Cornwall 2022/2023

Not sure what these small yellow flowers are and my Mum can't remember! Anyway, they're cheerful! Melampodium divaricatum - aka butter daisy - thank you, Isabel for that! I remember that while taking the shot, it started to rain quite hard (despite the sunshine) and I thought I had wiped my phone screen enough but obviously not completely. Anyway as a record of the moment I'm not at all fussed by it!

Pelargonium, Saint Day garden, Cornwall

Taken from the same spot as the previous post, different view and separated by time of day and ten years! Miracle of miracles! 1) I found an hour of 'me' time and drove to the coast here. First time in 2 and a half weeks of being in Cornwall that I actually set eyes on the sea! 2) My phone camera actually allowed this one shot to be uploaded onto my laptop !

I rather like these lilies but haven't had the time to research them and give a variety name (and my mum can't remember). Do we have a lily expert who could help here? Guernsey lilies! Thank you to those who came up with the correct answer!

Basset Cove, Crane Islands and North Cliffs, Cornwall. (Godrevy Island and lighthouse can just be seen).

Aubutillon Canterbury bells. At least that is what I learnt from someone somewhere! I may be wrong and would be pleased to be corrected. Abutilon megapotamicum: Thank you for the identification, Adrian Jones.

Went for a brief lungful of sea air in the hour I had available before returning to cook supper and It was fortunate that I co-incided with this colourscape! North Cliffs, Cornwall.

From above St Agnes Head. I just felt the combination worked well. (...and works quite well too on large). Above all, I just liked the colour and slight choppiness of the sea here!

Between Basset Cove and Porthcadjack, Southwest Peninsula Coastpath,Cornwall

St Agnes Head, evening light, Cornish coast.

Basset Cove and Crane Islands, Cornwall. (perhaps a smidjin better on large)

Near Basset Cove. Southwest Peninsula Coastpath, North Cliffs, Cornwall. Perhaps better enlarged.

HANWE everyone! Built in inferior stone and on the cheap in the 1820s, this church soon started listing (possibly due to being built on ancient, uncharted tin mine shafts - St Day isn't known locally as 'Sinking City' for nothing!) and by the 1950s was unusable after the roof fell in. No money was available to shore it up and re-roof it so a more modest church was built nearby. Nonetheless it's still a local landmark and the spire is visible for miles around.

There han't been a market here since the 1860s but it is still the hub of the village.

Another corner of my mum's garden. Fuchsias flower all year round here, they love all that moisture! Sight and sound www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uk0d7FIpCw Because Amy Winehouse was one of the greatest blues voices of all time, on a par with Janis Joplin, Bessie Smith, etc.

Another evening coastal shot. Quite calm and peaceful despite looming clouds and a few sharp showers. North Cliffs, Cornwall and the South West Peninsula Coast Path. Perhaps marginally improved on large.

There are a few such alleyways here; some have a mysterious, almost spooky, air about them.

Time seems to have passed by St Day! This street is fairly typical of the village centre. It's a bit like a blast from the past! Perhaps better on full screen. Sight and sound. Just love this early funk song by an underrated genius in Donny Hathaway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkfTLnE5Vtk