There is just one leaf left on the Amanagowa Cherry tree.
The roses we were given two weeks ago are still gorgeous!
We have Rocket and Lolo Blondi growing in the greenhouse.
Monthly Archives: November 2025
Amber, Yellow and Green
Mixing, Cake and Rain
I’ve been making a special cake today for the 40th birthday of a good friend’s daughter. This one had to be dairy free which gave me a few challenges but I think it has turned out well.
Cake batter
Fudge icing
Here it is!
I went out this evening, after a lovely blue sky and sunshine day, to see the turning on of Redruth’s Christmas lights and the lantern parade. The heavens opened and I got drenched to the skin in moments despite wearing a padded coat and I’m afraid I missed all the fun. What a disappointment for all the school children with their paper lanterns. I did take a couple of photos looking up the street and was interested in the effects that came, all with the camera on the same setting.
Cake, Krowji and Earrings
I baked a cake for the Christmas Lights Switch-on market and put white stars and gold spray on to make it Christmassy.
My choir had our first Christmas gig this evening at the opening night of Krowji Christmas Open Studios in Redruth. We were collecting for our charities, Penhaligon’s Friends and ShelterBox. There is some wonderful work in the studios. If you are local, it’s a brilliant place to find presents and lovely cards.
I gave my new Christmas tree earrings an outing.
Crocheted earrings
Raindrops, Rowers and A Shag
I took this shot from the balcony at the Zed Shed in Penryn where we rehearse on Thursdays and realised after taking the shot that I had the camera on the wrong setting – sunrise. I love the effect and have since noticed the spider’s web there too.
Despite the mist and murk, the gig rowers were out practising.
After singing there was a Shag on a buoy.
AND!
to all my readers across the pond!
Sunrise and Paintings
There was more colour in today’s sunrise….
A lovely day today with our eldest daughter who came to help us with a couple of jobs,one being to move our large piece by Tony Foster which has been on the landing since we bought it in 2021 and not properly seen. Now it’s in the hallway and can be really appreciated. Each of the little paintings is beautifully detailed and has a pencil description ..
Sky and A Game
I was up early (for me) this morning so hoped to see a lovely sunrise. It wasn’t a pretty one but it was dramatic and looks almost like a black and white shot.
I went back to Roots this morning just for an hour and helped to sort the veggie bags for tomorrow’s veg bag distribution. It was good to be welcomed back by everyone.
We have bought a game that we had thought might be fun for the LiveWires when they visit at New Year. We’ve played it and had great fun but think the elastic bands may prove to have other uses when the younger LiveWires start playing!
Doves of Peace
I was back at singing this afternoon! Joy! A friend at choir brought in some `Christmas cards to sell, made by his partner and they are really beautiful. I thought you might like to see his words on the back too.
This is one of four lovely designs.
20% of each card sold will go to ShelterBox
Scarf, Gloves and A Poem
I’ve made myself a beautiful scarf and matching fingerless gloves for singing at outdoor gigs over the winter months.
Fingerless so I can still turn pages if I need to.
I can’t remember where I found this poem but saved it to share sometime so here is is now. I especially love the last three lines. 
Hyacinths, Woodpecker and A Word
I put the hyacinth bulbs in water in our Victorian bulb glasses today. They are very late and are now in a dark cupboard but I don’t know if they will work, certainly not in time for Christmas but maybe in time for my birthday.
A Great Spotted Woodpecker visited us today. 
I love words as regular readers will know. This one, from the Middle Ages, is the past participle of forswinke which means “exhausted from physical exertion.” That’s been me for the last couple of weeks!
A Lane, A Name and The Bench
After going to the garden centre to buy hyacinth bulbs, we came home the long way round, going down the very narrow lane, Sunny Corner, where my Mum and Dad used to live in Cusgarne.
We went past their house, still named for the many chimney pots they had collected and which Mum used as planters. We have some now as do two of our daughters.
The bench we put in place to remember both of my parents is just a little further on. It pleased me greatly to see rings on the armrests where people on their walks have rested with their flasks. I especially wanted wide arm-rests for that very purpose. 
