I had a spare hour in Truro today and walked some old haunts finding lovely things. The blooms everywhere were remarkable, I found a Chough at the bus station and rediscovered the Victorian post box.
A Cornish Chough and a Gull
A Red Admiral butterfly at the side of the stream
At Roots today, a sunflower opening its petals
We’ve seen few butterflies at home this year so it was especially good to see a Painted Lady at Roots today.
I took the following photo when in Penzance on July 9th and meant to show you on 11th, the anniversary of the wedding of Dylan Thomas and Caitlin Macnamara in the house opposite the Acorn Theatre in Penzance.
In Truro this morning I was very taken with the beautiful hanging baskets. On the way home, we admired a couple of the many baskets in Redruth from the car.
In Truro
In Truro
In Redruth
A lovely warm afternoon invited us into the garden with ice creams.
There are so few butterflies in our garden this year but today there was a Meadow Brown.  You’ll have to look carefully to see it in the (rather dry) grass.
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
At the allotment this morning, a Gatekeeper butterfly was enjoying the pollinator border.
I was in Falmouth to sing at the folk club this evening. The water in the harbour near where I parked, was so still and blue and beautiful.
Leaving, in the dark, reflections of lights in the water, the same patch as in the previous photo, caught my eye.
My favourite camera died some months ago and I just didn’t get around to sorting it by post when I couldn’t get to the shop. Last weekend I decided to find out about replacing it. A local shop where we have bought things in the past had the camera I wanted for £149 as they have decided not to keep so many in stock for some reason. My first foray into finding the camera I wanted brought up the price of £407! So today, we headed off to St Austell to pick up the bargain and from there went to two garden nurseries and then for a walk. Join us as we leave the Duchy Nursery and head towards Restormel Castle. Click on any photo to see a bigger picture. So happy to have a Nikon Coolpix again, just have to charge it up……..
We have had a fabulous walk with our friend today along the SW Coast path around St Anthony Head.
We are off now to Falmouth Pavilions to the Three Daft Monkeys cd launch event! Dancing all night!
We spotted this on the side of our dustbin – a transformation from chrysalis to Cabbage White Butterfly.
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We saw something rare and beautiful this morning on the side of our dustbin – a newly emerged butterfly with its chrysalis right there beside it.
High pressure has brought us a glorious Autumn day today, warm enough to sit outdoors with Daughter No 1 who has arrived to help out for the next week. The sunlight pattern through the leaves was lovely enhanced by the last blue Cornflowers.
The sky has been the loveliest blue all day.
The colours of plants and creatures on Hawaii were stunningly beautiful, enhanced probably by the clear blue skies and sunshine. If you suffer from Scoliodentosaurophobia, a fear of lizards, I have put them all at the end so that you don’t have to scroll down that far and can miss them. The gallery at the end is not for lizard haters either. For the rest of you, I hope it’ll be fascinating!
Help with identifying any of them would be much welcomed.
Now for the Lizards/geckos.
I spent a fascinating few minutes watching the little gold dust day gecko, Phelsuma laticauda,changing its skin! Click on the first photo and scroll through to see the whole process and the detail of the skin and his tongue!
1  I love this sign for the Park and Float – park your car out of town and float in a boat  up the river to Falmouth.
Park and float
2 Â It was the Grand Medieval Joust day at Pendennis Castle today and we had great fun, the children painting their own shields, watching the falconry demonstrations and getting thoroughly involved in the Knight fighting demonstrations!
I can fight with my sword too!
Knight and mace
3 Â The Buddleja is in full bloom now and attracting lots of bees and butterflies.
Buddleja, bee and butterfly
Buddleja will grow anywhere!
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