It has been so lovely having our daughters with us one by one to help. It was such a beautiful day today that we encouraged Daughter no 3 to go fo a cliff walk and she sent us back these photos of the glorious North coast between Porthtowan and Chapelporth.
Wheal Coates
View from the beach
We saw these beautiful Agapanthus flowers as we left the hospital on Saturday.
A friend and I popped down to Porthtowan after working at Community Roots this morning and were very impressed by the fifteen wonderful protest boards which tell such a story. I took a few photos to show you detail and have the first photo from a friend of the whole length of them along the path to the beach. I’ll post them all in sequence at some point when my lovely Mr S and I can go down to the beach together.
Thanks John.
We met at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan for our weekly rehearsal as our regular room was unavailable this week too. The view from our room is just so lovely. 
We learned a really lovely new four part song today, “You and the Sea” by Katy Rose Bennett. There’s a short extract at the end and here are the lyrics, a beautiful poem:
I don’t know where I’m going
but I know just what I need –
A soft wind
the shelter of the forest, bird song,
you and the sea
It seems that I can’t upload the song but I have found it on YouTube!
The colours of the sea were just glorious when we went to the Blue Bar for brunch this morning. Walking on the beach afterwards we were in awe of a couple of swimmers enjoying the cold water and of the extremely well behaved dog who sat and watched for ages. It turned out that these two were friends from Roots and we had big wet hugs and lots of laughs together.
Loaded banana bread with vanilla mascarpone and fruit compote with crispy bacon – absolutely delicious!
Daisies
Buttercup
Blue sky and new leaves
After our regular rehearsal this afternoon we went down to the Blue Bar to entertain the punters with a ‘Shout’, a public singalong which was brilliant. This was the view from the terrace where we were singing.
The moon in the blue sky above us as we sang
The Ingleheart Singers met in the conference room at the Blue Bar again this week so we were singing with a view of the sea. We are so lucky! We sang March of the Women this afternoon to mark International Women’s day, to remember those who won the vote for women.
The altos
Porthtowan beach after singing
Our singing rehearsal was in Porthtowan today with a view of the crashing waves – wonderful.
We’ve finished our Shakespeare’s London jigsaw. It’s been good fun on the wet and windy days. 
We have a beautiful Almanac which has a recipe each month. Today I made the one for February, Oat and Blueberry Crumble Cake and it is delicious.
Primroses at the bottom of a wall
We met a singing friend in town today and were talking about the interesting stones that can be found at the beach, especially at Porthtowan. I was reminded of a photo I had seen sometime ago and determined to look it up and here it is – An Alphabet of Stones. I suspect a few may have been chalked but love the idea. We have found a few – an A, an X, an H and an O and are always on the lookout for more.
Thanks to the anonymous person who collected these.
Chopping veg for a stir-fry, I felt this rather beautiful mushroom needed a photo before it was sliced up.
At Porthtowan beach yesterday with our eldest daughter visiting for Mr S’s birthday
We have been back in Cornwall for 17 years and today celebrated a few days late by having lunch at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan, just about our favourite place!
View from the cafe
Reflection of the clouds in one of the tidal pools
I love watching the waves and listening to them crashing onto the beach.
There were some beautiful stones as we walked down to the edge of the water.
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