Yesterday, friends at choir said they had eggs if we would like them. Fresh eggs? Of course! I had no idea they were so beautiful until I opened the box to put them on the egg rack. The paler ones are the loveliest pale blue that isn’t showing too well..
Regular readers will know how I love the knitted post box toppers that turn up on Facebook from time to time. This time, one turned up on our road! It has been made by Jessica and is an absolute delight – Cup Cake Tea.
We spent a very happy hour with the Mac technician in Truro who solved all the problems with our laptop and all with patience and good humour. So now, here is the sunset photo I wanted to show you yesterday. It’s a bit fuzzy, taken through the window, but you get the very dramatic fieriness.
Today the sky was blue and walking around Truro again after many months, was a joy. Here are the spires of the Cathedral.
There was a delightful window display in one of my favourite shops –
Knitters and crocheters around Britain make post box toppers to mark all sorts of occasions. I really love this one photographed in Cornwall (not by me) showing the care of Cornwall for Ukraine. .
A new word came my way. I think it’s very descriptive, a word that is ‘ripe for revival!’.
I am enchanted by the thought that each of us is 93% stardust!.
The curtain may not be conventionally beautiful but it represents hours of work, learning from Youtube, various frustrations and ultimately, satisfaction. I’ve made clothes since I was 14. I’ve been making curtains since I was 21 and furnishing our first flat but I have never made a box lined door curtain from velvet before and it was certainly a challenge. It now hangs from the rising portiere curtain rod that the lovely Mr S fitted last week in our sitting room and now, hopefully, Â we will be protected from the draughts.
I’ve made some more Eccles cakes, much loved by the aforementioned Mr S.
I have just finished reading the  most magical novel, utterly entrancing and one which will be in my mind for some time.
There are daffodils alongside the roadside all over the place in Cornwall now  but it is hard to catch a photo from a moving car so here are some we bought from the local greengrocer.
I just love this shawl. What a clever crocheter!
Here is the singing I promised nearly a week ago . I hope you enjoy it.
You’ll know my glass angels are  in a pop-up gallery at the moment. Here is another section of the exhibition. I love these two pieces.
Made by Ann Butland
Yesterday we went to another exhibition, The Village.
My choir leader, Claire Ingleheart composed the music and put together the sounds – Â bird song, voices and music. There were short films, photographs and small sculptures and the whole effect was very moving and a reminder of the bleakness and the anxiety of the lockdowns. This was balanced by the positivity of some of the contributors, including one of our own LiveWires. It was delightful to hear her voice around us as we examined the exhibits.
By Trish O’Shea
We were so busy yesterday that I didn’t have time to make my usual Coffee Cake for today’s Redruth Market so this morning, I made a dozen Coffee Cupcakes. I was in such a hurry to get them to the market that I forgot to take a photo. Believe me when I say they  were very beautiful with piped coffee cream. These are the roughly iced ones I kept for us!
Our Patty Pan squash on the allotment are prolific (or profilic as we used to say in our family) and today I have made a scrumptious batch of soup, Creamy Summer Squash Soup and have three  pints to freeze along with just one pint of Runner Bean Soup. (Sadly, our beans are not very prolific this year.)
We had stir fried garlicky Tree Spinach with dinner tonight. Delicious!
Chenopodium giganteum wilting in the garlic butter
