We brought leeks home last night from the allotment and when they were all prepared, with the compost bin ready to go out, the lovely Mr S called me to see the parade of little snails that were looking for a way out…….
I found a new soup recipe today where the sweet potatoes, peppers, garlic and red onions had to be roasted first. What a pretty colourful tray. The soup was delicious. .
I took the photo of Michaelmas Daisies growing a neighbour’s garden, gorgeous.
We made up a lovely bunch of purple, white and green to take when we visited our Dear friend Ti this morning.
The various patches at the allotments still have colour. There are lots of squashes around and some lovely bright dahlias in a neighbouring plot.
One of our young Ukrainian friends posted this today. It is to recognise Defenders Day in Ukraine today and translated says: All defenders and defenders happy holiday! You guys are the best!
I looked up the significance of the day and found the following:
Defenders Day[7] is a public holiday[8] in Ukraine celebrated annually on 14 October.[9][10] Its first celebration was in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_Day_(Ukraine)
You have our love and support.
Singing at the Zed Shed where this vision of peace greets us in the morning, is very soul restoring.
Choir this morning have recorded a short piece for the ShelterBox Auction. The top bidder for us will win an hour’s concert! Here is a YouTube video for you of The Suitcase Singers singing Anne Glanville
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXNwa5XTVA
When our Ukrainians were with us, I contacted Spotlight South West to encourage them to see the show and do interviews with the Hooligan Art Community. Here is the interview for you to see. It takes a while to load.
My cousin and her husband, who live in Australia, have been with us today and what a catch up that was! We think we last met in person when I was 16 and W a little younger. We have kept in touch by email and through this blog. I had made Eccles cakes in her honour as I know how she loves them.
We went to Gylly Beach Cafe for lunch having driven around Castle Drive to see the fine view around the Carrick Roads across to St Mawes and into Falmouth Bay. I took a photo of the Specials board to share and the battery in my camera announced that it was “exhausted.” Hence no more photos of our day together…..
W brought me some treasures – some lovely photos of our shared Grandparents and a photocopy of a page of her father’s autobiography with references to my Mum, here known as Twm, the name her Father gave her that stayed as a nickname. It means Gift from God. The extract describes my Mum’s inventiveness and her delightful sense of mischief. I had never heard this tale from her!
Last night’s moon, one after the full moon, was still wondrous.
Coming back from Chapel Porth on Sunday I bought some narcissi from a bucket in someone’s garden in St Agnes. They smell wonderful as they have opened.
The best thing about our visit to the Hall for Cornwall this evening, was the lovely old architecture, in particular, the repeated arches. 
Photo by Danylo, thank you!
Unloading all the luggage from the truck ready to catch the train
Our last Sunflower brought in from the garden
My choir sang ‘Love Will Carry Me’ and I put it here for our Ukrainian friends, their families, their friends and their country.
It’s very quiet at our house tonight. Bunker Cabaret will next be performed on October 14th at The Point in Eastleigh.
P.S. I up-dated yesterday’s post with some photos.
more tomorrow! 🙂
A wonderful day was had by all – walking on Chapelporth Beach, cave exploring, swimming for the brave, and general rejuvenation of the spirit.
The lovely people at the Chapelporth Beach Cafe very kindly treated our Ukrainian friends to a delicious lunch of Croques Monsieur followed by the inimitable and scrumptious ice cream, Robin’s Hedgehog. If you have never had one of these wicked treats, they are made up of Cornish ice cream slathered in Cornish cream and dipped in roasted hazlenuts. You can see by their faces how much these were appreciated.
Our farewell party was full of good company, a wonderful shared feast, lots of wine and even more singing. Our Ukrainians sang for us and we for them and together we all sang ‘You Are My Sunshine’ which they had learned last week when they visited my choir. That, and the last twelve days, have filled us all with love and beautiful memories.
I hadn’t realised that Lily of the Valley has berries, bright red and beautiful but very poisonous , I discovered on googling.
Such a beautiful day today and our young friends busy so we went off to enjoy the waves at Godrevy. We have never seen the place so packed with people! I think it must have been featured in one of the many programmes about Cornwall on tv!
It was the last show tonight and it was just as wonderful. A couple of days ago I emailed Spotlight South West about Hooligan Art Community and, as a result, they went to see the rehearsal yesterday. Sadly, the clip from the tv programme is not available tonight. 
Beautiful Autumn leaves are falling all over town and this lovely one caught my eye.
I was reminded the other day of a very useful kitchen utensil that belonged to my Granny. When rolled over pastry it makes slightly oval circles. They are too small for tarts so I decide to use them to top a pie for this evening.
It’s National Poetry Day and the theme is the environment. However, given all the news around at the moment, I wanted to share this song of hope with you all.
A feather landed on my purple and white petunias that with their green leaves make the colours of the Suffragettes. The raindrops made it even more special.
Tonight we went to see the performance of Bunker Cabaret, written and performed by our young Ukrainian friends, Hooligan Art Community. It was wonderful, so very moving, a kaleidoscope of dance, drama and song that touched every member of the audience. What a brilliant team they are! If you live in Southhampton, they are coming your way next week; if in Edinburgh, in a couple of weeks. If you get the chance, do see them.
Thank you to Sue for the photo.
The poem above is for Mirra. I had chosen it before the show and then tonight realised the serendipity in that choice. For you, Mirra, with love.
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