Looks like we may have another runner in the family!
The first day of May and it’s pouring down. What a contrast from yesterday. There are May Day celebrations all around here, including a very ancient traditional one in a nearby town. Continue reading “The View from Here: a damp, bright start to May”
And so April gave me what must surely be her last hurrah: a pin-sharp, vibrant morning to remember
As I climbed up the stairs not long after dawn this morning I knew from the quality of the light it would be bright and frosty. And it was – in spades! It was a stupendous morning! Continue reading “The View from Here: April’s last Hurrah”
… one thing remains constant: the weather may be mercurial but the view from here is always entrancing
As I sat here, early this morning, it hailed. Great chunks of ice clattering down. But at least we haven’t had snow, like many parts of the country. Although snow would have been nice now I think about it… Continue reading “The View from Here: capricious April”
The view from here is filled with promise
Monday: I like Mondays! Monday is the beginning of my week and I love beginnings of all kinds: great or small; humdrum, life-changing or complete one-offs. Continue reading “The View from Here: beginnings”
The view from here is dank, dismal and dripping. … the valley is poised to pull out its summertime splendour but that won’t be happening today.
Harri pulled me from sleep this morning. Her persistence finally overcoming my resistance, I left the warmth of B and the duvet and climbed upstairs. I knew from the light – or lack of it – that it must be wet outside and it is. It’s raining. Continue reading “The View from Here: rain, pongs, and problems solved”
The view from here is harmonious, breezeless and beautiful.
I climbed the stairs this morning to a rosy, frosty sunrise. No mist today, and the fields had a coppery hue as the early golden sunshine bounced off the bejeweled grass. Continue reading “The View from Here: where sheep may safely graze”
The view from here is full of love and promise
Saturday April 9th
This evening gave us our first real sunset. Not a majestic, fiery, spectacular sunset, but a sunset nonetheless. I have photos, but B has the best one which I’ve ‘borrowed’ here. Continue reading “The View from Here: moments and memories…”
The view from here is clean and simple … and very much in the present
A week since I last wrote here. I’ve missed it; I’ve been wanting – needing – to get back to the View almost daily. It seems that writing here does need to happen in the early morning, before the day starts. And there have been no really early mornings for a while. B has woken early several times this week – before me – and we’ve got up together, after a leisurely read and in my case, a cup of tea. It’s been nice; we are spending so much more time together since arriving here and it’s lovely. But I’ve missed these interludes. Continue reading “The View from Here: the world crashes in”
The view from here is magical, mysterious and multi-coloured
Today has been a touch frustrating. We still have no phone line and the mobile signal is not great. The internet is so intermittent that it seems to dominate everything as we monitor it in order to catch it when we have the chance. It has taken all day on and off to research and source a fridge/freezer and I still haven’t been able to contact the company and check delivery. It occurs to me with our access issues that I should check what size vehicle they will deliver in. And we’ve both been tired. I’ve still achieved a reasonable amount but it feels like a wasted day somehow. Perhaps because of the early morning highlights: maybe everything had to be downhill after that… (Apart from our driveway of course 😉 ) Continue reading “The View from Here: wuthering and rainbows”
And I think she would have liked the view from here.
A four-seasons-in-one-day kind of day. Grey, brooding clouds before seven this morning, then the palest of blue skies, building to sky-blue vistas and sunshine sweeping across the valley. By nine we had rain. And wind. It’s been a breezy, blustery, showery, sunshiny sort of day. Exhilarating. Continue reading “The View from Here: four seasons and memories”
A Corner of Cornwall 