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Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Lovely walk at the The Lost Gardens of Heligan after buying my stocks of local fresh meat at Lobbs Farm Shop.  50++ different types of pumpkin at The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Location: National Trust's Trelissick House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls It's been very busy these past couple of weeks. Finally, I managed to go for a walk today. Not realizing it's half term! Oh my, the carpark is full, though we managed to find a parking. Always loads of people to all these beautiful National Trust properties. What a refreshing walk! Fresh air and surrounded by the beauty of nature. Jumped dozen of times and it did not even got me tired. Hahaha... The campaign for a smarter Britain is at Trelissick from 14 October - 1 November with the "Travel to 2050" experience, a high-tech installation designed to show what a low-carbon, energy-efficient future might look like 30 years from now. Beautiful Trelissick House Stunning view of the Carrick Roads Jump jump jump... Higher! Hum of Autumn  Stunning View Gorgeous Flowers Fungi
Location: National Trust's Trerice House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls What a gorgeous sunny day. We cannot help but go out and have a walk. You'll never know how long this kind of weather last. Went for a garden walk in National Trust - Trerice House and Garden. We've seen loads of butterflies and birds. Went to the Gannel Estuary as well for birdwatching. A really enjoyable day. Trerice House and Garden Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Small White, Green-veined White and Speckled Wood. Some of the stunning flowers.
Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had a lovely time at The Lost Gardens of Heligan. We came to see their massive collection of Dahlia and huge pumpkins.     Location: East Pool Mine Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Had a fantastic and fabulous time at the National Trust's Summer Party in East Pool Mine. I had a great time playing the games with my team. And we are the over-all winner. Congratulations and well-done to us. Thank you Ian Marsh, General Manager for West Cornwall Countryside National Trust for inviting us to this fun and enjoyable event. The winning team!!!  Sooo delighted that my team won the games!!! With Kate Evans, Senior Visitor Experience Officer, West Cornwall Coast & Countryside I really had sooo much fun with the games.  Ian Marsh, General Manager, West Cornwall Countryside National Trust It's lovely to meet everyone. East Pool Mine
Location: National Trust's Trerice House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls I just love the Knot Garden at National Trust's Trerice House and Garden. The design of the knot garden, planted in 2013, was inspired by the decorative, geometric plaster ceiling in the Great Chamber that overlooks the space from the house.           Location: National Trust's Lanhydrock House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had a great time at National Trust's Lanhydrock House and Garden. The flowers are all in bloom in various colours and shapes. I felt sooo happy and relax surrounded by the beauty of nature on a glorious day.        Location: North Cornwall Coast Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The sunset was 9:36pm. Spectacular! Happy summer solstice. SUMMER SOLSTICE is here, meaning people in the Northern Hemisphere will experience the longest day of the year today, Friday, 21 June 2019 - UK will enjoy 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight. The sun will rise at 4:43am and will set at 9:21pm. The solstice officially marks the beginning of astronomical summer, which ends when the autumn equinox falls on September 23. The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when a planet's rotational axis, or geographic pole on either its northern or its southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star that it orbits. On the summer solstice, Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23.44°. (Likewise, the Sun's declination from the celestial equator is +23.44° in the Northern Sky and −23.44° in the Southern Sky.) This happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or south pole. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer. This is the northern solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the southern solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs sometime between June 20 and June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the Southern Hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice. As seen from a geographic pole, the Sun reaches its highest altitude of the year on the summer solstice. It can be solar noon only along that longitude, which at that moment lies in the direction of the Sun from the pole. For other longitudes, it is not noon. Noon has either passed or has yet to come. Hence the notion of a solstice day is useful. The term is colloquially used like "midsummer" to refer to the day on which solstice occurs. The summer solstice day has the longest period of daylight, except in the polar regions, where daytime remains continuous for 24 hours every day during a period ranging from a few days to six months around the summer solstice. 2016 was the first time in nearly 70 years that a full moon and the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice concur on the same day. The 2016 summer solstice's full moon rose just as the Sun set. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way with holidays, festivals, and rituals around that time with themes of religion or fertility. In some regions, the summer solstice is seen as the beginning of summer and the end of spring. In other cultural conventions, the solstice is closer to the middle of summer. Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still Spectacular sunset on Summer Solstice. Watching the sunset. Surrounded by the gorgeous poppies. Photographing the gorgeous poppies. The most beautiful poppy field.
Location: Lanhydrock House and Gardens Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had a lovely "BLUEBELL WALK" at Lanhydrock Garden after my "Education and Training Course". Very refreshing. Just a little drizzle and soft wind. Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls After a long day of working infront of my computer updating websites, writing blogs, editing a photoshoot, it's great to have some fresh Cornish air and a walk around the beautiful The Lost Gardens of Heligan. It's also a great chance to renew my annual membership. Too bad, my favourite Magnolia flowers are gone now. But there's still plenty of Daffodils and Camellias. Location: Trebah Garden, Falmouth Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather is gorgeous so I had a fantastic and fabulous time walking around the spectacular Trebah Garden. Loads of amazing wildlife around. We've seen 10 species of butterflies: 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Comma, 1x Orange Tip, 5x Small White, 3x Large White, a pair of mating Green-veined White, 2x Speckled Wood, 2x Small Copper and 2x Holly Blue. 1x Speckled Wood in our garden. 1x Brimstone and 4x Small White on the road. Trebah Garden is a uniquely beautiful, wooded 25 acre sub-tropical ravine garden that descends to its own beach on the beautiful Helford River. It is the wild and magical result of 160 years of inspired and dedicated creation. The natural spring at the top of the garden drops 10ft into the Koi Pool and cascades through drifts of brightly coloured waterside plantings. Mediterranean and southern hemisphere plants intermingle with Trebah’s groves of huge Australian tree ferns and palms. A giant plantation of gunnera and clumps of huge bamboos give this garden a unique and exotic wildness matched by no other garden in the British Isles. It has been rated as one of the best 80 gardens in the world. Many of the plants, such as the azaleas and rhododendrons, selected for their fragrance, have been planted in drifts on the ravine sides. n early spring, Trebah comes alive with a colourful array of 100-year-old rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias; in summer, the giant gunnera is a must see for young and old. In autumn, Hydrangea Valley casts clouds of china blue and soft white across Mallard Pond and in winter, our spectacular champion trees dominate the landscape, the Bamboozle looks striking,whilst plants from the southern hemisphere can be seen flowering. Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St Austell Penpol Creek, Newquay Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather this weekend is absolutely glorious. In the morning, went to the Heligan Daffodil Fair in The Lost Gardens of Heligan. There's an amazing display of Fentongollan’s most spectacular daffodils, over 50 stunning heritage daffodil varieties. Loads of gorgeous flowers around and we saw 1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell. After a few hours walk, we went to Lobbs Farm to buy our stock of meat and vegetable for the week. Had a lovely fresh meal at the cafe. Hmmm happy tummy! Along the road in Kestle Mill, we saw 2x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell plus some gorgeous "bluebells". In the afternoon, we went to Penpol Creek to look for the Cattle Egret but we have not seen any but we saw 15x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Red Admiral. Location: Our Lady Star of the Sea & Saint Anthony Catholic Church, St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St Austell Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Another lovely day... Sunny and dry but still a bit cold and chilly from the easterly wind. Attend the Sunday Mass at the Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady Star of the Sea and Saint Anthony in St Mawes in the morning. It's also the 81st birthday of father Terrence. Followed by a wonderful walk at the beautiful "The Lost Gardens of Heligan". Loads of gorgeous flowers in bloom. Loads of Snowdrops, Daffodils and Camellias. Loads of amazing wildlife too. Came home in the evening and made a delicious dinner. Roast Cornish pork served with basmati rice, beans, peas and homemade apple sauce. Sooo lush! Happy tummy! |
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