I met a good friend in town today and introduced her to Make A Mends where there was a beautiful handmade rag rug. We each bought something too.
We had a delicious focaccia lunch in the Buttermarket and loved the pansies on our table in the sun.
Tonight’s sunset, seen from the cliff tops at St Agnes, was glorious.
We’ve had a really glorious, sunny and very warm day so I went down to the lottie to water the flower seeds in my pollinator border. There was no-one else around and I revelled in the silence, broken only by the loveliest bird song. I wandered about appreciating all the other plots, seeing what’s coming up already and taking photos of the various flowers and of the remarkable red stems of the rainbow chard.
Knowing how I love the postbox toppers, a friend sent me a photo of a delightful one of a seagull stealing chips on Southend Pier. 
It was Trevithick Day yesterday and the celebrations went on in Camborne. In the village of Beacon near Camborne, a magnificent postbox topper was seen, celebrating Richard Trevithick, Cornish mechanical engineer and inventor who successfully harnessed high-pressure steam and constructed the world’s first steam locomotive, the “Puffing Devil”
Our cooker hood has been broken for a while and today our eldest daughter came for the day to help replec it. It’s looking very smart and now I have light to cook by!
I have shared poems by Billy Collins before. I love his work, have done since we went to a poetry reading by him last century! This one is for P to mark his birthday.
Today
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,so uplifted by a warm intermittent breezethat it made you want to throwopen all the windows in the houseand unlatch the door to the canary’s cage,indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,a day when the cool brick pathsand the garden bursting with peoniesseemed so etched in sunlightthat you felt like takinga hammer to the glass paperweighton the living room end table,releasing the inhabitantsfrom their snow-covered cottageso they could walk out,holding hands and squintinginto this larger dome of blue and white,well, today is just that kind of day.
You’ll have heard of the Wassail, the custom of visiting orchards in cider-producing regions of England and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest Today was the inaugural Blossail held in St Day, singing to the trees, now in blossom, in the newly planted Community Orchard. It was a truly lovely day with Maypole dancing, picnics in the orchard and of course, singing. Enjoy the gallery.
After breakfast with friends, we walked a little in Boscawen Park which borders the Truro River and I noticed a fish sculpture. It looks as if it might have come from a building at some point. I couldn’t see any info and would like to know what it signifies.
Walking through Truro later on, the rich honey scent of the Choisya was blown our way long before we came upon the blossom laden bush .
At the entrance to the Lemon Street Market was a pleasing mural of lemons.
In one of the polytunnels at Community Roots there are many self sown Tagetes growing beside self sown Borage, a beautiful colour combination. 
The story has it that St George killed a dragon.
We have a dragon at the end of the road and a little way down the A30, a sculpture of St George and the dragon.
Happy World Earth Day!
From Community Roots:
“World Earth Day is an interesting concept — perhaps every day could be a day to appreciate and care for our planet.
The theme for 2025, Our Power, Our Planet, encourages people across the world to come together behind renewable energy and work towards tripling the global generation of clean electricity by 2030.
At Community Roots, we’re reflecting on how we might interpret this theme in small, personal ways. What if we used our everyday decision-making power to prioritise the planet?
While the bigger picture can sometimes feel overwhelming, the choices we make individually — choices that are manageable and cost-effective — can still have a meaningful impact.
This might be considering how and where products are made, what materials are used, and whether something could be borrowed, swapped, or repaired instead of bought new.
In our gardens, it could mean letting plants go to seed, allowing lawns to grow a little longer, and thinking about birds and insects when managing green spaces — for example, waiting until late winter or autumn to trim hedges to protect nesting birds.”
Earth Day 2025 Sorry, I don’t know who to credit for this musical world image.
This picture came my way today and I love it too. May music make the world go round!.
We found our first Clematis flower today, Miss Batemen, I think, but the label has disappeared. 
I planted up my birthday present planter at the weekend and already there’s a Petunia bloom.
Over the wet weekend we almost finished our latest (borrowed) jigsaw, Marketplace in France, and completed it today. This one has been a lots of fun to do.
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