Making : sourdough pizza, because Friday night was made for it
Cooking : spicy lentil soup, the first of the new season
Drinking : red wine, it’s particularly fine for autumn
Reading: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (only just; sort of as I got halfway through the first chapter last night and woke up a couple of hours later with the light on in the early hours…)
Plymouth Hoe
Wanting: to crochet again
Playing: The Police, Greatest Hits
Polperro, with a boat ready and waiting outside the house
It still has an active fishing port
Deciding: whether to have a dry October or not, what do you think?
Wishing: for these lovely warm sunny days to continue
Porth Ledden Bay near Capewall
Walking some of the SW coast path from Cape Cornwall to Levant
Enjoying: my new Sony Bluetoooth speaker. Saw it on someone’s Instagram, mentioned it and had one for a birthday surprise!
Waiting: for Invisible Sun to play next
Trengwainton garden, always a must-see
Liking: Apple picking socialising while sharing recipe ideas: pork and apple, apple crumble, apple jam, chilli & apple jelly, apple cake….
Wondering: about trying baking baguettes. Have you ever ?
Loving: my audio book. Only an hour left now, then into the new Robert Galbraith Lethal White
Some of the many Trengwainton Scarecrows, made with local primary school children. The theme this year is Inspirational Women
Emmeline Pankhurst and Frida Kahlo
Pondering: nothing high powered
Considering: going to the V&A soon
Buying: birthday wish list gifts
Watching: The BBC’s Repair Shop (S2:8) for the first time, it won’t be the last episode I watch. So good to see skilled people at work
Saffron Chelsea buns, we shared one. Delicious
Fantastic little bakery in St Ives, must buy another SCB next time
Hoping: my right hand sorts itself out by my next appointment (4 weeks time)
Marvelling: at how many people have talked about the Bodyguard series
Cringing: that I saw a major spoiler on the cover of the Radio Times magazine, which put me off watching any episodes. Viewers no longer watch programmes as they are screened and this was only a few days later
Needing: to drink something soon
Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden, St Ives
Questioning: what am I currently questioning? Anything?
Smelling: orangey perfume
Wearing: comfy house clothes, actually I always call them ‘dags’ like my Aussie friends when I was living in Australia 
Nicest bookshop in Cornwall? The World? In Penzance. So many signed copies too as many authors live nearby, including John le Carre and Patrick Gale
Following: my own instincts
Knowing: these things come and go
Thinking: fluffy thoughts
Admiring: the way everyone’s taken to autumn clothing
Cornish Cheese Tea: cheese scones with cream cheese and a spicy tomato chutney
Cornish Cream Tea: one plain and one fruity scone with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry jam
The cafe at Trengwainton is always a must-visit too
Penzance harbour, our week away was mixed weatherwise but we walked every day regardless
Waking to Marazion watching the kite surfers pass St Michaels Mount; which is only accessible by the causeway when the tide is out, or by boat
Sorting: summer clothes to put away
Getting: used to team cooking, one-handed doesn’t work *that* well. But no washing up (always so much despite having a dishwasher.) One. Good. Result
Bookmarking: articles about personal power
Back to Plymouth for a night, arriving at lunchtime in torrential rain. Finding the lounges of the hotel full of people having a drink to hide from the weather, so decided if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
Coveting: more local gins
Disliking: wrist pain / hating that sock knitting. Ride in a Time Machine please? (Which reminds me; new Dr Who on Sunday)
Opening: multiple webpages and crashing my middle aged iPad
Giggling: at Life in Pieces. I’m on S3 now
Dyrham Park National Trust, Gloucestershire, it’s an impressive filming location for movies and tv (Poldark, Far from the Madding Crowd and Sense and Sensibility, to name a few)
Feeling: chilled
Snacking: no carrots!!!!! Argh!!!! Hate running out
Helping: increase family’s carb intake by baking them sourbread. I bake much more than I eat
Hearing: the fizz of tonic and the chink of ice, my G&T has arrived (yes, spoilt)
Mixing: in red wine later with dinner
Two rye sourdough loaves I baked this morning
Worrying: I’m a sourdough bore now (but you’re lovely. I know you don’t really mind)
Slicing: and peeling a few cooking apples then completely stopping as OUCH! Not the working definition of Do Not Use Your Hand for Three Weeks
Celebrating: Autumn produce; Barty’s Bramley apples, the picking of which he was closely supervising, sitting by the asters! Trengwainton squash and blackberries all along the SW coast path in Cornwall
Forgetting: where I left my watch on 12/9
Pretending: I’ll find it, but it’s looking more and more unlikely. So hard not to keep looking at my wrist, like it’s going to magically appear there
Hello Autumn. I’m ready. It’s been a lovely summer but I always like to see you
Sneaking: M&S buttermints and blaming Mr Scrappy (remember him?)
Embracing: walking, reading and good tv
Hoping you’re fully functioning in a two-handed healthy fashion, cross your fingers / pray / send out vibes (or some chocolate) for my right hand please. I’m chipper, but concerned. Who wants a stupid third of a sock, needles and yarn??!?!
The Little Room of Rachell 
Enjoy your blog so much!!! Keep them coming! Only the best to you regarding wrist
Thank you very much Jeanie
There are so many lovely things in this post that it’s hard to pick one out to comment on! Except perhaps that pizza… or the bookshop… or those Chelsea buns… I’m glad you’ve found so much to enjoy despite the fact that you can’t craft at the moment. Keeping my fingers crossed for your next appointment.
Thank you Madeleine. That bookshop was just lovely. Such a good independent bookshop; really well stocked and very welcoming.
Lots of lovely photos of great looking places. Lovely to imagine being there with you. As someone who has occasional wrist issues (arthritis) I can definitely agree that peeling and chopping are not a good idea, nor is grating! Envy your sourdough bread. I would try making some but it’s the fact that it’s not a one off thing that puts me off. Sending good wishes, prayers etc. for the recovery of your wrist.
I heard that cooked tomatoes are better for arthritis than raw and red wine can aggravate it. Did you know? (Not that I’ve got any, yet…)
I’ve read that you can freeze the starter and it survives in suspended animation until you want you defrost and reinvigorate it. If we were nearer I’d give you some of mine – enough for a loaf whenever you fancied baking.
Prayers and good wishes really appreciated. Thank you Jane
Actually I long ago gave up tomatoes and then more recently all members of the solanum family like potatoes and peppers (although I do have some occasionally) because I thought it helped reduce the stiffness in my joints. Didn’t know about the red wine though. Was reading about sourdough starter and seemed a bit confusing. I think it was partly the having to throw half away that worried me as well but still considering the idea.
I don’t throw mine away. Can’t bear it either! I’ve turned it into something else like pancakes, crumpets or bread. (And shared all with family. The pancakes are quite thick and you can reheat them fine.) I have been experimenting to get to 375g and remove 300g for baking. 75g saved for the next loaf and so on.
Oh my so much scrumptious food….
Oh my, what a resulting curvy figure …. ! 😉
Beautiful photos! We use to pick many blackberries along side the road in Chile, making blackberry jam together with my eldest daughter. It was over 20 years ago, sweet memories…
How lovely! There is nothing like making jam with the fruit you’ve foraged and picked, is there!
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