I loved this washing line outside the nursery that we passed on Thursday, Santa costumes and fairy outfits – just delightful.
We were in Falmouth last night for the funniest show of Christmas, Christmas. Time. by Near-Ta Theatre and the street lights were lovely.
We love our visits to our Dear friend Ti and sharing poems with her. This was one of the ones we all enjoyed today, by Mary Oliver.
Well, that was quite an evening! We were just into Hark the Herald Angels’ when the fire alarm went off and we all, 100s of us, had to leave the Cathedral and move into the cobbled square in front. But – we had a great time in the cold outside! Claire, our choir leader, took the crowd in her hands and we sang for them and with them while the firemen went in and did their thing! We loved that bit better than the whole!
The blue lights are the fire engine while we were singing with the crowd
Tree in the Cathedral
Walking home through a very quiet Truro.
Lights in Boscawen Street, Truro
More tomorrow, it’s very late. 🙂
Today marks the day my lovely Dad died in 2004. He spent his last seventeen days in the hospice and I spent every day with him. I find the beginning of December quite tricky and this year more than most, not sure why.
I’m remembering the long days full of such mixed feelings, the sadness and the reminiscing, the wonderful staff at the hospice, the way I was so well looked after as well as the amazing care for my Dad. We put up a favourite painting in his room, we took in his (now my) ‘Des Amis Silencieux” bookcase, filled with all his published books which gave every visitor a talking point.
Those who know me, know I wear vanilla perfume every day. One day, late in his stay as I bent over to kiss him good morning, he said how like ice-cream I smelt and he loved it as he loved a good Cornish ice-cream.
I’ve started decorating the tree this afternoon and love the Owl that was on the tree at home when I was growing up. 
Saw this today and loved it.
The Suitcase Singers sang our hearts out in Trelissick Gardens this afternoon with an enthusiastic audience up for joining in and having fun.
Afterwards we went into Trelissick House to see the gorgeous decorations, delightful Christmas trees, one at least in every room, and some quirky dancers. Click on any photo in the gallery for more detail.
Beautiful Christmas tree decoration from Poland
Yesterday was International Human Rights Day and a friend sent me the following poem which moved me to tears.
Summer (’16)
BY RACHEL TZVIA BACKThe cyclamens have a hard time
breathing in July.The sun ravages them and earth
is too dry.Still, try remembering March light
and the tightdeep-buried bulbs that somehow
do not die.2
The children are scattered
like weeds.The children are scattered dust-colored
dirt-coveredlike weeds. Mid-summer grey reigns,
and rainexists not even in memory, here where children
dressed allin debris peer out from under slabs of
jagged stones,bombed homes, mountains or ruined
thronesthey may have climbed, small kings and
queensof imagined realms, smoothest pebbles
in small palms theircaressed totems and favorite songs as they
would have climbedhere where now they half-buried lie, small bodies
crushed by pitched-blackweight, there they wait, to be pulled out from
under the remainsof broken town, mangled concrete, piled-up stones,
bones, dust clouds andshrouds, on the children who are
scattered nowacross the whole countryside
like weeds.3
At the edge of another summer.
At the edge of a fallow field.
At the edge of day.Waiting
For last light of dusk
To call all the children
Home.A Note from the Editor
Today is International Human Rights Day.
It was fun to hear this band while shopping this morning.
This afternoon I raided the garden for greenery and made our Christmas wreath for the front door. 
While in town, I took my favourite cashmere cardigan into Make-A-Mends to see if they could do anything about the holes in the elbows. I love this rich blue and beautifully warm cardigan and didn’t want to lose it. Within 3 hours rather than several days, I had a message to go and collect it and I LOVE it! Mend and save! My cardigan now has extra added value and extra lovely colour.
Thank you Sarah of Make-A-Mends, fabulous job!
Thank you Sara of Make-A-Mends, fabulous job!
Such a beautiful sky as we drew back the curtains….
It was a wild wind so we thought the waves might be big and fun to watch in the harbour in Portreath and they were. 
We have a new postbox topper in our street and it is delightful.
We’ve just got back from another delicious pizza night at our local best place ever!
We had a lovely breakfast with good friends this morning and then went shopping in Truro. In the Apple shop there was a delightful grow box with mint thriving.
The Christmas market on Lemon Quay has been upgraded with some delightful wooden huts rather than the white tents that have been used for years. It had a really lovely continental market feel to it and will be even better as dark falls. 
Regular readers will know how I love angels. I have bought many over the years on all our holidays. This one we bought in September in Santa Fe. She’s a little bell and is gorgeous!
The lovely Mr S has put up the outdoor Christmas tree of lights. I love it.. 
Yesterday my choir, The Ingleheart Singers, sang Christmas Carols to entertain the visitors to the Eco Park Christmas Market. We thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon despite the rain and today, our leader sent us the following photo and some wonderful comments that have pleased us all.
I was there but I’m behind our esteemed leader!
I’m working hard to get my last few angels finished. I’m incorporating more of the sea glass I have been given. Here are the last few in various stages of being done.
Thanks to Judith for the sea glass xx
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