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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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For Our Friends in Ukraine

26 Nov

This time last year we ‘cooked for Ukraine’ and today we remember our friends and their families. I cooked  Borsch for friends using our dear friend, Danylo Shramenko‘s recipe. It was a shared meal – one couple making bread to go with the soup and the others making Biskvit, Ukrainian Apple Cake, It was a brilliant evening!

A tureen full of Borscht
Sour dough loaf made by J
Biskvit, https://oliahercules.com/recipes/apple-cake/
The table as pudding is about to be served
A glass Angel for Ukraine.
Ribbons for Ukraine, worn by our guests
 
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Posted by on November 26, 2023 in Celebration, community, Food, friendship, Postaday 2023

 

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Salad, Poster and A Post Box Topper

08 Jul

I’m loving being able to make new salady dishes with food we have grown. This recipe was from BBC Good Food and is cucumber and  fennel in a sour cream and vinegar sauce. It was delicious! Our evening meal of a locally made pie  also had homegrown potato salad and homegrown leaves. Pud is another meringue filled with creme fraiche and homegrown tayberries and black currants from the garden.

I love that, despite everything going on, Ukrainians in Kyiv are having a book festival. Brilliant  poster.

A lovely friend has sent me a photo of a delightful postbox topper near her in Truro.

 
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Posted by on July 8, 2023 in allotment, art, books, community, crochet, Food, friendship, garden, Postaday 2023, Truro

 

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Jug, Apostrophe and Celebration

07 Jul

We bumped into friends while shopping in The Grow Box this morning. J had just negotiated a good price in the antique shop for the large jug he is beaming over!

I was amused to see the engine house apostrophe over the pasty shop.

Last night’s celebration for Ivan Kupala was obviously greatly enjoyed by our two lovely neighbours in their beautiful flower crowns. .

 
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Posted by on July 7, 2023 in Celebration, Cornwall, friendship, Happiness, Postaday 2023, Redruth

 

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Vertical Garden, Strawberry Cake and Ivan Kupala Night

06 Jul

Some people near where we sing on Thursday mornings live in their boats and one of them has a vertical garden full of geraniums.

This afternoon, the lovely Mr S and I, went back to Kresen Kernow to continue our research and after a couple of hours had tea and cake there – delicious Strawberry Cake, beautifully presented.

In Ukraine tonight it is Ivan Kupala Night and our neighbours are going to the beach to celebrate. I’m hoping to add photos tomorrow as, sadly, I can’t go with them this evening.

What is Ivan Kupala Night?

People’s celebration of summer and sun is quite common across the nations of Europe. The holiday itself has many names — flakagajt (the day of fire) in Albania, Saint Jeans (St. Jean) in France, misommar in Sweden, sobotka in Poland, Ivana Kupala in Ukraine, and more. The celebration of Ivan Kupala Day falls on June 24 (old style calendar) or July 7 (new style) and worships the summer solstice. In Ukraine, we traditionally celebrate it on the night of July 6-7 — all mysteries happen right then…

Thinking of our very dear Ukrainian friends tonight.

 
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Posted by on July 6, 2023 in garden, photography, Postaday 2023, Uncategorized

 

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Killifreth, Library and A Flag

28 Jun

We took a different route to Truro today and on the horizon was Killifreth, the most elegant of engine house chimneys.

This is the library, The Passmore Edwards Free Library,  where I spent many happy hours as a child and where my Dad had to ask that I have access to the ‘grown-up’ library as I had read my way through everything in the junior section!  I started with the wonderful Scarlet Pimpernel stories.

Solidarity to Ukraine in the face of more terror last night – Slava Ukraini.

 
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Posted by on June 28, 2023 in architecture, books, Cornwall, environment, photography, Postaday 2023, Tin mining history, Truro

 

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Happy Days and Poppies

21 Jun

 

Happy Summer Solstice to all our friends and readers, especially our Ukrainian friends.

 
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Posted by on June 21, 2023 in friendship, garden, Humanism, Kindness, nature, photography, Postaday 2023, Uncategorized

 

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Cookies for Ukraine

12 Jun

The recipe I used today to make biscuits for tomorrow’s coffee time at Roots suggested that a small toy could be pressed into each uncooked cookie to make them look more interesting.  I don’t have any small toys so used the badge we were given by M,  one of our lovely Ukrainian friends. The biscuits therefore celebrate Ukraine’s fightback and our Dear friends from the Hooligan Art Community.  We hope they will visit again before too long.

Gluten free lemon cookies

Tank trap badge

 
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Posted by on June 12, 2023 in baking, photography

 

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Posy, Flags and Wisteria

08 Jun

We visited a friend today and took our first Sweet Peas as a small posy.

It’s pleasing to see that the council are flying the flag for Ukraine. My heart goes out to Ukraine and her people.

Our beautiful Wisteria is nearing its end and is being battered by the wild winds we have at the moment.It has been quite magnificent and has been in flower for over three weeks.

 
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Posted by on June 8, 2023 in Cornwall, environment, friendship, garden, nature, photography, Postaday 2023

 

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Truro, Lemon Quay and A Flag

21 Apr

An unusual sign caught our attention this morning while shopping in Truro City.

We were reminded that Lemon Quay really was a quay before it was all paved over in the 1920s. On the hill is Truro School where both my  brothers went and on the left is what is now the Hall for Cornwall, our theatre. You can read more about it here..

I was pleased to see support for Ukraine still flying though the recent strong winds had dislodged it a little.

 
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Posted by on April 21, 2023 in Uncategorized

 

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