This beautiful little thing was made for us some years ago by LiveWire no 4 and we love it.
One of my birthday presents was a beautiful book, “Blowin’ in the Wind”, an illustrated version of the Bob Dylan song. There is also a cd of his original recording. 
The water colour paintings by Jon J Muth are very lovely, with a paper aeroplane motif representing the thought that is blowin’ in the wind. 
In the dining room at Hearts Together is this delightful piece made by a local Scout group.
The place names on our ride home always amuse me. Forgive the quality of the shots, all taken from a moving car!
This morning there were deer in the grounds of the Hearts Together hospital hotel, such a delight to see.
I have walked miles around the huge complex that is Derriford Hospital. Some of the corridors seem longer than two football pitches! I easily hit my step target of 5000 steps and more. The longest corridor has prettily painted windows. 
At the entrance to the Maternity Wards was this beautiful sculpture.
We are home after an extra day in the hospital. It was a very tiring day so no blog last night, sorry. My lovely Mr S is doing okay, op went well and he’s not too uncomfortable. Thank you for all the good wishes and healing vibes sent through the ether. They worked!
Such a busy day at Roots, school holidays means lots of youngsters all doing their bit. More onions harvested today too.
The post brought a package, two beautiful crochet butterflies made for me by a wonderful blog follower in my favourite Suffragette colours, purple, white and green. Thank you so much, J. 
I’ve posted Lemm Sissay’s poetry before and when I saw this lovely mural on Fb had to share it. I don’t know the artist or the photographer to credit. Please help if you can. 
My brother and SIL are visiting from America and are staying this week in St Ives so we went over to have a lovely day with them.
On one of our walks around we found two amazing murals. 
The mesembryanthemums (One of our Mum’s favourite flowers) were enjoying the warm and bright sunshine. 
From this point onwards the sun shone!
Most of our journeys from Montecatini Terme were by train, this one was a coach trip to the “City of the Beautiful Towers’ and it was very beautiful.We visited the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the duomo, and were blown away by the lovely frescoes, the painted ceilings, the stained glass. The views from the hill top town were lovely too. We also visited a delightful museum and had dinner at a vineyard – more of that another day.
Driving to and from Community Roots today was a joy as the lanes are lined with golden daffodils. The photo was taken from a moving car hence the smudge. I wasn’t driving 🙂 .
We went to get bread from our favourite bread shop today and this delightful work by Cosmic was on the shop window replacing the Father Christmas who was represented a couple of months ago.
I was asked today if I had ever climbed out of a window to do something illicit. That question prompted a lovely memory.
Late one summer term, I had a pupil climb IN through the window as he had been told he would be in my English class the next year and he wanted to see what he was in for!
Our room in the Sugar Magnolia B&B was called the Aviary. The ceiling had very lovely birds painted on it.
And, around this delightful neighbourhood………
I’d read about the numerous beautiful murals in Gallup, commissioned in the early 2000s, and after a Mexican lunch in Jerry’s,
we walked about in the crazy heat to find some of them. Here they are:
The Long Walk Home by Richard K Yazzie
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Ceremonial Mural by Irving Bahe depicting the unity and life that inter-tribal ceremonial brings
Native American Trading by Chester Khan showing the nature of commerce in Gallup throughout history
Multi-Cultural Women by Erica Rae Sykes, a tribute to the women who have continued the cultural traditions of every day life.
And the bins!
We went to the most glorious exhibition in Falmouth Art Gallery this morning, The Legend of King Arthur, a Pre-Raphaelite Love Story where there were over 60 iconic works of art, some we knew and some new to us – all stunning! If you are in Cornwall, don’t miss this – it’s on until 30th September. 
Enjoy these snippets, permission given to use these photos.
On the way back to the car, we loved the cat on the moored rowing boat.
Love the cat here
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