The challenge this week is to show our favourite flowers and why they are favourites, but I have far too many favourites for many different reasons so I have decided to have a trawl through every month of the year and choose just one from the many. Mostly from my own garden, but all from…
Tag: #incolours
objects or views that demonstrate one of the defining colours of cornwall.
A Late September Stroll
The nice thing about September in Cornwall is that it is a little quieter on the roads, though on a sunny day the beach car parks can still get full quickly. Holiday-makers without children or with under school-age children tend to flock down here once the schools start back for the autumn term and there…
cornwall in colours: green
I am going to join in with Dawn’s Festival of Spring which will last for 10 -12 weeks in celebration of this season.
cornwall in colours: green
As we approach mid-April the signs of spring are all around us in the UK. Unusually for April there is a shortage of showers and an abundance of blue skies though the temperatures barely reach double figures during the day and a bitterly cold northerly wind has made its presence known. Still, wrap up warm…
Corwall’s Colours of Autumn
West Penwith Where few trees or woodland forests exist. Autumn colours are subtle and easily missed. There are none of the severe frosts that bring about the wonderful reds and orange shades. Here the greens turn yellow or conker brown then fade until one day, after a storm, they’ve gone. But the jewel-like berries in…
cornwall in colours: red
I had a bit of a thing about post boxes a few years ago when I realised how many different types there are, not just around the world, but also in the UK. This one is a local box and featured before, but the other day when I passed by I was struck with…
cornwall in colours: glas
the colour of the Cornish sea.. *glas (green, blue)
cornwall in colours: muted shades
The natural colours of stone and slate and wood with a little help of delicate shades of blue paint fading nicely in the Cornish weather are beautifully illustrated in the outbuildings of Godolphin estate. A rare opportunity to get a photo of my favourite doors closed. Usually one is open to allow access into the…
cornwall in colours: green or blue?
Puya chilensis (Sheep eating plant) is in the Bromeliaceae family and has striking stiff leathery mid-green leaves of up to 3 feet in length with spines. The trumpet-shaped yellow or green flowers grow on a tall spike. The flower spikes are up to 2m tall. Growth is slow and spread by offsets. I was astonished…
Cornwall in Colours 