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WILD FLOWERS [TRAVEL DIARY]

August 3, 2016November 24, 2016 | Chloe

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I stumbled across a beautiful flower meadow in Cornwall where we spent a gloriously sunny week at the beginning of July. I love the wild mixture of colours – so much so that it inspired me to get my paint box out!

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Way back at the start of the year I started working on a little sewing tutorial for you, got 90% of the way there and the kind of stalled. I guess the process of planning for California kind of got in the way but now that I have regained some headspace, I have finished it! This cute bow scrunchie tutorial will be up on the blog over the weekend 😁

I'm slowly getting used to the scale of the greenery here - cactuses and succulents dwarf me at roadsides and scramble up hills on a scale I've only ever seen before in glasshouses. . This Bird of Paradise towers above me in our back garden. I think I'll stand in front of it next time so you can get a better sense of the scale 😂 . For someone who grew up in the suburbs of London it's pretty amazing. I'm trying to sketch as much as possible in order to carry it on with me - I can feel myself brimming with ideas for lino cuts and block prints 🌿

Salty but happy. Swimming in the ocean is my favourite thing - it always leaves me feeling more grounded, awake and glad to be alive, whether it's the cold-but-exhilarating Cornish coast or the warmer currents of California where I've been lucky enough to spend these last few weeks. Are you a beach or a swimming pool person?

City or open road this weekend? I'm feeling the call of the wild so am hoping to get out into the wilderness with my camera. Whatever you're doing this weekend I hope there are some pockets of sunshine waiting for you 💛

Just beneath the surface of this calm blue water is a sea kelp forest where a battle rages daily. Sea urchins vs Otters - the urchins feast on the root balls that secure each long strand of kelp to the rocky ocean floor and can destroy a kelp forest in a couple of days. But, the sea otters eat the urchins, maintaining an uneasy kind of equalibrium 💙

I'm really missing my sewing machines and my knitting - and my baking equipment too actually. At this time of year a kind of creative energy bubbles up inside of me and I need to channel it through something. Luckily I came prepared and treated myself to a new sketchbook and pencils before we left England. I've been drawing here and there when I get a spare 5 or 10 minutes and I think that's the best way for me - it kind of gives me permission to be imperfect (which of course my drawings are). The main thing is doing it regularly. What's your creative outlet?

From beach to playground to library to museum and back again, bouncing round town trying to find my flow as a full time Mum 💙

One of my favourite discoveries so far is our local beach, Abalone Cove. It's a slim crescent of sand compared with the city beaches but it reminds me of the wild Cornish beaches I grew up on. Except they didn't come with a rattlesnake warning (or a shower hidden in a palm tree 🌴) I've gotten really into building big sand sculptures with the girls when we go to the beach - it keeps things interesting for me and takes my mind off the fact that I'm not relaxing with a book. Do you have any good tips for successful beach trips with young kids?

Feeling very lucky to be surrounded by such incredible wildlife - we saw this beautiful Painted Lady at the South Coast Botanic Garden last week. Back home I hear Autumn is in the air and my Mum is keeping me updated with photos of her hauls from the allotment (pattypan squashes are doing well!) but out here we are still riding the wave of summer ☀️ @scbgarden

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