but my lovely choir friends were thinking of us, one with a photo of the Penryn River and one with a recording of The Suitcase Singers singing one of my favourite songs, Harbour by Anna Tabbush.
Thanks, J, for this photo
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1521449878548569. I hope this will work for you, it’s really beautiful.
Thank you S for this recording, very much appreciated.
At the end of September I posted a poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer that pleased me very much and one of my blogging friends, in her comments, told me that you can subscribe and get a poem every day in your inbox. Thank you unexpectedincommonhours. I did that and today came this most apt poem. As regular readers know the situation is one I have been in very recently.
On the Night Before Your Surgery
While one hand
brushes my teeth,
the other reaches
to your room far away
to cradle your heart
as you sleep.
I emailed the poet and she very kindly said I could post this special poem for you too. It really touched me.
Taken October 9th 2020
If any of my readers are in Florida, I hope you have gone somewhere safe. My heart goes out to you all.
I popped out to post a letter this afternoon and met our new neighbour, Toby. He is a beautiful, friendly little creature. I was given a treat to charm him and allowed to walk him, on his lead, the few yards to his home.
This morning there were deer in the grounds of the Hearts Together hospital hotel, such a delight to see.
I have walked miles around the huge complex that is Derriford Hospital. Some of the corridors seem longer than two football pitches! I easily hit my step target of 5000 steps and more. The longest corridor has prettily painted windows. 
At the entrance to the Maternity Wards was this beautiful sculpture.
We are home after an extra day in the hospital. It was a very tiring day so no blog last night, sorry. My lovely Mr S is doing okay, op went well and he’s not too uncomfortable. Thank you for all the good wishes and healing vibes sent through the ether. They worked!
Having left my lovely Mr S in the care of the surgeon, I took a walk in the woods just behind the Hearts Together hotel. Being in the trees and among the leaves is such a healing and peaceful thing to do when feeling under pressure.
I met the surgeon as I arrived at the ward and he said all has gone well.
On the nurses’ desk was a delightful knitted witch or maybe wizard or maybe it’s Harry Potter!
We had the best of breakfasts this morning at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan and spent several happy hours with our dear friends before having a stroll along the almost empty beach and then driving off to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Loaded banana bread with crispy bacon
Porthtowan Beach
View from our room at the Hearts Together Hospital Hotel ready for my lovely Mr S to have an operation on his spine tomorrow.
Before I went into singing today, I stood by the Penryn River for a while and watched the water and the sunlight upon it. 
The wind and rain have beaten down the dahlias but this one was saveable and here it is in all its glory. 
It’s National Poetry Day today and I have a poem for you. The theme of the day is Counting.
What counts?
Well, I do, almost every night between two and three
counting backwards from one hundred and
imagining each number in a different material
Rope numbers are thick and twisted,
embroidery silks are fine and gloriously coloured,
wool gets tangled and spider silk is almost too fine to see.
But what really counts
is love
and friendship
and care
and singing
and hugs
and freshly laid eggs.
I forgot to show you the wonderful colours of the Rainbow Chard growing at Roots yesterday.
We still have blooms in the garden. Here’s one of the Begonias.
This is Swanpool Beach where we have been today to collect bags of seaweed to put on the beds at the allotment. It has a remarkable beneficial effect, keeping the weeds down and feeding the soil over the winter months. We were pretty tired by the time we’d collected, tipped out and raked it out and I forgot to get a photo. Maybe tomorrow. .
I’ve also joined in the Action for Happiness Optimistic October Challenge. You could do so too if you wish https://afh.link/action/2024-october-01/anon
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