When my sister and the amazing Larry arrived in town, a friendly Cornish cabbie picked us up from the station. It's fun when Cornish cabbies do this because they all have fascinatingly unusual accents, while thinking it is actually our accents which are fascinating. This particular cabbie had a feel for the political, and told us all about how when Joseph Biden came here for the G7 summit last June, he brought with him an unbelievable entourage, a posse consisting of Secret Service agents, FBI agents, body guards, drivers, bullet proof cars, planes, helicopters, pilots, military members and equipment, bomb-sniffing dogs, boats, AND Air Force One. It's a wonder the man ever took a step.
Compare all of this to Boris Johnson's early morning beach walk, when he had all of one lonely policeman with him. The locals in St Ives and Carbis Bay thought it shamefully lopsided, and said they shouldn't have called it the G7 at all, but the G1 + 6.
The cabbie finally got us to our cottage, the most amazing and darling cottage on the Harbour. You can see it in the photo below. Just look for the tall yellow building, and identify a gabled window. That window is the 'tippy-top' of our 3-story cottage. Right on the sea!
We walked, ate delicious takeout Thai food, and moseyed on down to an evening Festival concert by the group Cornish Roots, little knowing how splendid a concert it would be. We got good seats in the Parish Church, and mine was next to a teenage girl who appeared to be waving at one of the trumpeters.
"Your sister?" I asked.
"No. it's my mum!" But her mum was so young!
When you see the video clip below of another trumpeter, you will see why we so loved this concert. It was the best of the big band era, plus jazz and 40's tunes which caused some audience members to get up and dance to the music! Hahaha, it was splendid.
Walking back in the soft evening drizzle, we couldn't stop talking about what a grand time we had been given. Coming from our family of musicians, those two hours bordered on perfection.
We drifted off to sleep deeply thankful for the gift this week is - and it is only just beginning. Oh! And you should just SEE the moon outside my window right now. It is awe inspiring with a star/planet hovering above it and the whole deal reflected on the water. Take a look at it tonight, when it comes your direction.
See you along the way!
the SconeLady
Chris, these posts are incredible. So fun and funny and I am absolutely thrilled and happy for you all. Give Robin a greeting from me! And a hug to you as well.
ReplyDeleteGail
Sweet Gail! Thank you! We are having a fabulous time, and I'm
ReplyDeleteso grateful for the Greens coming to share it with me.