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Bulbs, Cake and Today

I’ve put some hyacinth bulbs in the special glasses today, put them in a dark cupboard for the roots to develop and in about 6 weeks they should be ready to come out into daylight and then hopefully be in flower for Christmas, maybe New Year.

Tomorrow is Redruth’s International Mining and PastyFestival.

So I’ve made a coffee cake for the cake stall.

On this day, 9/11, people have been remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attack on the twin towers.
Here in Cornwall, hundreds of people attended a memorial service in Hayle this afternoon to remember Rick Rescorla, a Cornishman who died in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre.
“Today, twenty-five years after the attacks changed the world, the proud Cornishman from Hayle  continues to be remembered on both sides of the Atlantic.   Having already helped hundreds to escape, he bravely went back into one of the burning towers to look for missing staff members.
Last seen moving upwards as he sang songs from his beloved Cornwall, they echoed through the staircases as he urged workers to keep moving.”

 
 

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Silver, Mince Pies and Parmesan Stars

We discovered a beautiful little shop today, that has been in Hayle for many years! I’ll show you on Christmas Day what was bought there today.

This afternoon I have made many mince pies for our traditional visit from our neighbours tomorrow afternoon, after the BBC’s  Nine Lessons and Carols on Radio 4.

With the leftovers of pastry, I made lots of parmesan stars, so tasty and tiny that they are nearly all gone already!

 
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Posted by on December 23, 2024 in art, baking, Christmas, Hayle, Postaday 2024

 

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Shopping, Posters and A Formula

In August I showed you the lovely fish earrings that were my anniversary present. Last Tuesday I lost one. Today we had to go to Hayle again so stopped off at the lovely little shops in the Old Foundry Chapel in the hope of finding another pair. That shop was shut but I now know that the maker works from the shop and we can go back again. In the lobby area of the little precinct was a beautiful hanging which I later learned was made at the weekend at a workshop.

Our post office closed last year and was boarded up making us all sad. The poster people have been at it again, brightening the space and making statements.

I saw the following chemical formula the other day and it made me smile. Hope it does the same for you.

 

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