Yesterday while leaving Kerdroya, my attention was caught by a web that had raindrops glistening all over it and regular readers will know how I love raindrops .
A closer look revealed the hole and then…
….. the spider!
Neither of us have ever seen anything like this.Perhaps there is a reader out there who can tell us more.
We’ve been wanting to visit Kerdroya, the Cornish labyrinth, since it opened last November and today we made it. What a marvellous idea and being so beautifully executed. Do click on the link here as the whole project is explained and you could even be involved as each yard can be bought with a Hedge Pledge and then you can have a plaque put on the bit of wall that you have sponsored.
At the entrance
Every few yards a different style of Cornish hedging is used and with different stones – it’s fascinating to walk around and there are still large sections to be built. Read here about how many people have been involved so far.
Walk Kerdroya’s winding path and you’ll see all the Hedge Pledge marker discs with their personal messages standing proud. You too can sponsor a yard of Kerdroya’s labyrinth and leave your legacy in Cornwall. Each Hedge Pledge includes a personalised marker disc, set in stone within the labyrinth. Here are some of them that caught my eye.
And when you reach the centre:
It’s a truly beautiful experience to stroll around with nothing but bird song and butterflies accompanying you. What a vision Will Coleman had and what a legacy to leave for centuries to come!
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
~Arundhati Roy, ‘The Cost of Living’
Once a month we have breakfast with dear friends, this time, on a beautiful morning, we were in Mylor by the harbour full of yachts.
On the drive home and on the way to Truro, we passed the duck bridge. No-one knows who put all the little plastic ducks on the bridge.
Taken from the moving car!
For the last few weeks there has been an online auction run by Truro Museum and Art Gallery. They have been raising money to run their Monday Museum Club. We saw the exhibition of the postcard sized art and I posted about it here.
The auction ended last Friday and we won two of the three pieces of art that we had fallen for. Here is Nurdle Seedheads by Michelle Costello of https://smartielidsonthebeach.co.uk
Our Broad Bean crop is looking promising
Our allotment neighbour has a lovely Lavender border., loved by the bees.
This is a self sown Poppy and it is glorious.
The sweet peas on the trellis outside the kitchen window are beginning to flower. The geranium is the best its ever been. 
We’ve been to see Twelfth Night this evening and laughed all evening. What a terrific interpretation of the play and just five actors playing all the roles! Miracle Theatre are touring Cornwall so if you are a local reader, do try to catch it, all outdoor performances and utterly delightful.
The set
Our dear friend for whom I made the cake on Tuesday, celebrated her actual birthday this evening with a trip to the show and a fabulous chocolate cake made by her lovely husband. 
Yesterday I made a birthday cake for a very special friend to celebrate the day today at Roots.
Candles just lit in the small shed at Community Roots
I love this combination of colours growing on the bund at Roots.
A friend shared this poster today having seen it on the front door of one of her friends. Oh, don’t we all long for peace? And that phrase reminds me of Peggy Seeger’s brilliant song of the same words.
The raspberry plants at the allotment are overflowing with fruit and I knew we hadn’t used all the raspberries from last summer/autumn that I had put in the freezer so I made Raspberry Jam, the perfect jam for inside a Victoria sponge cake. We also had a pile of fresh raspberries in a meringue case with some crème fraiche for dessert tonight!
At singing this afternoon, one of the basses was wearing a t-shirt with an excellent slogan.
Our new song is by Chumbawamba, Sing About Love, and I love the words, especially the last verse.
What a fabulous evening we have had at the Lost Gardens of Heligan’s festival, Homecoming. Tonight was the last night and the highlight was an Evening with Dawn French and Sue Hill. First there was a delicious supper in the marquee, lively traditional Cornish music from Dalla Duo and then the hilarious and at times very moving conversation between our lovely neighbour, sculptor and theatre maker, Sue Hill and the comedy actor and writer Dawn French. We all loved it! Enjoy the gallery.
Dalla Duo
Dawn French and Sue Hill
Having spent three delightful days with LiveWires 2 and 3, their Mum and the gorgeous Maine Coon family, we are now back home in Cornwall. I love the five hour train journey – time to read, knit and watch the countryside whizz by. We were on the sea side on this journey so here are a few photos from today.
I woke very early this morning and caught the beautiful colours of the Solstice sunrise. Happy Solstice to you all.
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