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Happiness Calendar, Cake and Rain
Here’s this month’s Happiness Calendar. We’ve had a happy day as the lovely young men have been installing the solar panels and appreciating the cookies. I’ve had a steroid injection in my hip which hopefully will have the desired effect.
It’s Blueberry cake for the volunteers tomorrow.
Blueberry Cake
It’s been raining so hard we have a carpet of orange pettals under the California Poppies. Happily, there are many more buds.
Happiness Calendar, Blue Tit and Bluebells
Before we went away, a Blue tit was investigating the bird box.
On my walk today, I saw my first Bluebells of the year.
Happiness Calendar and A Treat
Redruth market was very busy today and I discovered a new stall full of deliciousness, hand-made Turkish Delight and chocolates. I treated myself to two pieces of Turkish delight and got two coffee chocolates for my lovely Mr S.
From Red Robin Pantry
Brian Patten, Optimistic October and A Pie
I was saddened to hear of the death of Brian Patten whose poems I have shared many times on here. We were lucky enough to meet him many years ago and what a lovely man he was. If you put his name in my search, you’ll find lots of his beautiful writing. The following one is particularly apt right now and is the one I shared when our lovely neighbour Bill Mitchell died seven years ago
It ‘s the start of the month and time for this month’s Happiness Calendar, Optimistic October.
In fact, the Chicken and Leek pie doesn’t look very beautiful but it tasted delicious!
Chicken and Leek Pot Pie
September 1st Happiness Calendar
Here’s the calendar for September – Self Care, something I really need help with!
Kindness Calendar, Coincidences and Sweetcorn
From Action for Happiness: “In a world that feels divided, kindness is a quiet but powerful act of hope. Whether you’re supporting a friend, helping a stranger, or simply listening with care, your actions matter. Every kind choice makes a difference.”
We went today to have the staples removed from my lovely Mr S’s new knee and had really interesting conversations with the two nurses who looked after him. They asked where we lived and when we said where, the older one said she’d been to St Euny Church just near us, to see a wonderful production in the churchyard in 2017. That was our Until the Day Break! She said she absolutely loved it and that now she views graveyards in a very different light and likes to think of the real stories behind each gravestone. If the production is new to you Dear Reader, check it out on the red links here.
The second coincidence was that when we were asked where we used to teach and said Doncaster, the younger Nurse said her father had been to Uni there at the old School for the Deaf as he is profoundly deaf. My Mum trained at that school in the 1930s but even more coincidental was the fact that when a youngster, her dad was taught at the special unit for deaf children at Roskear School in Camborne and it was my Mum who set up the unit and who would have taught him! Ellie, the nurse is going to ask him if he remembers Mrs Wiseman. One of her old pupils commented on my blog when I wrote about my Mum and her work here.
Our Sweetcorn is coming along well, flowers on almost every 5′ high plant and some tassels indicating a cob getting ready.
Serendipity and Resilience
It turns out that the spider that I showed you yesterday, the one we found at Kerdroya, The Cornish Labyrinth, is a Labyrinth Spider! How brilliant is that? A dear friend sent me this link that explains all about these spiders and it’s fascinating. If you missed yesterday’s post, go back using the red link at the top left of this page.
It’s time for the Happiness Calendar for July with the theme of resilience this month.
Happiness Calendar, Planter and Bluebells
Our planter at the front door is suddenly in bloom. Both the iris and the bluebell have put themselves in the middle of the beautifully scented wallflowers. They are all making the multi-sensory welcome for visitors that I hoped for.
Our beautiful Cornish hedges are full of flowers Bluebells, Pink Campion and various white flowers and are glorious. These bluebells are in Burncoose Gardens where every path is lined with more and with wild garlic. 
And for my dear friend Kath, in whose memory I write my blog, a small bunch of Lily of the Valley to mark the Fête du Muguet. I’ll post the photo tomorrow.
Happiness Calendar and Waves
At Porthtowan beach yesterday with our eldest daughter visiting for Mr S’s birthday
