Quick review of 2009...

Slightly blurry dahlia from last autumn - I love this rich wine colour, beautiful.

These colours are just gorgeous, so warm and rich.

This was a rose from last autumn, that grew in the garden. DD and DH gave me this plant years ago, and despite my lack of green fingers, the hacking back that it has infrequently, and the fact that the chickens have discovered the beds - it continues to bloom so spectacularly. It asks for nothing, but never fails to give so much - beautiful.

I have been looking through photos and realised that I haven't really taken any this year. I posted a few yesterday and the only other ones are less than 10 that I look on holiday this year - yes, just 10. I need to get this rectified - tomorrow I am in the garden with the girls (the feathery kind) so there will be new photos.....

Mevagissey, July 2nd 2009.

View from Fowey, July 2009

View from Fowey and a rainbow, July 2009

View from one of my most favourite places - the cafe at the Tate St Ives.

I could sit here all day just experiencing the view.

St Ives is my favourite place for so many reasons:

The colours, the views, the people, the atmosphere, the deckchairs, the cream teas, the peace.

Is it as good to live there as it is to visit?

Do the people who live there feel the way I do when I visit, all the time?

Feel the force, Luke!

Is it obvious that there is a disctinct difference in the photos of 2009 versus 2008? Could it be something that has just bitten me on the bum!! Wow, that was a message!