So , here we are ! On our way home from a couple of days fossil hunting in Charmouth .
By the way , I'm not driving ! I was holding the camera up the other way around .
Not a good idea to drive with a big basket of needlework supplies , snacks , bottle of water and a coffee cup full of water and lots of scavenged plant cuttings .
Not a good idea for me to be driving at all really , because I can't !
Charmouth Beach with the Golden Cap in the distance .
Sunday was sunny with a chilly breeze and being Sunday , there were so many people arriving on the beach that we were glad we took our walk early . Then headed off to Chesil and Cogden Beach ....which was blissful in it's emptiness .
We did a very long trudge down and along Cogden Beach and Chesil Beach and a gruelling walk back up to the car park . Grateful for the occasional seat to get our breath back along the way .
There's the Golden Cap in the distance .
The Crambe Maritima looking amazing at this time of the year , with it's huge white flowers .
Also known as Sea Kale .
The ancient brassica of our ancestors . Isn't it gorgeous !
Every part of this perennial kale ; the leaves , the buds like broccoli and even the roots are edible .
Potentilla anserina , also known as Silverweed .
Just so beautiful !
Then off to Groves Nursery for lunch .
Ricardo had Jacket Potato , filled with Chicken , bacon and avocado .
I had good old jacket potato cheese and beans .
It was busy in there so I had to go and grab a table in the shade and he knows what to order for me . He knows what I like .
Back at the hotel , I did a little more of my Pentecost embroidery listening to some beautiful music .
🌿🕊️ Harpa Dei - Music for the Healing of Nations (From Gethsemani )🕊️🌿
"Siblings in blood and spirit . Singing in various languages Aramaic , Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Chinese and various European languages ."
Monday we walked about three quarters of the way up to the Golden Cap ... I got heat stroke ..... and can't remember much more about it really .
The hot weather had really caught us out , we were unprepared and had not thought to bring our sun hats . Husband can take it ... I can't .
We went back to the Premier Inn in Seaton . I had a very uncomfortable night feeling so poorly .
Ricardo said he would take us home that evening but I was feeling too rough to do so .
Felt a bit washed out next morning , but okay to do the drive home .
We usually go fossil hunting in the Winter , so it was lovely to see our beautiful English countryside on the drive home .
We didn't find any fossils this time , I found a piece of rock with lovely crystals inside it . Actually there was lots of it , a geode that someone had smashed open . Huge chunks ! Beautiful and sparkling !
I was told quite firmly that I was not to try carrying it back to the car ..hmph ... so I gathered up a small chunk . I'll show you tomorrow .
I did find lots of stones with holes in . I seem to be drawn to them ! lol !
At the moment they are in every pocket of our coats , clothes and in every corner of the car , under the seats 🤗 ..... if I hadn't been feeling so bad , there would also usually be a pile of drift wood too .... sigh .....
I slept the rest of the way home .
Thoughts were now turning to my plants in the shed and in the greenhouse .
I had left one side window partly open , but if it has been as hot as it has been in Charmouth , I was afraid that I might lose everything !
So glad to see the "Coming Home Trees "on the way back .
Back home and straight up to water everything in the shed and greenhouse .
Sweetcorn and beans have all germinated and are even climbing out of the ventilation vent of the propagator !
I might sow another batch of sweetcorn . A variety called Swift and they did come up so fast !
🌱🌱🌱 Everything is germinating and doing really well .🌱🌱🌱
Over in the greenhouse , the tomato vines are now just beginning to push their way up and through the greenhouse bench . 🌿
Soon I will top up the pot bags they are growing in with some fresh compost .
I don't give any tomato food just yet .
🌿 I begin to feed as they start to flower .🌿
I pulled the strings forward to gently wind the tomato stems around as they grow taller . I planted the taller growing tomato plants at this end and the shorter ones further down so that I would have access to open and close the side window .
Anyway ....
Then we went for our evening walk . Aah ....it's so good to be home .
Hope the weather is being kind wherever you are .
☀️and a bitterly cold breeze again here !
Love and Peace 🕊️
Love Debbie x
