A beautiful bunch of Gladioli was brought to our door by a lovely friend who had just heard of my not being on top form. They certainly brightened my day.
Thank you A&P
In town this afternoon, just before this week’s pottery lesson, I spotted some very clever stitching in the shop window of Make A Mends.
Today we learned how to trim our pots, put our initials on the bottom and then practised throwing some more.
The last three days have been a whirlwind of appointments and tests and all is now well. It seems I have had a TIA, a minor stroke that has no lasting effect and is why I had to miss singing yesterday. The NHS have been wonderful from Specsavers on Wednesday afternoon, the GP on Thursday morning and the Consultant this afternoon. I can’t believe the speed with which I’ve been seen and looked after. It’s been a bit scary but I now have medication that should stop any recurrence. However I can’t drive for 28 days as ,despite meds, the next month is a bit iffy. My lovely Mr S is happy to drive me around and friends have offered lifts . All will be well.
On the wall in the hospital entrance is a remarkable piece of ceramic art, ‘Custom House Quay’ by Peter Wright.
For a treat afterwards we went to the bookshop where I found three books to buy and then to Fat Face where I found a sweatshirt which really ought to become the uniform for those of us who volunteer at Roots!
A precious bud indeed, the only one to survive the wild rain and wind.
It’s so pleasing to see the pollinators at our flowers..
We have a lovely pottery in town where there are pots to buy and lessons to be had, I’m tempted. 
I have two beautiful little porcelain boxes. They were given to my parents on their Ruby wedding anniversary by the man who was their Best Man and who became my Godfather, Maurice Oldfield. These little boxes became mine in due course and I love them.
In November last year I joined an online exercise class designed for women over 60 and I am loving it! Feeling stronger and fitter and far less arthritic pain. We have just graduated from using cans of beans as weights to little dumbbells weighing twice as much and mine arrived in the post today!
We have rain again today, a soft mizzle and I turned to my beautiful book , Ninety-Nine Words for Rain and this one describes today’s drizzly stuff. I just wish I knew how to say these lovely words. 
The other piece we bid for at the Truro Museum auction was this beautiful rendition of The Nearly Home Trees. These trees grow just inside Devon and the copse stands high on the horizon. As people return home to Cornwall, the trees tell us that we are ‘nearly home.’ We have a lovely fused glass version too – and lots of photos taken from our moving car! This piece is on terracotta and is most unusual and really lovely. It was made by Simon Hall
Taken at speed from the car
The low sun coming through the kitchen window at breakfast this morning, lit up one of my favourite mugs on the dresser and cast a very clear shadow.
I made another new cake for Roots’ volunteers, Apple and Almond cake. It turned out really well with one young volunteer saying it was the best cake he had ever eaten! I’ll make it again!
There were some beautiful raindrops as I walked about the farm this morning, collecting lavender for cuttings and loving everything I could see. 
About a month ago I showed you a planter with lovely ceramic flowers. We were there again yesterday and the planter is now full of golden daffodils and looking gorgeous.
We visited two of the many museums in Santa Fe and really wished we had had more time to visit more – next time maybe! Two were close to each other, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and the Museum of International Folk Art and the precinct between them was full of sculptures.
We first visited the Folk Museum, and exhibition of Mexico’s Day of the Dead memorabilia:
We absolutely loved the Museum of the American Indian, the words as much as the exhibits. Please click on any photo for greater detail.
And one more touching and very beautiful sculpture outside…….
We made a stopover at the Zuni Pueblo on our way to Santa Fe. Here’s a flavour of the brief stay.
Before we left we walked about to see the Old Zuni Mission and the Visitor Centre.
On September 6th, we went to the lovely old mining town of Jerome to visit our nephew, an artist in glass whose work I have shown you here before. It’s an interesting drive through the Oak Street Canyon, a switch back ride through forests. 
The switchback can be seen in four places in the photo.
We had a delightful visit with Mark and his artist girlfriend who are, together, the featured artists in a local gallery
The poster
As we went back up the Oak Street Canyon we stopped at the overlook where there was a craft market and I bought some beautiful locally made beaded earrings.
Aren’t these gorgeous?
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