1 I have woken to find this posting from a lovely ex-student of mine and it has made my day! He says,” Your philosophy of teaching I would say…x”
2 As I walked round the garden this morning, I became aware that the bird feeder was full of young Long Tailed Tits. I stood absolutely still and watched as they came and went,10 of them in the feeders at one point but I didn’t have my camera! Later, I caught just this one – so beautiful and such an amazing few moments!
Long Tailed Tit
3 We met P&V at the beautiful, restored-after-its-fire, Pandora Inn on Restronguet Creek for lunch. When I went to place our order, the bar person said, ‘Sorry, you must have your table number wrong, someone else has just ordered on that number, ‘ and I was able to say, ‘No, that was my brother. He was just ordering too.’ How lovely to be able to say that, my brother is here! He is ordering too! It is so lovely to have him and V here for so long!
Beautiful drive down to The Pandora Inn
Newly thatched roof
View from The Pandora
Swans on the creek
My delicious lunch of Cornish scallops on crispy black pudding and dressed leaves
We’re out tonight so I’m posting earlier than usual. Happy days everyone!
Tags: Cornish scallops, Long Tailed Tits, philosohpy of teaching, Plato, Postaday, postaday2012, Restronguet Creek, The Pandora Inn
Tags: beautiful love poems, cultural Olympiad, Godrevy, imagination, love, love poetry, Maritime Museum, Peace Camp 2012, Postaday, postaday2012, sailing boats
1 This sweet potato has been roasted ready to use in a recipe, such a beautiful colour.
Sweet potato, roasted
2 I prepared this beautiful Sweet Potato and Chestnut Roast this afternoon, ready for one of our meals during our family reunion week together. It is now in the freezer. I’ll put the recipe up soon.
Chestnut and Sweet Potato Roast, ready for the oven
3 As I am writing, Mario Balotelli has just scored the most beautiful goal for Italy! He’s now in line for the Golden Boot! That makes me smile!
4 For Nia, http://photographyofnia.com/ for your birthday! Two photography sites you may not have found: http://russelrayphotos2.com/ and http://photonatureblog.com/2012/06/27/amazing-sky-post-number-300/
Enjoy! They both post beautiful photographs that I hope you will like.
Tags: birthday present, Family reunion, Mario Balotelli, Postaday, Sweet Potato and Chestnut Roast.
1 I go to Penryn every week to sing with The Suitcases and this beautiful view never fails to move me! We are so lucky to be living in this most beautiful county.
Penryn River from the Zed Shed
2 An artist (whose name I must find out) has been working on these mosaics around the door and the windows of Miss Peapod’s Cafe which is where we all gather after singing for coffee, delicious homemade cakes, perhaps Poached Egg with Spinach on Toasted Ciabatta or even, as this morning for Claire and Mandy, a full English breakfast!
Mosaics around the entrance to Pea Pod’s Cafe
3 One of the blogs I read is by a 16 year old in Australia who is the most amazing cook. She is in Year 11 and has exams coming up so has to give her time to study. She has invited Guest Bloggers to blog on her space Go Bake Yourself during this time and I am absolutely delighted to have been chosen by her! I now have to choose between Chocolate Torte and Lime and Ginger Cheesecake, both of which I am making soon for our Family reunion party in July.
Tags: Australia, chocolate torte, Claire Ingleheart, English breakfast, Family reunion, Go Bake Yourself, Guest Blogger, Lime and Ginger Cheesecake, mosaic, party, Peapod's Cafe, Penryn River, Poached Egg with Spinach on Toasted Ciabatta, singing, The Suitcases, Year 11, Zed Shed
1 I received a beautiful message from Ammar this morning that has set me up for the day. He was saying thank you for the lovely time we all spent together last week
2 I made the simplest and one of the most tasty lunches today – Puy Lentils with Tomatoes, Basil and Mozzarella and we ate it with a selection of leaves from our garden.
3 I had an email from my brother today about our reunion in July and asking if he could take The Family Bible back to Munich with him as it should be with him as he is the oldest of the four of us. That prompted me to go to it to have another look. A Family Bible has pages between the Old and New Testaments for the family to record Births, Marriages and Deaths so this is an invaluable family document. It was a present to my Great Grandmother on her marriage in 1885. There is a red marker between Luke IX and X but unfortunately I don’t know its significance.
I am a Humanist, not a Christian, nevertheless I find this a most beautiful book. It contains some amazing historical coloured maps of biblical regions, which have changed dramatically over the last 128 years.
Have a look through the gallery below for lots of fascinating photos.
Ingredients for a delicious and very quick lunch
Ingredients tossed together and served with our own leaves straight from the garden
The Family Bible
Beautifully tooled spine of the Family Bible
Dedication to my Great Grandmother on my Mother’s side (not the Suffragette)
‘Egypt, The Sinai Peninsular and The Promised Land’ – Map from 1885
‘Canaan as Divided Between the Tribes’ map c. 1885
‘Palestine in the Time of Our Saviour’ – map c 1885
Map c. 1885 ‘Illustrating the Missionary Journeys and Last Voyage of the Apostle Paul’
Register of Births
Register of Marriages
Register of Deaths
A Red Marker
Tags: 1885, Ammar, Bible, Births, Canaan, Deaths, Egypt, garden, Great Grandmother, leaves, love, Luke IX, Luke X, Marriages, messages, Munich, New Testament, Old Testament, Palestine, Paul the Apostle, Postaday, Puy Lentils with Tomatoes Basil and Mozzarella, respect, simple lunch, The Family Bible
1 The French lavender is still beautiful even as it fades.
Fading French lavender
2 I had cooked Lettuce with Peas the French way before but never tried Little Gems grilled or fried. I did them in just a smear of butter in the non-stick pan and served them with Halloumi Peppers and they were delicious!
Little Gem lettuces fried
Halloumi Peppers with Little Gem Lettuces and Spring Onion
3 At almost 10pm after the match (which we won!) the light was still good and I took this shot up the garden. The pinks in the foreground smelled absolutely lovely.
10pm in our garden 19th June 2012
Tags: fades, food, french lavender, french way, Halloumi Peppers, Lettuce with Peas, little gem, Little Gem Lettuce, non-stick pan, pinks, Postaday, scent, spring onion
1 Going into the kitchen very early this morning, the sun was streaming in and just caught these beautiful baby tomatoes in their bowl making them glow.
Early morning sunbeams on the Pomodorinos
2 I love the smell of washing dried outdoors in the wind and sun. I take in lungfuls of the smell!
3 As you can see, I’m just a bit obsessed by the sunshine today! Here’s the setting sun on the fence making that glow.
Fence glowing in the setting sun
Tags: food, nature, plants, Postaday, setting sun, sunlight, sunshine, tomatoes, washing drying in the sunshine
