Randoms

Still recovering from the excitement of seeing Aidan a whole week later! I have been out and about revisiting faves as well as new discoveries but decided to take the opportunity to post some random photographs.

To kick off with, did I ever tell you how I lent the lighthouse cottage to complete strangers for a few days while the daddy of the family took a brief break from his monumental fund-raiser for an MS charity; Shift.ms which involved cycling to every lighthouse in England and Wales (including the islands). I didn't? Well I did. And this is the lovely basket of goodies that awaited me on my return to the cottage back at the beginning of June. He's on the home stretch now; free-wheeling all the way down the east coast of England back to Kent.

I'm still adding new varieties to my list of wild flowers and this book has been invaluable. I have really enjoyed taking little cuttings home and then identifying them. My favourite wild flowers to date are betony and common restharrow. Mum bought me a lovely little snipping tool when we were at Trebah Gardens which lives in my bag. Binoculars and snippers - who is this girl?

As you know life is a bowl of cherries and none more delicious than a pound of these English beauties bought from the roadside.

This sign continues to perplex me. The first time I saw it I thought some funny fellow had removed the 'I' from the sign. And then I saw it again, miles away. So I had a little read and then I had a little look on Cornwall Council's website. Dear reader, Cornwall Council are trying to let their loos. Apparently they could be converted into a variety of purposes including holiday homes, recreational activities and cafes. Well that's all fine and dandy but other factors aside it's a condition of the lease that a public toilet service has to be maintained. They're not the largest of buildings to start with so how does that work???

Me...

... and my lighthouse just visible over the roof...

... and my 50th birthday piggies enjoying some respite from the sun in my newly purchased beach shelter.

 As I love my distressed table so much I decided to paint my little green shelves white as well. Of course half-way through I ran out of paint so had to do a 50 miles trip to B&Q in Penzance to buy another tin. Very pleased with the result.

And to finish this random post, a random accidental photo of my foot.

Love from The Lizard Girl