(Please click on the image to enlarge) The glittering, sparkling light of the sun on the ocean is called sun glitter or sun glint. When it forms a silvery pathway on the water it is poetically referred to as a sunglade.
Six on Saturday | Phew!
Another hot week! And a busy one. My daughter and granddaughter never stop. With two dogs there were walks too, a bit too much for me I’m afraid. I really do not cope in the heat. I end up in a puddle. Though an evening paddle on a beach was very nice, as was the…
Six on Saturday | Back to Normal
The oppressive heat left a much rather cooler Cornwall behind. And there has been rain and mist so back to normal here, though there is talk of hotter weather moving towards the south-east. I am so glad I no longer live there, not just for the heat they seem to get every year, but also…
Summer Rain
Summer rain how heavy you do fall, fat drops splatter on the floor, splish, splash first one then more. The air is thick it’s hard to breathe, the heat remains as the summer rain gathers momentum falling. The garden welcomes summer rain plink, plonk, dusty leaves relishing the droplets as they fall. But the roses…
Six on Saturday | Heatwave (2)
What a contrast with last week! I’m afraid like a lot of my flowers I wilt in the heat and although it has been a lot cooler than the south-east of the country, and indeed further east in the south west, my part of Cornwall has still been a bit too warm for me. An…
Heatwave in the City
Given the temperatures in the UK this week it seemed a good opportunity to share another of David’s songs when he was living in London during the 1980s. “This song wasn’t based on any particular incident, though it was written sometime between the Brixton and Broadwater Farm riots of the early 1980s. It was more…
Alice and the Dairy Herd
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Summer Solstice
The longest day here in the northern hemisphere and by the sound of it many places are going to be having the second heatwave of the year. For me June means roses, so to celebrate today here are some roses I saw in a garden last week. They weren’t labelled so my names are pure…
Six on Saturday | Almost Midsummer
As we approach the longest day of the year (the Summer Solstice is tomorrow) and midsummer (Wednesday 24th June) I’m looking forward to some sunshine which has been sadly lacking this week – mist, cloud, rain has meant little work done in the garden which means the bindweed is romping away! The damp week has…
Cornwall in Colours 