Our walk along Cliff Road in Falmouth was a chilly one in cool winter sun.
Category Archives: Gyllyngvase
Winter Sun – Three Views
Roses, Sails and A Lane
We were mired in mist and murk again today and the droplets on the roses looked like tiny jewels.
Driving to Falmouth this morning, we came out of the mist and into a bright day and later the sun suddenly shone through the sails at Gyllyngvase Beach today, so lovely.
There was sunlight later on our way home slanting through the trees.
Another Walk by the Sea
Our walk today took us from Gylly Beach to Swanpool and we were delighted to see some wild flowers still bravely putting out their flowers and lots of berries and seeds. There was quite a lot of activity on the beach and the water, even swimmers!
Seeds of Old Man’s Beard
Ragged Robin
Honesty
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Furry caterpillar
Tall ship on the horizon
Blackberries by the sea
Paddleboarding
We wondered what this stone was telling us.
We went to find the plant we saw the other day where I showed only the beautiful seed pods. Here are the leaves in case they help with the identification.
A Walk by the Sea
Join us for this Autumn walk in the sunshine overlooking Gyllyngvase Bay……..
Very happy to have help with identification of any of these.
Beach Birthday Party for Ti, 100 Years Old Today
Our Dear Friend Ti has been celebrating her 100th birthday today! She wanted a picnic party with a Cornish Cream tea on a local beach with friends and family and for it to be a demonstration about the climate emergency. She says that if Greta Thunberg can speak up for the young people, she can speak up for older generations. What a star she is!
Being interviewed by the BBC
You can see the BBC report here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-48160696?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR02RTrnfVaSHYtzyELHskbcQ8PGDQ9H91md6MKQyRIJYSjdBntQJE2i0qU
My choir, The Suitcase Singers, all came to Gylly Beach as a surprise to sing for her, starting with ‘You Are My Sunshine’ and ending with a new song, ‘Voice of Change’ written by Claire Ingleheart, our choir leader, and Jamie Locke, about the Climate Emergency. I will try to get you a recording. It went down well.
Her birthday cake was made for her by a very talented young lady, S, one of Claire’s daughters.
Wow!
We are going to plant an apple tree that will be in flower every year on Ti’s birthday.
Apple tree, Discovery, waiting to be planted
Happy Birthday, Ti! xx
And, just in from Cornwall Live https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/cornwalls-oldest-climate-protester-celebrates-2834352?fbclid=IwAR3VgU0OmMsTmkXtZiSPtSiclUXLkdsvBn0wLxkEQpZy0cfkfUyG1cYHZMM
Alignment, Bubble and Gylly Beach
Early this morning, I went to look out of the back window to check if there was still some snow for LiveWire 4 to play with and had the most beautiful surprise of the Crescent Moon with Venus and Jupiter. I had been up early on January 31st to see the special sight but there was too much cloud cover. This morning was utter magic!
Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter
As the sky was lightening
There was still snow on the ground this morning so we went out to blow bubbles to see if we could make them freeze as we have seen on social media. Things were beginning to thaw so that didn’t work but one of the bubbles caught in the Cedrus Atlantica Glauca and stayed long enough for me to take the photo.
Bubble in the snow
It was still bitterly cold this afternoon though the snow was long gone (It doesn’t hang around long in Cornwall!) and we went to Gyllyngvase beach for a quick walk and a hot chocolate in the cafe.
I’m going down to the sea!
What can I do with this?
Oh my!
Lone Yacht, Charles Dickens and Knitting
Walking today in another bitter and quite strong wind, we saw just one sailing boat in a beautifully coloured sea.
Lone yacht
It has been one of those March days so well described by Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens
Knitting is receiving a very good press, research showing how it helps to calm the knitter!
Beautiful piece by Unknown – if anyone can help, I would love to give credit
First Ice-Cream, Dedication and Sally-Boots
We went for a ‘Mother’s Day’ lunch today at The Gylly on the beach and it was delicious and much quieter than yesterday would have been. We also had our first scrumptious ice-creams of the season!
Roskilly’s Toffee Crunch ice-cream
Afterwards we did a short coastal walk to Swanpool and noticed for the first time the following lovely dedication on a bench.
When we miss you….
Last night I finished of a pair of Sally-boots for a baby expected any day now by one of my ex-pupils with whom I have stayed in touch. They are ready to post as soon as word comes through.
Sally-boots
P.S. LiveWire 3, whose 7th birthday it is today, loves her sewing box and all the bits therein! 🙂
Golden Dawn, Snowdrops and Winter Beach
We can feel the Spring arriving! There was a beautiful golden dawn this morning and tonight, at 5pm, I drove to choir in day light for the first time for many weeks.
Dawn from the back bedroom
We have Snowdrops in our garden.
Snowdrops
Our walk today was along Cliff Road, by Gylly Beach and through the park. It was 10C and the wind had dropped.
From Gylly Beach across to St Anthony Head Lighthouse
Gyllyngvase on Sunday afternoon
There was a brisk North wind today so we chose the South coast for our walk and it was remarkably peaceful.
Towards Pendennis Castle
Newly painted bench along Cliff Road
Out to sea, the view from the bench
Seed heads
Towards Gylly Beach
Long shadows
