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Cones, Bush Cricket and Another Creature

25 Sep

We find lovely things in the strangest places. We were at the dump taking more prunings, this time from the overgrown Jasmine, when I spotted pine cones at the top of the tree against a beautiful blue sky.

I think what we found on the Jasmine was a Speckled Bush Cricket but it might be a Short Winged Cone Head!

The next creature, looking like a twig or a bit of Autumn leaf on our newly painted trellis, I can’t identify. It didn’t move while we were watching.  It’s about 1″ tip to tip. Can any UK readers help?

PS 26th September 2020
I sent a photo to the Royal Entomological Society yesterday and this is my reply today. Thank you Professor Hardie!

Hi

It’s a plume moth, family Pterophoridae, and we have some 45 species in UK.  This one looks like a common or brown plume moth, Emmelina monodactyla.

Best wishes and take care

Jim Hardie

 

Professor Jim Hardie,

Director of Science, Royal Entomological Society,

 
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Posted by on September 25, 2020 in Cornwall, insects, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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Thali, Fire and A Rainbow

23 Sep

It’s been a busy day – friends for coffee in the front garden (very cold)  this morning, friends for tea and cake in the back garden (cold and wet!) in the afternoon and another meal out this evening! We all decided that we need to invest in some thermal and waterproof clothing so that we can continue to meet in our gardens over the winter. The vegan Thali at the Wilder Allotment Kitchen at the Mount Pleasant Eco Park was scrumptious and the music from the six gathered musicians a delight. A storm was coming as we left and a chunk of rainbow lit the darkening sky.

 
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Posted by on September 23, 2020 in Cornwall, Eating out, friendship, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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New Border, Village Clock and A Treat

22 Sep

The wall garden is nearly planted – Conifers, Clematis, heathers and 100+ bulbs hiding under the  soil!  Just the Winter Flowering Pansies to add for winter colour.

So much stuff to take to the dump! I took this photo on our way back through the village of St Day.

We decided to treat ourselves after working so hard for the last few days so I booked us a table at The Penventon Hotel, just a ten minute walk away.  What a delightful evening we had with extra treats of dessert!

A little bit of history
Dessert menu
Tiramisu
Creme brûlée
 
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Posted by on September 22, 2020 in Celebration, Cornwall, Eating out, environment, garden, Photography, Postaday2020, Redruth, Uncategorized

 

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A Poem, The Trellis and WildWorks

20 Sep

The following poem by Maya Angelou came my way today in remembrance and honour of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died two days ago. She will be so greatly missed.

 

When Great Trees Fall – Maya Angelou 

When great trees fall,

rocks on distant hills shudder,

lions hunker down

in tall grasses,

and even elephants

lumber after safety.



When great trees fall

in forests,

small things recoil into silence,

their senses

eroded beyond fear.



When great souls die,

the air around us becomes

light, rare, sterile.

We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,

see with

a hurtful clarity.

Our memory, suddenly sharpened,

examines,

gnaws on kind words

unsaid,

promised walks

never taken.


Great souls die and

our reality, bound to

them, takes leave of us.

Our souls,

dependent upon their

nurture,

now shrink, wizened.

Our minds, formed

and informed by their

radiance, 
fall away.

We are not so much maddened

as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
 of
dark, cold

caves.



And when great souls die,

after a period peace blooms,

slowly and always

irregularly. Spaces fill

with a kind of

soothing electric vibration.

Our senses, restored, never

to be the same, whisper to us:
They existed. They existed.

We can be. Be and be

better. For they existed.

We have finished the painting and have put the trellis back in place. Next comes the planting after  we have replaced all the soil.

We had tickets tonight for the latest WildWorks show, Meet me at  the Edge, to be played out, socially distanced at Botallack. Sadly, it was cancelled on Friday as new Covid rules came into play that the National Trust have to abide by. Instead, the whole wonderful thing was live-streamed and we watched from home. It was so moving and beautifully done.  You can watch if you’d like to. I recommend it if you can find an hour.

 
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Posted by on September 20, 2020 in America, art, Cornwall, Photography, poetry, Postaday2020, theatre, Uncategorized, Wildworks

 

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The Minack, Mousehole and Tremenheere

16 Sep

We’ve just returned from our first holiday in 2020 – one night away in a lovely hotel, The Old Coastguard Hotel in Mousehole.  We started with drinks on the lawn watching the boats go by,  followed with a Minack theatre experience in the evening and after a splendid breakfast, a walk around Mousehole and then lunch and a walk around the sculpture gardens at Tremenheere. A perfect mini break! Join us in seeing some of these treats in the gallery. Click on any photo for the detail.

A delicious wine whose name I missed

From the garden across the bay
On our way to our seats at The Minack
Picnic pie at the Minack
Delicious breakfast menu
Sun rise on the horizon
St Michael’s Mount in early morning mist
Duck Lane in Mousehole
The Fitzroy barometer
info on The Fitzroy barometer
Grenfell Street. Read info in next photo
Grenfell Street info
14th century building. See next photo for info
History of 14th Century building
I love these wiggly roof-tops
Baby Sparrows, just three of the ten or so
Interesting clock tower
On the drive to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Winter Heliotrope by Sheila Williams
The Garden Pagoda
Black Mound by David Nash
Garden walk
St Michael’s Mount from the gardens
 
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Posted by on September 16, 2020 in art, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, sculpture, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

 

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National Cheese Toast Day 15th September

16 Sep

A busy day so just lunch as part of our celebration of National Cheese on Toast day.

Mini pizza

 
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Posted by on September 16, 2020 in art, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, sculpture, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

 

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Dahlias, Nasturtiums and A Visitor

11 Sep

A very busy day so just some photos for you:

 
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Posted by on September 11, 2020 in Uncategorized

 

Cake, Walk and Pond

07 Sep

I made a cake today, totally scrummy Sticky Ginger Cake, from a recipe given to me by a good friend who fed it to us last week!

Late in the afternoon we had a walk up to Carn Marth where both the North Coast near St Agnes and the South Coast near Falmouth can be seen. We looked in on the amphitheatre and the higher quarry.

Lastly we called in on a friend to take her some of the ginger cake and to enjoy her lovely, well stocked pond.

 
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Posted by on September 7, 2020 in Uncategorized

 

Stamps, Hydrangea and A Visit

05 Sep

Posting cards to Spain for upcoming birthdays, I was able to get the lovely Rupert Bear stamps.

At the garden centre buying for our new border, I was taken with the colours of this Hydrangea bloom.

Daughter No 1 who lives near Exeter, has been with us for the day, helping with winterising the boat and then with digging for our new border. It is just so special to have her here  – lockdown was hard on everybody.

This border is no more!

 
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Posted by on September 5, 2020 in garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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Moon, Music and Term Starts

04 Sep

We missed the Corn Moon in all its fullness on Wednesday as it was cloudy but last night’s moon was glorious.

I have been feeling somewhat discombobulated of late, as I think many are in these unsettling times. The following piece ‘Farewell to Stromness’ by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies helps to untangle my wires (as does doing the embroidery or weeding!) It is performed here by Adrian Lord – and what a view he has!

Term has started for our family of LiveWires and for many of my ex-colleagues, one of whom sent me the photo below as he thought I might have done this with the door to my room were I still at the comprehensive school with them all.  Yes, I would!  Well done, Miss Robinson.

I have just read the following comment from Adrian Lord
This was filmed at Crear – a wedding and recording venue on the Scottish West coast, with views over to the islands of Jura and Islay. Crear is a very special place. When I first visited in 2015 I knew this was where I would record my music.

 
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Posted by on September 4, 2020 in music, nature, Photography, piano, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

 

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