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Tuesday 28 August 2018

Sea Rose...


I could listen to the sea all day and until the late evening and not get bored by its presence.  The sea is sure a happy tonic for the soul...The ever changing waves lashing against the shells and rocks...churning the sea bed and foaming at the shore...I love listening to the waves as they roar.  I grew up on an Island and as a child i could hear the sea from my bedroom. I need that sea fix, it feels homely that smell of sea air...
There is a change in the air...the heat of the Sun rays are long gone...it has been overcast for days...misty rain drifts in and out of Devon of late...its much cooler now.  The bank holiday was filled with walks, mainly coastal ones...and high up on Bodmin moor clambering the rocks, bracken and through ancient Celtic stones forming the 'cheese ring' ...rugged bog land and heather to abandoned mines...sheep grazing in the harsh landscape.  Although the weather had turned to drizzle we kept walking and enjoyed a pint of Cornish cider at a local pub on the moors...

Tintagel cliff top, Cornwall...


Amongst the brambles and leaves I noticed the most beautiful rose head. Droplets of water on its soft petals.
Such beauty!...





My blue sky photographs from previous posts have been replaced with more 'overcast', grey backgrounds, but i'd like to add we have had occasional Sunshine in between...There is definitely a change in the air...

My daughter will be starting Secondary School in the next week...eeeeekkk!!!! and another chapter in our lives begins...all systems go!.

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Friday 17 August 2018

Summer Sun...

The Summer holidays began in intense heat from the Summer's sun...We have been lucky really...I remember Summer's like this when I was a young child.  We have had days away in Bude, Cornwall. Enjoying family time on the beach with my Twin's children...trips to the South Ham's, Torquay and Dartmoor paddling with the Dartmoor ponies in the rivers. Summer evening walks...its all been rather relaxed and peaceful. Mainly, 'staycation' holidays this year. We are lucky in that respect as we live so close to the beautiful countryside of Devon and near the Cornish Coast too...We just pack the car with pic-nics and blankets and off we pop for a few hours or days.  My partner only had the week off with us so we did pack a lot in.  The weather has taken a turn this week though more overcast and quite a few showers....but in between we've still had plenty of sun. To be honest I like cooler days It seems to give me more energy to walk and enjoy being out without feeling over baked like a jacket spud!...  The Hill top garden where my cottage sits is full to bursting with apples drooping off the apple tree's , blackcurrants and blackberries. I feel some crumbles and pies are in the making next week.

(cosmos..one of my most favourite flowers in Cornwall)
The blooms seem bigger and bolder this Summer...

(days away in Bude with my Twin and family)
(Dartmoor ponies down by the river)
(on the dresser top...Below, I found these wonderful vintage rosettes in the local market)

I hope you have been all enjoying a beautiful Summer...
Update :My father got to go home for a few weeks...was doing really well despite all the intense cancer treatments...even walking to local shops where he lives and visiting friends and local bird watching reserves. But this week they had found more small tumours and he needs to be back in hospital for my treatments. But he's feeling up beat about it all. Each day is a new day, a new hurdle. But He does seem stronger in himself at the moment. We keep our fingers crossed...

Thank you for the lovely comments as always...I've been quite good, a post a month!?


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