Last night’s sunset was truly special, lighting the sky with a fireball.
Sunset over Porthtowan from our front bedroom
Gradually the clouds lit up becoming peachy gold.
Golden clouds from our front bedroom window
Suddenly there was a brief shower and I scooted to the back of the house and, yes! There was a rainbow and golden light on the far hedges.
Rainbow from a back window
Rain in the night left rain drops on the Nigella flowers and buds and they glistened in the early morning light.
We have just returned from Porthtowan where there was a golden glow on the horizon behind the surfers.
Porthtowan
Sorting threw up this photo yesterday, of me at about 10 or 11 years old with my Guide troop as we were about to set off for a week camping in Coverack.
Girl Guides off to camp
We went early to the car boot sale this morning in the hope of finding baby walkers for our Grandbaby twins who will be visiting very soon. (Imagine the growing excitement!) We didn’t find walkers but we did find two activity mats which look like fun though now that M is rolling he may not stay on his very long!
After the very busy car boot sale, we went on to Marazion – cool but always beautiful.
Here in Britain, if one makes a coffee cake, it will have coffee in it (like the very delicious Coffee and Pecan Cake) but we learned when visiting America, that there, a coffee cake is one that goes well with a cup of coffee! Today I felt like baking and found numerous recipes – the one I finally made is an amalgam and it tastes as good as it looks! I’ll post the recipe this week.
Blueberry Streusel Cake
Our copper fountain has been installed at last. It is in the last patch of the garden to be sorted and I have all the ferns and shade lovers ready to plant around it. I love the sound of the trickling water. We put the pebbles into each cup to enhance the trickle sound.
Fountain trickles
We walked up the back around The Great Flat Lode tonight and were amused by the cows eating in tandem and the calf having a good feed. We are so lucky to be able to walk out of the front door and into such spaces.
Calf having supper
Munching grass in unison
Along the trail is Wheal Uny and another engine house. From one angle they looked very like the ones Dad had sketched many years ago (see yesterday’s post) but aren’t quite right. The mast would have gone up much later and the bushes have grown but we think we have to keep looking.
Engine houses up on the Flat Lode Trail – the ones Dad sketched?
Quite an adventure this morning as a good friend from choir and I navigated the many paths through the grounds to try to find the AMATA, Academy of Music and Theatre Arts at Falmouth University where our choir were rehearsing this morning. What a beautiful environment to study in!
Sunny but windy and cool this evening so not many people on the beach. Those who were there were having fun – running away from waves, splashing in pools, building sand castles, watching seagulls and admiring the most amazing clouds. On the way home there was a splash of rainbow in the sky. Click on any photo for a better view.
The Cornish Studies Library in Redruth now has our Perthi Kov Exhibition of the people we researched for ‘Until the Day Break’, all put together by Lesley Trotter and me and designed by Anna Oliver. It looks good in this venue! If you are local, go in and have a look. If you are from somewhere else in the world, please click on the photo to be able to read about our fascinating characters.
Bees and butterflies are enjoying our Agapanthus flowers as are we.
Honey bee on Agapanthus
Large White butterfly on Agapanthus
Agapanthus with Crocosmia
Commentator Award
Thank you, Tina Liu
