The new post box topper is to commemorate Armistice day. I was pleased to see that a white poppy of peace has been included.
Very kindly, I was given a beautiful white rose which I have put in a tiny green glass vase that was my Mum’s. 
We’ve been next door this evening at a Diwali feast and I made some Barfi with ginger and almonds to take as part of the dessert. It went down well.
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.
The International Day of Peace 2026 is observed on September 21, 2026, with the official United Nations theme “Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day”.
Fabulous bright red berries on the Cotoneaster Horizontalis
First enormous leek from the garden, used in the Chicken, Mushroom and Leek Pie, below
Pastry cooked while filling was being made halved the prep time – crisp and crunchy all round, not soggy where it had touched the filling!
The birthday, for which I made the special cake yesterday, was celebrated in style! Here we have just finished singing Happy Birthday to Matty, one of the directors of the project. He loved the cake and said the lemon drizzle on top ‘shone like diamonds in the sunshine.’
We also had a special and very delicious lunch made by one of the volunteers, Lemon Chickpea Soup, using a recipe from rainbowplantlife.com
We’ve had a new bright and lovely mural painted near the entrance, artist Omi O’Connell. 
At the local plant nursery today there was a very friendly robin.
I loved the colour of these leaves but didn’t take note of what the plant was. 
I’ve made a special cake for Community Roots tomorrow as a birthday is being celebrated.
Lemon Victoria Sponge with a Lemon Drizzle Topping
Our lovely neighbour who takes my cakes to the market each month, made a special sign for it on the market stall. 
There was a new stall at the market, a French/Italian patisserie, Nougatine, and, my goodness, the Lemon Tarts were absolutely the best I have ever tasted.
The sky this evening was beautiful. 
P.S. The exhibition at Truro Cathedral ends on October 5th.
Our eldest daughter came today to help my lovely Mr S move our very heavy Finger Labyrinth sculpture a few feet. It has been tricky mowing around it so now it’s at the edge of a flower bed and a new lawn will be sown where it was. It looks much better where it is now.
My next job will be to find plants to grow at the base that won’t grow too high to obscure the carved words. I shall start researching an evergreen, low growing shrub that has flowers, maybe scent……
Ars brevis vita longa
Amor vincit omnia
Blue skies and a temperature of 21C – perfect!
Chicken, leek and bacon pie
Yesterday, I made a vegan, gluten free chocolate cake for the birthday of one of our wonderful directors of Community Roots. Sadly I couldn’t be there this morning but I’m told it went down well. 
Today I have made a family recipe, Picnic Pie, for my friend and I to eat just before singing in St Mawes for their carnival. I’ll add pictures of that event later if Im not too exhausted. We are to sing from 7-9pm!
Picnic Pie – Mum’s recipe
Last night the full Buck moon was still glorious and I do like taking a photo through leaves and branches.
I made another sunshine cake today. It was my usual coffee cake for the monthly Saturday market in Redruth and baked on solar energy.
The sun coming through the etched glass on the front door threw the pattern onto the stair carpet at the top of the stairs.
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