After a delicious breakfast with lovely friends at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan, we had a brief walk on the beach, wary of the looming black clouds which dropped a downpour ten minutes later just as we arrived home.
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Breakfast and the Sea
A Walk on the Cliffs
It was a beautiful September morning and we decided to ignore all jobs and go for a stroll along the cliff tops below St Agnes Beacon. It was the right decision, both bracing and unwinding.
Turned off the road and into a National Trust Lane towards the cliff top
Gorse and the sea
Wheal Coates and the paths
Low tide and miles and miles of golden sand. You might spot a few people on the beach.
Moon, Moussaka and Sunset
Last night was the full Harvest Moon.
I made a big moussaka today and will freeze it in portions for almost instant dinners on the nights I don’ t feel like cooking.
Another gloriously pink-becoming-orange-becoming-fiery sunset and all within moments.
Lovers’ Lane, A Feather and Sunset
It was a beautiful afternoon and after lunch with a very good friend, in the sun at The Buttermarket in Redruth, I walked home along the lanes listening to bird song and noticing all the lovely things on the way.
Lovers’ Lane
Pink flowers, bright green leaves
Dark red leaves
Happy landing for the feather
Tonight’s sunset
Posy, View and A Poem
I visited a friend this afternoon and took a small posy of the last of our sweet-peas. They smelled gorgeous.
The view from W.s flat in Falmouth is absolutely wonderful, an ever-changing seascape and cloudscape.
Today is the Autumn equinox and the official start of Autumn. The air certainly had that feel both early morning and this evening with some lovely warm sunshine in the middle.
Kim has given me permission to share his poems before but hasn’t seen my message today. I’m hoping permission will be on its way because posting his poem tomorrow won’t be the same…
P.S. I was, very kindly, given permission! Thanks, Kim.
Throwing and A Walk
One of my birthday presents from our ‘kids’ last year was an Adventure Fund. I’ve been trying for 9 months to think of an adventure. The suggestions were – Air balloon? Zip lining? Safari? Watch big bears? Fly in a float plane? Go whale watching?
However, we’ve been lucky enough to do all those over our years together so I decided to go for pottery classes to learn to throw and my first class was last Saturday afternoon. (I checked with the consultant that it would be okay) It was a brilliant afternoon and it was very good to have to concentrate so hard on something new and not be able to think of anything bothersome. Here are my first two pots which we will learn to trim next week and later how to decorate.
However, we’ve been lucky enough to do all those over our years together so I decided to go for pottery classes to learn to throw and my first class was last Saturday afternoon. (I checked with the consultant that it would be okay) It was a brilliant afternoon and it was very good to have to concentrate so hard on something new and not be able to think of anything bothersome. Here are my first two pots which we will learn to trim next week and later how to decorate.
It has been the loveliest September day today so to continue the theme of being calm and not thinking too hard, we had a stroll around the gardens at Trelissick.
Six on Saturday
In fact it’s only five today. I mentioned that I’d done some planting a few days ago – the trough is a delight , the front door pot, a disaster!
I grow edibles in the trough that is under the kitchen window. There are chives, rosemary and nasturtiums and I have recently taken out the courgette plants which did not like the situation and gave us one courgette each all summer.. Now we can look out of the window onto a bright and cheery splash of pansy colour. 
I was late getting the Wallflower plants and got the last ones at the garden centre. Very few of them look viable but I am hoping some of them may recover……..
The Clematis Montana is still giving us blooms, a few every few days, despite the coolth and the wind. Strangely, the blooms are a much deeper pink than they were last Spring. 
The geranium, Johnson’s Blue, is also having a second flush, lots of new green growth as well as a profusion of flowers. 
There are brown autumn leaves everywhere and we loved this one, caught on an invisible thread, dancing in the breeze. (Video taken from indoors through the window.)
Jim, over at Garden Ruminations, hosts  Six on Saturday Pop over and in the comments, you’ll find so many delightful posts from keen gardeners all over the world.
Just want to say thank you to all you lovely readers who were concerned for my well being and sent love and best wishes. I’m okay and recovering from the upset of the last three days. I’ve had a wonderful afternoon today learning how to throw on a potter’s wheel. More tomorrow.
Relief, Ceramic Mural and Uniform
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!
Community Roots Today
The birthday, for which I made the special cake yesterday, was celebrated in style! Here we have just finished singing Happy Birthday to Matty, one of the directors of the project. He loved the cake and said the lemon drizzle on top ‘shone like diamonds in the sunshine.’
We also had a special and very delicious lunch made by one of the volunteers, Lemon Chickpea Soup, using a recipe from rainbowplantlife.com
We’ve had a new bright and lovely mural painted near the entrance, artist Omi O’Connell. 
Robin, Leaves and Cake
At the local plant nursery today there was a very friendly robin.
I loved the colour of these leaves but didn’t take note of what the plant was. 
I’ve made a special cake for Community Roots tomorrow as a birthday is being celebrated.
Lemon Victoria Sponge with a Lemon Drizzle Topping
