First thing this morning, just before we went in to sing with the Suitcase Singers, the sun, which we have been missing, was gloriously lighting up the low tide mud in the Penryn River.
Another postbox topper has been spotted in Truro and sent to me. I love the little pink nosed mole. I wish I knew who to credit for this charming work.
Thank you, M.
One of our street signs is looking much better this week than it did last week.
Heart shaped pot-hole
Tete a tete daffodils
There is a delightful post box topper just down the road of Father Christmas and another in Truro, sent to me by a dear friend. I am in awe of the amazingly detailed work here creating the sleigh, the parcels, the reindeer and of course, the Man himself. 
We have a new decoration, a frieze of doves, to represent peace in our home and our yearning for peace in the world. 
The craftivists have been busy near us – three beautifully detailed postbox toppers.
And the town’s welly dogs also have their poppies……..
With a white poppy added
I’m loving being able to make new salady dishes with food we have grown. This recipe was from BBC Good Food and is cucumber and fennel in a sour cream and vinegar sauce. It was delicious! Our evening meal of a locally made pie also had homegrown potato salad and homegrown leaves. Pud is another meringue filled with creme fraiche and homegrown tayberries and black currants from the garden.
I love that, despite everything going on, Ukrainians in Kyiv are having a book festival. Brilliant poster.
A lovely friend has sent me a photo of a delightful postbox topper near her in Truro.
Hello everybody! It’s LiveWire3, again, and today, we found lots of things. However, the first thing we did was visit Porthtowan to have some very filling brunch in the Blue bar. Granny got some delicious avocado toast. Most of us had avocado toast so the table was full of green!
Afterwards, we went for a short yet satisfying walk around the beach. We stood there for a bit looking at the waves as they splashed onto our smiley faces.
While we were walking back, we noticed clusters of snails lying contently on the leaves. Some of them carried sand with them which gave the bushes some texture. We also noticed that on the fence, there were signs about peaceful protests from history. There was a pop of purple, so we looked closer and it was about the suffragettes. My Great, Great, Great Grandmother was a suffragette so this was very special.
A few hours later, we decided to go to Community Roots to go and get a tour and as I was walking looking at the acre of vegetables, I found a four leafed clover! They are extremely rare and these clovers had a special white border and their leaves were much bigger than any other leaves I have seen!
Near what we thought was the end of the tour, one of the staff told us their was a market full of things people have made and small companies so we had an excuse to stay! The market was amazing, full of colourful and ‘beautful things’. We found an ice cream van with a twist! All the ice cream was plant based so my partly lactose intolerant soul told me to ‘Go and get some ice cream!’ So we did and found these crotchet ice creams hanging over us!
When we got back home we had to rest from a very successful day but then Granny had the idea to go for an evening allotment visit where we replanted some fennel we got gifted from Community roots. It looked very happy in its new home!
It seems that this white spider got lucky!
We’ve been to a fascinating talk this evening about “The Married Widows of Cornwall” in the 19th century, those women whose husbands went abroad taking their hard rock mining skills all over the world, how the women managed and how their lives evolved.
Taken with a flash this evening
In the village where the talk was happening is the horse sculpture that was made for Armistice Day and was covered then in crafted red and purple poppies. It was lovely to see it covered in spring flowers, also knitted and crocheted. Click on the red link to see the November horse.
On our way through Truro we pass a roundabout that has three huge hedgehogs on it and I noticed the other day that they are in hibernation mode. Nearby is a post box that always has interesting crocheted/knitted toppers. However, we are always in the car when we go by and photos are impossible. Happily, we have good friends who live nearby and M has taken the photos for me. Thank you very much, M!
Overnight rain left lots of raindrops on the Grape Hyacinths.
Our post box has a neat new topper for Christmas.
One of my dear singing friends who lives in a nearby village has sent me this beautiful, detailed and delightful topper from her postbox. What a lot of work goes into these pieces of art that are there for everyone passing by to enjoy. . 
We drove past a lovely Christmas train topper, like a gingerbread construction, in Truro yesterday but the photo is a bit blurry as we were moving.
Many craftivists have been busy making items to mark Armistice Day. Along our street there is a new post box topper.
In a nearby village, Carnon Downs, there is the most amazing display. It has, in the Main Street, purple poppies to mark the animals lost in war, traditional red poppies to mark the fallen soldiers and a few white ones.
We wear white poppies. They are to mark all those lost to war, past and ongoing, those who were fighting and the civilians caught up in war. Benjamin Zephaniah explains it beautifully.
In a garden nearby
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