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Bookshop, Penzance and Agapanthus

11 Jul

We went to a bookshop today! We had pre-ordered and didn’t stop to browse but it felt like a milestone. I had really looked forward to strolling around Penzance but it was no fun though I have some photos for you. There were many, many people who were clearly ‘on holiday’ without a care in the world, some having great fun in the inner harbour at high tide which was lovely to see, others filling the pavements which wasn’t!

Skyline
Inner harbour from the bridge
The Chocolate House 1700
Bell tower
Inner harbour

 
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Posted by on July 11, 2020 in Uncategorized

 

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Orange, Purple and Your Impact

09 Jul

Every year someone plants up a waste corner on the start of our walk with Nasturtiums. This gesture is much appreciated.

The Dwarf Buddleia in one of the chimneys is getting better by the day.

Jane Goodall’s words are spot on.Let’s each make a positive difference.

 
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Posted by on July 9, 2020 in environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, quotations, Uncategorized

 

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Little Things, Droplets and Lyra

08 Jul

This came my way the other day and I loved it.

It was very mizzly this morning and the webs along our walk were  filled with jewel-like droplets.

I was reminded today of a little treasure of a book, ‘Lyra’s Oxford’ by Philip Pullman that the lovely Mr S gave me  many years ago. I read it again this afternoon and loved it still. It is a delight, a little taster of the wonderful ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy.

 
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Posted by on July 8, 2020 in books, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized, Words

 

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Bertie, Eryngium and Raspberries

07 Jul

We are meeting the same people on our walks as we have been doing much the same walk each day, with small variations following different side tracks along the Flat Lode. Bertie has become a favourite to meet! He is like a big soft teddy bear, very gentle and well behaved. He is very tall and weighs 37 kilos!

The Eryngium have turned the most striking blue. Each year we think, they aren’t very blue – and then, suddenly they are!

Our raspberries are producing well this year and we are delighted. They are very tasty.

 
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Posted by on July 7, 2020 in environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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A Very, Very Good Day!

06 Jul

Today, our eldest daughter has come to spend the day with us, the first time since lockdown – and what a day we’ve had. She arrived in her best car, an Audi A8,in glorious red to celebrate our day together.

We went down to Chapel Porth, a family favourite and almost had the beach to ourselves.

We bought Cornish pasties for lunch, of course, and after lunch sat in the sunshine in the garden enjoying each other’s company.

M, like me, has a passion for making and story telling – it runs in the family. She has made some lovely 3D pieces for us and this evening has made a new button for our loo. It was lost some years ago and today, M has 3D printed us a new part. She brought her 3D printer down especially to do this job and it has been fascinating to watch the whole process. 

Above is the prototype starting to be printed and the final piece is below.

The only one like this in the world!

To celebrate further, I made a new recipe, Blueberry and Cream Cheese Crostata and it was truly delicious.

 
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Posted by on July 6, 2020 in baking, Chapel Porth, Cornwall, environment, Happiness, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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Greenfinch, Edible Garden and Baking

30 Jun

This is the first time this year that we have seen the Greenfinch at the feeder.

Our edible garden is blooming . We can’t keep up with it all.

This afternoon I have baked, over Skype, with LiveWire No 3 who is now 9 years old. T chose the recipe and we cooked along together, all sorts of ‘homeschooling’ going on without anyone noticing –  reading and maths, chemistry and problem solving! T’s ganache turned out much better than mine!  We now have the most delicious Chocolate Mud cake in each of our homes! I’ll decorate the rest of it with Violas tomorrow – and the second layer when friends call by for tea in the garden on Friday. It was a brilliant afternoon that we both enjoyed enormously. It’s my turn to choose the recipe for next week. That one will take some beating!

T’s Chocolate Mud Cake, double layers

Just one layer split for us, the other piece being frozen for another time.

 
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Posted by on June 30, 2020 in baking, environment, family, Grandchildren, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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Postcards in Isolation

29 Jun

Our lovely neighbour is an artist and has been part of the Postcards in Isolation project, explained below.  She has been drawing ‘”Little Lockdown Pleasures,” the things that have given her pleasure while in lockdown. Because we live next door to each other we have been able to ‘meet’ over the wall throughout and this has been special for us both, staving off the worst of the feeling of isolation. Here is the postcard that she made of one of her pleasures.

Postcards in Isolation  was started by WildWorks, recognising that lots of people are not connected digitally. If you were shielding and not able to see your family and friends, then receiving a little personal artwork might prove cheering. It works by people nominating friends or family members to receive an art postcard. WildWorks artists then make the cards and hand write a message. Each card is unique. They  are also making cards for St Petroc’s, a local charity for the homeless, and Age Concern. Here are three more of Sue’s postcards which have gone out to cheer people up.  What a delightful and spirit-lifting idea.

The cards are free, but as this is not a funded project they ask that people make a donation if they feel able to. https://wildworks.biz/projects/postcards-in-isolation/

I’ve been embroidering all day, having the most lovely, peaceful and productive time.

 
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Posted by on June 29, 2020 in art, community, friendship, Kindness, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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Reds of Three Hues

26 Jun

Our eyes were drawn to the dramatic flash of red in the hedgerow on our walk today – it’s a Dock leaf.

Yesterday there was a bud and today a glorious frilly Poppy. Now it’s raining very hard so I hope it survives a bit longer.

Red again as I spotted out first two raspberries. We must net soon or we’ll have to share them.

 
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Posted by on June 26, 2020 in environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

Our Walk, A Chimney and Masks

24 Jun

We started early for our walk today as the temperatures are set to rise and I’m not happy walking in heat. The sea was glorious and the walk peaceful and restorative. The heathers are in full bloom and contrast beautifully with the golden Dandelions. We spotted a number of birds, a Kestrel, we think, and some Whin Chats that moved too quickly to be photographed.

Mum’s chimneys are all planted up and now full of blooms and scent from the Nemesia Vanilla White and the Heliotrope, otherwise known as Cherry Pie.

This came my way the other day and seems to me to be the best reason to be wearing a mask in these strange times.

 
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Posted by on June 24, 2020 in Cornwall, environment, Happiness, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Sea, Uncategorized

 

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Anniversary, Garden and Singing

19 Jun

Today marks the anniversary of the Great 1913 Women’s Pilgrimage starting in the South West where women walked from Land’s End to Hyde Park demanding their right to vote and to be acknowledged as citizens.

Dreadnought began with this inspirational story of courage and rage, and we marked the centenary of the pilgrimage by touring a new play Oxygen in 2013 to the places the women had stopped and rallied one hundred years earlier. My choir leader, Claire Ingleheart wrote the music for the play, “Oxygen” and many of the choir turned up to sing at Land’s End prior to walking the first few miles of the walk together.

My Suffragette garden has the right colours at the right moment! My regular readers will know that my Great Granny, Mary Wiseman, was a Suffragette,  was force fed in Holloway Prison and received the portcullis brooch from Mrs Pankhurst for her struggles. I am very proud of her, hence my garden and my tattoo.

Here’s a recording of The Ingleheart Singers singing Oxygen in Truro Cathedral. I’m not amongst them  as I was recovering from a replacement hip op but I was able to record it for you.

 
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Posted by on June 19, 2020 in community, Cornwall, Dreadnought, garden, music, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Suffragettes, Uncategorized

 

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