Inspired by Katrina at Pining for the West I am joining the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 2016 hosted at the wonderfully festive Christmas Spirit blog. Continue reading “Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 2016”
Emma by Jane Austen
Published 1816
(Reviewed as part of the Classics Club Challenge) Continue reading “Emma by Jane Austen”
Books and other warming things
It was frosty this morning: a crisp, sharp frost. The water in the bird bath was a solid bowl of ice. This morning’s walk up the hill was invigorating, with smoky breath trailing in my wake. Continue reading “Books and other warming things”
Reading round-up: October/November
It’s November. Enticed by the pleasures of small achievements, in September I applied myself to two reading challenges which ended with October. I remember thinking at the start that Halloween would have been and gone by the time I’d finished and it seemed such a long way off back then. The weeks fly past! Continue reading “Reading round-up: October/November”
The View from Here: August in November
life is a glorious and messy business
This post belongs in mid-August. I began writing it early October and I’m finally publishing it in early November. What holds all three dates together are open skies and golden sunshine – beyond that life has been up and down and round the block a few times. Right now, life is good. It’s a good time to write about family. Continue reading “The View from Here: August in November”
Hallowe’en at Heligan
The mud maid greeted us
on our Hallowe’en hike.
Not that we were seriously hiking.
More of a Saturday afternoon stroll if truth be told.
But Heligan appears to be hauntingly beautiful
whenever we visit
and this was no exception. Continue reading “Hallowe’en at Heligan”
The View From Here: Lansallos to Lantic
A single boat glides silently through the waters below me. And I ask myself: who can fail to appreciate an afternoon such as this?
These passing October days have been crisp, clear and calm. Invigorating. Life-affirming. All that was wonderful about this October was encapsulated for me one afternoon mid-month when I walked a stretch of the coastal path. Continue reading “The View From Here: Lansallos to Lantic”
Looe. At last
…perhaps I shall find that there is a season for each little town
We finally got to Looe! We’ve been several times to be fair, either passing through or taking Harri to the vets, but finally we spent some time mooching around and getting a feel for the place. Continue reading “Looe. At last”
The View from Here: mist and morning moons
…the sky streaks with softest blush and ribboned strands flutter out across the heavens. The bright moon bathes in a sky-bath of pink roses.
Living just a few hundred miles further west than we were means the sun rises and sets about 15 minutes later than I’ve been used to. I wouldn’t have expected this to make much of a difference but it does. Already the mornings seem very much darker than I remember in autumns past. And I like it. I’m enjoying waking up in the dark; the bed warm and cosy; the bedroom chilly, making it that little bit easier to stay wrapped in the duvet. If I’m lucky, Harri will be still sleeping quietly somewhere on the bed. It’s a good time for letting my thoughts drift drowsily; a good time for gratitude. The world is waking up; the whole day stretches before me: Continue reading “The View from Here: mist and morning moons”
Lanhydrock: October sunshine and Alice
The gatehouse, with its crenellations and pinnacles … Off with their heads!
A bright sunny Sunday in October, eager to get out in the air, we took ourselves off to Lanhydrock House, barely half an hour’s drive away. I’d not heard of Lanhydrock before we moved here but I quickly learned it has vast estates with plenty of paths for walking (and cycling). An exploratory stroll seemed in order. Continue reading “Lanhydrock: October sunshine and Alice”
A Corner of Cornwall 