One of the beautiful things about Thursday mornings, as well as the singing, is the river. The reflections in the still waters are always lovely.
Today there was a swan in the water staying close to the quay wall. I love the first picture where the sun is lighting some feathers and managed a second shot when it moved for a moment away from the wall.
We have seen a very moving and inspirational film tonight.
It’s been one of those very cold, very bright winter days and we set off to walk along the cliffs at Godrevy. The car park was full and people were queing so we turned round and went to see the sea at Hell’s Mouth where it was the calmest we have ever seen.
We called in at the cafe and had ice creams sitting out at the back in warm sunshine.
I baked a cake for tomorrow’s market and then went to a Heart Brain Coherence meditation session which was calming and wonderful.
And as a P.S. It’s my 15th anniversary of blogging with WordPress.
There were three squirrels running about in the garden this morning, almost impossible to catch in a photo as they dashed from wall to bench to Welly Dog na dup and down trellis panels. They had a ball!
The one photo that worked catching one of the squirrels
We brought home lots of spare winter salad plants from Community Roots yesterday (where they are planted in the poly tunnels) and today my lovely Mr S has planted them all in pots in our greenhouse.
Our Passionflower has had masses of flowers this year and today I noticed a passionfruit at the top of the arch! I don’t suppose it’ll be ripe enough to eat but it’s pleasing to see anyway.
These are the rest of our November 1st blooms……
I think I mentioned a few days ago that my lovely Mr S and I met 60 years ago at a college disco. These beautiful earrings are my present to mark the day.
Made by Rachel Stowe in Cornwall
Tonight’s sunset was glorious, photo taken from our bedroom window not St Agnes Head. 
Here is this month’s calendar:
WordPress now sends us posts each morning from the last 10 years and today I looked at this day in 2017. Then I posted about all the colour in our garden and there were 28 different blooms. Today there are 23, somewhat ragged and sometimes on their own, some with nectar gatherers too and here are some of them.
We drove to St Agnes Head to watch the sun slide into the sea at sunset this evening. Driving through the villages on the way there, it was delightful to see lots of children in fabulous outfits, going round with their families to ‘trick or treat’ on Hallowe’en. .
Driving home, the sky was peachy and lovely.
Last evening, at the soup night, we each had the prettiest of napkins
Kalan Gwav is a Cornish celebration that marks the first days of winter, a time when myth becomes reality and tales become legends. We were lucky enough to come across the celebration of the new season in Trelissick Gardens this afternoon and loved the installations that we came across in our walk around, all inspired by Cornish folklore.
And a touch of Autumnal colours in the stilt lady, the leaves and the lanes.
It’s half term and there were lots of youngsters helping at Community Roots today.
I showed you the poly tunnels last week with all the winter crops. Here they are one week on.
Thanks to Community Roots for these lovely close-ups of Winter salad crops.
The wind and rain have beaten down the Hesperantha, sometimes called River Lily, but not destroyed them.
I soldered the glass pieces I showed you the other day and am pleased with the result after so long of not working with the materials. 
The following poem by Mary Oliver was new to me. I like it. 
Almost blown off my feet and wet through in moments, I managed three minutes at Portreath and got some wonderful shots of the crashing waves this afternoon.
We went to see The Collector at The Ladder in Redruth again this evening and I was even more moved than the first time I saw it last week. If you are anywhere nearby, don’t miss this remarkable, quirky piece of theatre. Here’s the link for you.
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