It’s the Autumn Equinox today and I have kindly been given permission to use this beautifully golden leafed photograph taken by Kris Meaden in Penlee Park in Penzance.
We still have a couple of baby brassicas in the poly tunnel at the allotment and today we had a little visitor. Do any of you lovely readers know what it is? I left it alone so I’m hoping its favourite food isn’t young Kale!
While at the allotment, the sky showed us this delight full trail pattern.
As our local children start the new school year, our local knitter has produced another lovely post box topper in honour of Rick, our crossing man who sees children and adults alike safely over the road. 
We loved how this piece of street furniture has been made special with the brass cut-out of Truro Cathedral on the sides.
There are still lots of Cosmos and Dahlias flowering at the allotment so we picked a bunch to enjoy at home.
I pulled our first leeks from the allotment for tea tonight and they are delicious, steamed and some put into a white sauce. The others I will put into a soup tomorrow.
Our Sweet peas are all over. These are the very last few flowers brought in to enjoy.
We took a Heligan Pineapple Cake out of the freezer today, ready for a picnic tomorrow.
We’ve tied up our onion harvest and plaited the shallots, all grown at our allotment – they should last us almost a year.
A friend sent this poem along and I love it. I just wish I could take the advice. 
I love the following poem by Brian Bilston who has very kindly given me permission to share it with you. I love how, in the humour, he always manages to raise the political and to make clear his feelings. Thank you, Brian. 
The following photos are of international cats – one who lives in Arizona and one who lives at the allotment here in Redruth.
Thanks, P, beautiful photo.
I have spent much of the afternoon in the shade of the arbour, reading. When I looked up, this was my view, Sweet Peas and Sweet Corn in the raised beds against a backdrop of a cerulean sky The tassels on the corn are turning brown so we should be able to harvest them quite soon.
When it was a little cooler, we went down to the allotment to water the cucumbers, courgettes and squash. While the lovely Mr S was doing that I was taking photos of bees on a neighbour’s very dark bronze sunflowers.
Another colourful planting from the Eco Park for you.
The bees were very busy on the sunflowers at the allotment.
We have other flowers among the beans at the allotment for the pollinator creatures too.
I love how someone has been painting and planting boots at the Eco Park.
We’ve harvested all the broad beans, some runner beans and some fine green beans and also some more courgettes and a marvellous cucumber.
I made Broad Bean Hummus for our lunch.
It’s August 1st and here is this month’s Happiness calendar, Altruistic August.
Friends came round this afternoon for tea in the garden and what a joy it was to entertain again after such a long time. Both couples brought a garden posy for us and I put them all together to make a delightful colourful bunch.
As you, Dear Readers, know, we have lots of courgettes in the allotment. For this afternoon I made Courgette and Cheese Soda bread which we had sliced and buttered. followed by Chocolate Courgette Cake which was scrummy!
On our walk into town today we were amused to see how the door frame has been so carefully shaped to fit the old stone wall.
In the vintage store, Daisy Rain Vintage, where all sorts of treasures can be found, was this old mincer, enamelled and really rather lovely. The one we had at home was just a grey metal and I remember well making mince using it. Any readers remember same? 
The bees love our sunflowers on the allotment where I harvested enough beans for dinner, another courgette and a cucumber and all the shallots which I will plait up for storage tomorrow. 
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