We spent the afternoon in Highgate Woods and in the Pavilion Cafe in the park was a thin obelisk to Peace. It seemed particularly apt for this weekend.
Autumn leaves were everywhere and treasures to be found. This is one of Second Biggest Livewire’s that he brought to show me.
The gates to the woods are charming.
We thought our short walk today was going to be level but it is very interesting that when you are on crutches, the places you thought were easy and flat are in fact on an incline! We went along Church Lane from St Euny Church, the start of one of our favourite walks.
I wondered what might live in the hollow tree.
Occasional sunbeams lit up the lichen on the gravestones.
There were several clumps of snowdrops among the stones, lovely signs of Spring.
1 My piano teacher had had to have a tree felled as it had been almost toppled by the wild weather. The logs looked so beautiful on her lawn so I asked if I could take a photo and I was given some to bring home!
Fifteen years old?
2 The wet weather over the last four years has wreaked havoc with my potting-up table. Once upon a time, it was a beautiful coffee table made by an ex-boyfriend and given to us as a wedding present 47 years ago. It is still well loved but, truth be told, it is beginning to rot. However, these beautiful fungi and lichen are growing on it and I’m sure it will last at least another season. I’d love it to get to 50 years old!
Beautiful fungus
Golden fungus heart and lichen
3 I’d forgotten I’d planted these very delicately mauve and purple crocuses so their appearance has been a lovely surprise.
Delicate crocus
The Goodbye Gig last night was enormous fun. We sang the best we ever had; the cabaret acts were brilliant and we will have raised a goodly amount for Comic Relief but we won’t know exactly how much until singing next Thursday.
The Suitcase Singers at Miss Peapod’s
I try not to be a stats junkie but these today please me : 451 followers, 36,651 hits and read in 131 countries. Thank you all for taking the time to read my posts. Every visit pleases me!
1 There was sunshine for a while today and it made a reflection of our little Bluebird glass etching. I had to be quick! When I tried to take a second photo it had disappeared.
Glass etching of Blue-tits
Reflection of the glass etching
2 We had a brief walk along The Great Flat Lode and the lovely Mr S spotted these icicles made of sap! The tree had been severely cut back and was weeping and its tears had frozen into beautiful icicles.
Sap icicles
There were some lovely patterns in the puddles too.
Patterns in the ice
3 So much green stuff is flourishing despite the freezing temperatures – mosses, lichen, gorse…
Moss and lichen
One drop of water on the moss
Furry moss
Look carefully beyond the gorse to the moon in the sky
PS For those who asked, The Old Tyre Swingers were brilliant – full of life and crazy music that no-one could keep still!
The Old Tyre Swingers from California at The Melting Pot at Krowji last night
1 Waiting outside the Dr’s for Mr S, I wandered around with my camera and found three beautiful things!
Lichen and moss on copper coloured bark
Weather-beaten buttercup
Cornish Snail
2 J sitting snuggled up on my knee watching The Snowman and The Snowdog while his Mum and Dad packed up the car to leave.
3 Big Goodbye hugs and tears. All eight have left on the same day and the house is far too quiet………
1 I see this wonderful old motorbike most weeks on my way home from my piano lesson (Some progress being made there!) The owner was very happy for me to take its photo.
Very old BMW motorbike and sidecar
2 The owner of the dogs was happy too as I asked to take the photo of these two in their beautiful wooly jackets.
Rather lovely dogs in their equally lovely knitted jackets
3 On our walk around the back on The Great Flat Lode Mr S drew my attention to this very beautiful combination of greeny grey lichen and the seed heads of the montbretia.
Greenish grey with dark orange
Tabitha's First Birthday Cake
1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar cake, made by my lovely and talented daughter, KJ, for her beautiful daughter’s first birthday!
2 Morning sun on the lichen on next door’s tree.
Sunlit Lichen
3 And to all my lovely readers, followers and commenters – We go away tomorrow to Senegal for Daniel and Ami’s Wedding so I don’t think I’ll be able to post 3 beautiful things every day. You can be sure I’ll be noting them down and will post extra pages when we get home. Please don’t desert me in my absence – I won’t be able to read your posts or comment either. Have a beautiful week or two and I’ll be back…………
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