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Crocuses, Tomatoes and Ukraine

24 Feb

My Suffragette garden is coming into bloom, purple, white and green crocus plants.

You may remember that last week we sowed many trays of tomatoes of various sorts. Today they were up and ready for transplanting and I was so busy doing that I forgot to take any photos.  The following photo of Gardeners’ Ecstasy is from the internet, not mine!

We send our love to our friends in Ukraine as the war reaches a 4th anniversary. We remember with great fondness the friends we made among the Hooligan Art Community. Here are some photos from 2023 when they were visiting.

Slava Ukraine!

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2026 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, garden, nature, Postaday 2026

 

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Slava Ukraini, Kedgeree and A Poem

24 Feb
From Cornwall Council this morning:   “A one minute silence is being held across the UK at 11am today to mark one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  Please join us at that time for a moment of reflection and to pay tribute to the incredible courage of the Ukrainian people.” We did.
We think of our Dear Friends in The Hooligan Art Community and their families, especially tonight as they perform Bunker Cabaret in Somerset House on this anniversary..
It was only when I dished up our evening meal that I realised that the colours were perfect for today.
At John’s Farewell last Saturday, one of his own thoughtful poems was read. .
 
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Posted by on February 24, 2023 in community, Cornwall, Food, friendship, poetry, Postaday 2023

 

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Feast, Fun and Singing Part 2

27 Jan

What a brilliant night that was of sharing Cornish and Ukrainian cultures in the most spontaneous way and everyone had such a lot of fun.
Please click on any photo for the caption.

Beginning to decorate the crypt under St Andrew’s Church with
Arrivals
The amazing feast, all brought in by the attendees
Will Coleman, Cornishman extraordinaire, starting proceedings with Cornish bagpipes
A group of Inglehearts enjoying their feast
Cheesecake being served
Party people
Pasha and Sam enjoying the Cornish song performed by Will Coleman
Enjoying the entertainment
Pasha and Mira enjoying another of Will’s songs
Singers from three Cornish choirs
The evening was so full of love
 
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Posted by on January 27, 2023 in Celebration, community, Cornwall, friendship, Happiness, photography, Postaday 2023

 

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Beach, Selfie and Pins

21 Jan

Such a beautiful day with bright sun and the bluest of skies so we went to the beach and one of our Hooligan friends came with us.

Toddler in wellies in the waves, Porthtowan, Wheal Coates on the cliffs

Us three

One of our young Hooligan Art Community friends has been back to Kyiv in between her visits here and she brought us all gifts of pins. Mine means Freedom and Will and joins my Ukrainian flag on my bag. The lovely Mr S has the military roadblock being used to stop Russian tanks and Sue-next-door has the word for bread (palianytsia) , a word that Russians can’t say so it is used to establish nationality.

 
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Posted by on January 21, 2023 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, nature, Peace, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday 2023, theatre

 

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Peace and Charity Auction

13 Oct

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.

 
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Posted by on October 13, 2022 in community, Cornwall, environment, Penryn, photography, ShelterBox, singing, Uncategorized

 

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Busy Day – Beach, Lunch and Farewell Party

09 Oct

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 director’s nephew and niece visited too

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.

Claire learning correct pronounciation of a Ukrainian song that we sing at choir
 
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Posted by on October 9, 2022 in Celebration, Chapel Porth, community, Cornwall, environment, family, Food, friendship, Happiness, Kindness, Photography, Postaday2022

 

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Berries, Lighthouse and Last Show

08 Oct

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.

 
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Posted by on October 8, 2022 in Cornwall, environment, garden, Godrevy, photography, Postaday2022, theatre

 

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Happiness Calendar, Beach Walk and Treasures

01 Oct

I love sharing the Action for Happiness calendars and trying to take the advice for myself. Do click on it and zoom in if it isn’t clear enough. .

Porthtowan Beach was our destination with our Ukrainian friends this afternoon. It was wild and windy and very healing which was so good to hear.  

The chaotic waves were throwing up foam which had the loveliest colours. I love collecting heart stones and found this one for M who didn’t come on the walk.

Dogs have such a joyful time on the beach in the autumn/winter months when they are allowed on the beach. I really love watching them and was delighted to catch a short video of one catching a Frisbee.

 
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Posted by on October 1, 2022 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, Happiness, nature, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday2022, Sea

 

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Welcome, Dawn and A Jackdaw

30 Sep

Our young guests have been working on their production, Bunker Cabaret, today and have given me permission to use their photo of our welcome dinner on Wednesday evening. The show will be in Redruth next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Welcome dinner at ours

The red/pink dawn presaged the very wet and windy day “Red sky in the morning, mariner’s warning.” The lovely Mr Smith took this photo for me on his way to bring me a cup of tea.

I made Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast but realised when the first batch were in that I had forgotten the bicarbonate of soda as they were flat and heavy. The second batch were lovely after I added the bicarb and it interacted with the buttermilk to make the fluffiest pancakes ever. The Jackdaws were not bothered and had finished them off in no time!

Jackdaw with Blueberry Pancakes

 
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Posted by on September 30, 2022 in Cornwall, environment, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth, theatre

 

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