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LiveWire 4 Guest Blogger

26 Aug

We went for an early morning walk with my camera.

I liked these leaves because they look like the night sky with stars on them.
The moon was still up
Carn Brea Castle
Unidentified pink flower
We saw a cat
After breakfast at the Blue Bar , a treat to celebrate Granny and Grandad’s 57th wedding anniversary, I went for a walk up the cliffs with Mummy.

Flowers on the table in the Blue Bar
Turquoise sea with chocky waves
Cliffs
Caterpillar walking across the path
Gorse and heather
We decided to make tasty Choc Chip cookies this afternoon.

Biscuit the Hamster ready to eat a cookie.
Cookies ready to be cookiefied
Baked cookies ready to be eaten
Special heart cookie for my Mummy and Daddy to share
I found these in the garden later.

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar
 
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Posted by on August 26, 2024 in baking, caterpillars, Cornwall, flowers, garden, nature, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday 2024, Sea

 

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Another Guest Blogger

25 Aug

LiveWire no 4 is with us now and is a keen photographer. Here follow her photos of our garden in gallery 1.

Pretty petunias
3D printed owl
Golden rose
Fuchsia called Lady in Black
Huge raggedy white dahlia

In gallery 2, are the photos she took at the allotment all with her own labels.

Red and yellow dahlias
Courgette grown to be a marrow
Looks like a giant thistle
Dark red dahlias
Bee on red dahlia
Pretty pink dahlia
Bee on yellow dahlia
Lots of pink Japanese Anemones
Small white dahlias
A rather tired bee searching for food
 
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Posted by on August 25, 2024 in allotment, bees, Cornwall, environment, flowers, garden, Grandchildren, nature, Photography, Postaday 2024

 

More Lottie Loveliness and Elephants

12 Aug

I walked about the allotment this afternoon and found more lovely splashes of colour.

It’s International Elephant Day today. I love elephants, a love I shared with my dear, much missed, friend Angie. A few years ago on a special holiday in South Africa, the lovely Mr S and I came across a herd and enjoyed watching this youngster.

 
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Posted by on August 12, 2024 in allotment, animals, Cornwall, environment, flowers, friendship, nature, Postaday 2024, Redruth

 

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Day Lily, Poppy and Lucifer

15 Jul

Day Lily

White Poppy

Crocosmia Lucifer

 
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Posted by on July 15, 2024 in environment, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2024

 

Another Topper, Lichen and Blue

23 Jun

I love all the toppers that appear on post boxes and this one is a delight, especially the quirky little blue tit  -but the robin looks a bit sad. Two kinds of lichen on a branch caught my eye.

These tumbling flowers were outside the Blue Bar where we had breakfast last week with friends.

 
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Posted by on June 23, 2024 in art, craft, environment, flowers, knitting, nature, Postaday 2024, Uncategorized

 

Golden Rose, Gate and A New Word

16 Jun

I have cut three of the  beautiful golden roses we were given for our Golden wedding some years ago. They smell divine.

This intriguing gate is in Montecatini Termé,  Tuscany.

I like this new word.

And it’s Father’s Day so just a word to remember my lovely Dad.

 
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Posted by on June 16, 2024 in environment, flowers, garden, Italy, Kindness, nature, Postaday 2024, Words

 

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Mixer, Cake and Fireworks

14 Jun

For the last 30 years, since she died, I have been using my Mum’s handheld electric mixer to make all my cakes. Last week, it broke having been in use for at least 50 years!  I now have a new one and it is both light and really quiet and beat up the mixture in a flash.  Here’s to many more cakes!

Here’s the cake that I have made for tomorrow’s market on Murdoch Day in Redruth. Watch this space for the parade and more festival fun.

We’ve bought a new Agapanthus called Fireworks. It is gorgeous. I’ll show you again when it’s in full bloom. Behind it you can see the beautiful cream flowers of the Ginger Lily.

 
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Posted by on June 14, 2024 in baking, flowers, nature, Postaday 2024

 

Blossom and Scent

26 Apr

Glorious blossom all over our front garden.

Clematis Montana

Next door’s Myrtle sharing its scent with all the neighbours

I’m taking a break for a couple of weeks. Hang on in there – I’ll be back!

 
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Posted by on April 26, 2024 in Cornwall, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2024, Uncategorized

 

St Day Old Church

25 Apr

Join us on our lovely stroll around St Day Old Church admiring the many wild flowers, English Bluebells, Three Cornered Leek, Primroses and Buttercups.

 
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Posted by on April 25, 2024 in architecture, Cornwall, environment, flowers, nature, Postaday 2024, Uncategorized

 

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Full Moon, Stonework and Border

24 Apr

Last night’s full moon, the Pink Moon, called pink as this is the season of much pink blossom, came on a clear night, much to my delight.  I do love seeing the full moon.

In Truro today for some quick shopping, the sun was shining on the front of the cathedral and lighting up all the glorious stonework.

The Forget-me-not border has some white Bluebells popping up and they look lovely.

 
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Posted by on April 24, 2024 in architecture, Cornwall, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2024, Truro

 

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