The Holidays are here....and A Prince!

Do I start with Royalty?...

O.k I will...It started off really quite an ordinary day last Tuesday. My daughter getting ready for her performance in the Roald Dahl story of Matilda performed with the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company). Our little Market town had got all the bunting and flags out and were making it look rather special indeed because a Prince was coming to visit, Prince Charles in fact. With the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla. There was also a food and drink festival and Arts in the Butcher's hall which the Prince was coming to make a special visit for.

I came down to hopefully, well maybe just see a 'glimpse of the Prince'...I walked through the outdoor Market as the brass band had started to play...Lots of police, body guards and a hive of activity as you can imagine, Local school children waving little flags and cheering with excitement...Crowds of people gathering.

I was standing by a Cider producer as they closed the outdoor market off with the arrival of Prince Charles.

So I waited patiently at the side of the Market stand...To my surprise I got to shake the hands of Prince Charles and Camilla...They had turned to walk right passed the Cider stand where I was standing. They stopped to talk to quite a lot of people. Prince Charles was very friendly and Camilla also. I said "Its a real Pleasure to meet you". It all seemed so surreal as I wasn't expecting to be that close or to shake their hands.

It was literally 10 seconds or less!...Sophia got to perform as well for a special performance with them and the RSC.  So there you are!...totally amazing week for Myself and Sophia. I phoned my partner and was like "...I just got to shake Prince Charles hand", "How completely mad is that!?". My partner Stevie said you better not wash that hand for at least a week. Hehe!!.

♥ I've very much been enjoying the British Strawberries...and Strawberry Pastries!

♥ Home sweet home...The one good thing about our old stone cottage it stays lovely and cool during the Summer months...

♥ Enjoying lovely Evening walks... (from last weekend)

Calstock, Cornwall...A beautiful woodland walk and then down by the river...

(The River Tamar towards Calstock, Cornwall...Up in the woodland looking down)

(Beautiful Sky over Dartington estate)

Wild Meadows...

Cornish Strawberries...

Totnes, Devon, Plymouth, Devon...

Elmer the Elephant trail in Plymouth...The artwork on them is so impressive!

♥ Loving Pottering around in the Garden... and a Posy from the garden.

♥The sun has been shining for almost a whole month!. Its been absolutely Blissful...

The garden is now officially WILD!.

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The Apples have grown so much...I have tomatoes growing but all small and green, a few more weeks to get ripe. I had a bit of slug infestation so some of the other veggies have become quite sorry looking...but trying to save what is left. The Sweet pea have produced a whole posy so far!...Its a mixed variety. The blackcurrants will be a little slower this year as we accidentally  hacked the poor thing back in May thinking it was a weed.  We have left our grass a bit too wild!...there are lots of wild f lowers this year~ I quite like it like that as the bee's are enjoying it.  I've been enjoying late evenings watching the Sun go down over the Devon Hills and My little Market Town becoming peaceful and quiet...

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Some New illustration/artwork for my Etsy shop (Link in left hand sidebar)..

Whimsical Cottage Garden Girls... I will be updating Shop with New stock Next week/over weekend.

So I'm busy getting Stock printed up.  Thank you Kindly for Supportive comments on my art ♥

(Enjoying the Country Living U.K magazine)

Its been a busy Month really, but Today is the Last day of School for Sophia and the Summer Holidays begin -yippeeeee!!!!. its much needed a break. Sophia looks exhausted after all the RSC Matilda shows! and School in between.

My Lovely Stevie will also get some quality time off work the first week of the holidays...

Its also been a busy old time for me...I've been busy with some exciting commissions (some of which I cannot share for the time being)... I will be so glad of some Family time. And we get two days with My twin Sister and her family.

I hope you will also get some Lovely Summer time off...
Enjoy!!...

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Simple pleasures, Summer Solstice...

The sky is heavenly on this Mid Summer Solstice...The bell's of the Market town church chime and its 9pm.

Sitting with a glass of bubbly and some Cotehele Rhubarb crumble with Devon cream just taking in all the peaceful sights around me...this Simple, quiet time...I love these warm-ish evenings just looking up at the sky.

Its quite something when you think to yourself half the year is already through, a little time to reflect...I almost feel I have been in waiting for Summer to actually arrive...Devon has had quite a fair share of rain...In between some days of pure blue skies, But I think the April showers came to us in June...
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The best thing about Summer to me is the early Morning walk around the garden while my partner and daughter start to wake. I love that peaceful, sparkly, dappled sunlight through the apple tree's, the morning birds song and enjoying any new buds appearing on the flower beds and pots while sipping on my first milky tea of the day before the hustle and bustle of busy routines...Just 'Me' and the garden. And then that late evening dusky light after a busy day just taking time to be peaceful and my quiet time before getting off to bed with a good book...
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My partner had a weeks holiday from Work, mainly to sort the car insurance and a few other car issues.

But between garage visits and finances We headed off for some Me and him time...between school pick up time too. It was a bit wet! and one day misty and wet!!, but we braved the weather and had some good walks anyway...Good British style you could say.  One of my most favourite nurseries in Cornwall is The Duchy Nursery, Lostwithiel...Its really beautiful, lovely greenhouses full with plants and cactuses, lots of potted plants, rose bushes, fruit tree's outside...and lead you to a New Bumblebee Garden with shepherd huts and allotment style garden. Also the barn gift shop and restaurant are really stunning with the character of an old barn style...We had a beautiful day and the Sun came out!. After a lovely Cornish tea we headed to Lerryn right  by the river...quiet, peaceful place...We had some of steve's Mother's walnut cake on the river bank where the boats are moored up. The tide was out. The red campion and wild grasses decorating the muddy banks. We walked along the river towards the woodlands.

 We have lots of ideas and plans we have been discussing for the future...goals we set ourselves and things we'd like to achieve... its 'Our' time to think things through and I love our chats. We also get so much pleasure from walking and nature (I say this a lot on my blog!) ...Its so important to have that Loving Soul Mate. We have so many shared interests. He's been my rock!.

Calstock, Cotehele and Lerryn...Cornwall.

We've also had some lovely evening walks to Calstock, Cotehele (National Trust house, gardens, woodlands, river quay and boat museum) and Kit Hill (far reaching views of Devon and Cornwall~ Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor) in Cornwall and an evening for fathers day drinks in Torquay with Stevie's parents.
 My father also is doing much better after a very horrid tumour on his nose with means he will have to have plastic surgery. But he's good in himself considering the on going cancer treatments. I hope to see him in the next month.
I am still busy behind the scenes with illustrations and sending prints off from the printers in the city...

But Today I'm Home with my daughter as she's a little poorly...
(I started this posting on my blog a few days ago...just got round to actually posting it)

Wishing you Summer Solstice blessings...

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End of May... Catch up!

Hello dear bloggy friends, Hope the weather this half term has been beautiful for you...
I cannot believe its been a whole month since I last blogged. I seem to be contradicting myself an using Instagram more often when I blogged about wanting to spend more time on meaningful posts on blogger.
Oh' well here I am at the end of May with lots to share (photo wise).
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The Swifts and swallows have arrived whistling as they swoop across the rooftops of my hill top cottage.

The blackbirds are nesting in our holly bush...The Sweet pea shoots have doubled in size...and the apple tree's have tiny, teeny weeny growing apples ~'Squeeeeeels' with excitement.
My cosmos is in full bloom and still awaiting the foxgloves...
And the Cow parsley and Campion are now covering the Devonshire and Cornish lanes.
I've been enjoying home grown mixed salad leaves from the veg patch part of the garden...
Tomato plants are outside (i've put them in grow bags)...doubled in size...and still looking healthy!.

Lots to Love about May...

To

be
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a few more weeks of May...
Its become one of my favourite months...
But June is just around the corner.

A little posy at the beginning of May...

Woodlands always frill me in May...So many wild garlic flowers and the end of the Bluebells...

The buttercups seem to cover the meadows all around our little Market town.

Wild flowers on my shelf.

So much beauty in the farmers field...

The wild daisies, Cow parsley, Campion and Buttercups really cheer my days this Month of May.

Lovely day in Kingsbridge by the south hams coastline, Devon...and the posy of Church flowers.

Meadow fields...

'I'm in the garden'...Garden girl illustration using watercolours, Acrylic white, pen & ink...

Lots of inspiration for New art work in my Etsy shop (Link in sidebar)

I kept to pastel watercolours and Acrylic white to paint the Cottage garden scene with Moth and Owl.

Reminds me of the blossom tree's... Now available in my Etsy shop (Link in sidebar),

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During May we had some lovely trips to Truro in Cornwall and Fowey in Cornwall...

Good bye Beautiful May days I've enjoyed your company...

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