I’ve passed on some of my Mum’s chimney collection to her Grandkids but I still have a few and we plant them up each spring for the summer as she did.
Our choir practice was by the beach at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan today so afterwards some of us walked down to the sea. What a tonic – to sing and then to see, hear, and smell the sea. We are so lucky to be living in Cornwall and so close to the coast.
Clouds
The sea at Porthtowan
Just have to say – we recorded the World Cup football match, England v Mexico, (KO 1am UK time) and got up early to watch it without hearing the news. It was a cracker of a game and sent us off on our day with smiles on our faces!
Penny
July 7, 2026 at 3:03 pm
I love the chimneys, my mum would have loved them too. She used to carry a large handbag & embarrass us kids by taking cuttings wherever she went!
mybeautfulthings
July 7, 2026 at 3:37 pm
My Mum did that too! She once even dug up some cyclamen from a graveyard! 🙂
nrhatch
July 7, 2026 at 11:09 am
The ever changing constancy
Of life beside the briny sea
Where water reaches out to sky
Never fails to satisfy
~ an excerpt of a poem I wrote 20+ years ago while living on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay
mybeautfulthings
July 7, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Oh, I do like that, so apt for the photo and the experience of living near the sea. Thank you for sharing that. 🙂
utesmile
July 7, 2026 at 6:38 am
I love htose chimneys with plants in it!