It’s been a beautiful sunny day and here is the lane I walk down to the allotment, full of sunshine and scents, blossoms and bird song- a sensory delight.
Category Archives: Redruth
A Lane, Blossom and Birdsong
Graffiti, Bus and A Bluebell
On my walk down the lane into town this morning I spotted some happy graffitti.
We enjoy seeing buses with the different slogans on the back. This one with the reference to tin mining was pleasing. Stamps were used for crushing the rock to make it easier to work with and to transport. 
We have a single, self-set Bluebell in the drive that we have to be careful not to drive over or to tread on. 
Planter, Camellia and Fish’n’Chips
Our Three Wise Monkeys planter is full of Tete a Tete and the Muscari are almost ready to join them. 
Next door’s Camellia was caught in the evening sunshine today.
We worked in the garden in sunshine all morning and then, in the allotment, still weeding, this afternoon. We are getting the ground ready and hope to be planting before too long as the soil warms up. We were both shattered by the time we came home so ordered Fish’n’chips from the best ever chippie, Greg and Lou’s in Redruth.
Front Door, Town Clock and A Party
We have the Christmas wreath on the front door.
We were late walking today ( I am spending every minute finishing off the embroidery wall panels for two of the LiveWires – forgive me for not coming to visit your blogs) and it was lovely to see the Town Clock from the park and to see the angel lights going up Fore Street through the bare winter trees.
Tonight was the Christmas party of one of my choirs, The Ingleheart Singers, all on zoom but fun nevertheless. It was good to see so many happy faces after all this time of not singing together.
The Ingleheart Singers.
Squirrel, Earrings and Redruth Wassail
Our squirrel came to investigate his feeder for the first time this morning (photo taken through the window on a very long zoom). We have since propped it open a little to help him as he didn’t manage to get any peanuts this morning.
I found some delightful Angel earrings today for our choir zoom parties next week. 
It was such an unexpected joy to come across the Redruth Wassailers singing The Redruth Wassail in the market this morning. Here is a snippet for you.
Street Art, Another Stone and Lemon Curd
We came home from town a different way today after the market and spotted a piece of street art that we haven’t noticed before. It made us both laugh.
Along Lovers’ Lane was this lovely coloured stone.
We’ve made Lemon Curd today as the lovely Mr S had a sudden yen for some on toast! You can find the recipe here.
In baby Kilner jars and a half jar to eat right away!
Clock Tower, Rock and Jelly Babies
The lights are on in town. Here is our clock tower with its star.
Another rock from the wall we pass on our walk home.
Regular readers will know of my fondness for Jelly Babies, a rare and much appreciated treat! I learned this weekend that Grace Dent, a radio and print journalist and food critic whose work I admire, has developed a love of Jelly Babies during Lockdown.
Web, Mask and Hydrangea
A damp morning gave us webs, a walk through town showed another lamp-post mask and the walk home, a Hydrangea flower that’d been dropped and now looks beautiful in a piece of Mum’s green glass.
Moss, Beets and A Leaf
The moss on the lane into town is greener than ever.
We love our greengrocers and loved the colours of these beets.
Gorgeous Autumn coloured leaves on the way home too. 
New Shoots, Playing Place and More Fungi
I was weeding the wild garlic from our front garden this morning when I was surprised and delighted to see some Daffodil shoots, hope for a bright Spring right there in front of me and then, I found three more!
My walk today took me past our Plain an Gwarry, a small amphitheatre, used for small productions in better times. The name derives from Cornish plen an gwari (meaning “playing place”), an open-air performance area used historically for entertainment and instruction.
A lovely friend sends photos of her walks each day and today found this amazing toadstool, which another of our friends says is a Parasol Mushroom. J described it as being, ” Beautiful! Massive toadstool! Looked almost carved out of wood!” I would love to find a perfect specimen like this one.
Parasol Mushroom, thanks J for permission to use your photo.
Simon Reeve’s programme about Cornwall was on last night. It is brilliant. In his own inimitable style, it shows the Duchy, beauty and warts and all and is a very important programme that should be seen widely. I hope you can get it through the red link.
