Electrical crystal recharging
Just a quick one today m' crystal gazers,
Following my recent illegal island grab* (see here), and another couple of camping trips, I temporarily landed back at my beloved Longmizzle just in time for autumn.
The garden feels neglected and confused. The Rhododendron is in flower and my poor pumpkins have split due to a September heatwave.
*I was forceably removed by the authorities that be.
In other weird phenomena news...
During the heatwave we saw hundreds of Crystal Jellyfish washed up at Coverack Cove.
A rare site to see in the UK, they glow in the dark and aimlessly float with the warm tides.
Crystal Jellyfish - Coverack Cove, Cornwall (9th September 2023)
There was a strange static energy hovering in the air. That night an almighty electrical storm struck, with forked lightening and the loudest thunder I have ever encountered. The earth beneath the tent shook. By morning, rather than feeling tired through lack of sleep, I felt super charged by jump leads.
A wee garden update video made during the heat wave ....
The weather is now distinctly autumnal.
French beans, Cucumber 'Burpless', Courgette 'Tondo D Nizzi' & 'Banana'
Old Serpentine Works, Carleon Cove
I hope that you are keeping well. Please do send gossip if you have stopped by.
Lulu xXx
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Dear Lulu
ReplyDeleteThose jellyfish are quite something - from a distance they look like bubbles! You have some good looking harvests too. It is quite autumnal here too, but the raspberries are still fruiting and the blueberries still have a few berries left.
Have a good rest of the week.
Best wishes
Ellie
Hello Ellie, I've never seen so many jellyfish! Enjoy your lovely raspberries & blueberries. I'm making a nice fruit crumble later on using up all our frozen fruit (freezer needs a good thaw out so we have to empty it) xXx
Deleteyour garden looks wonderful jungle-like - despite the poor tomatoes..... congratulations to all the opulent flowers, the beans, huge garlic and zucchini! and i looove your dress!!
ReplyDeletehere it was a strange garden year again, but in a complete other way then the last ones.... flowers were and are still very good despite slight neclecting, crop was less then the other years..... but we had tomatoes like never before :-D
thank you for the beach photos - i do really enjoy them!! i remember the jelly fish masses from childhood summers at the baltic sea - sometimes we did not swim despite the heat because the water felt so very weird with all the glibbery creatures in.........
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Thank you Beate :) I am needing my machete to get to my veggies at the moment! Handmade vintage dress was a surprise chazza find many years ago in Hull. Lucky you for the tomatoes. I did get some homegrown ones in the end from my sister-in-law's folks. Can you believe someone was swimming in the jelly fish! I have since found out they are not particularly stingy ones xXx
DeleteThose jellyfish are very strange, the only things we get washed up on our beaches are driftwood, rubbish and unmentionable material the water companies discharge into the sea.
ReplyDeleteMy garden still has some colour but things are slowly declining. The resident frogs are still around keeping the slug and snail populations down, I saw one last night as I let Popcorn out
Hello David :) Well driftwood is very lovely to collect (I like to visit the North Atlantic coast for this) but the unmentionables we can do without eh :0 When we went camping the site owner said the resident ducks go crazy when they find a toad where a tent has been pitched. Our littlest was unfortunate to witness the 'cute ducks' devouring a little toad. Hopefully Popcorn doesn't have a penchant for frogs ;) xXx
DeleteWhat an outlandish sight are those Crystal Jellyfish! And I'd definitely be scared out of my wits experiencing that almighty thunderstorm whilst in a tent!
ReplyDeleteI'm very impressed with your garden, which seems to be thriving in spite of the neglect.
Loved the Cornish Piskie hiding in the greenhouse, and oh: Carleon Cove. I recently came across a photo of yours truly in that very same cove! xxx
My only consolation was that we didn't have the tallest tent or vehicle on site Ann ;) It was a beast of a thunder storm. Quite magical though. So many of the houses in Coverack had piskies hiding in their windows. Oh you should share the picture of you in Carleon Cove on your blog! :) xXx
DeleteCrystal Jellyfish are beautiful and mysterious aren't they? I don't think I've ever seen so many in one spot.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, I spotted those Project Kraken posters in Tenby recently and photographed them (very badly).
We had a storm recently which didn't last long, but included the loudest clap of thunder I've ever heard. I would have been terrified if I'd been under canvas! You took some beautiful photos from your trip Lulu and yes I spotted the Piskie.
So glad your harvest of French beans has made up for the disastrous tomatoes. xxx
The jelly fish were quite a sight to see Claire! Regarding the posters - it's the first time I have spotted them. Interesting to know it must be UK wide project. I know the coastguard police go round checking buoys for drugs drops in these parts. They have been known to find big hauls deposited in waterproof bags at the end of ropes. Glad you spotted the piskie and super happy you liked the pictures :) xXx
DeleteThose jelly fish are a bit unnerving! Eeek! I saw loads of the big red ones and ones like this when I was in Northumberland on the beach in 2020 and didn't feel very safe!!! I see the Piskie- I think- is he blue?
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your garden edibles and enjoyed the banana Courgette!x
Well done for spotting the Piskie Kezzie. Can you believe someone was swimming with the jellies in the sea! Even if those ones aren't that stingy, it must be unnerving. The banana courgette is cake bound :) xXx
DeleteThose jellyfish look like aliens.Did the poor things survive. Are those courgette Rondo de Nice with a posher name.
ReplyDeleteEh up Cherie. Apparently the poor jellies don't live very long at all once beach bound. Come to think of it the courgette could be the Ronda type you kindly sent the seeds for. Got m' squash labels all mixed up... plus I do like to be a bit posh ;) xXx
DeleteAlright, bab! Love the look of those jellyfish, they are like giant bubbles. Strange how something so pretty can be so nasty. Your garden is looking gorgeous - as are you in your pretty sundress. I assumed those boats were related to human trafficking and thought Cruella would on the end of the phone frantically booking flights to Rwanda, I hadn't considered smuggling.
ReplyDeleteI love an electrical storm, we had a beauty in Santorini, the smell of electricity was mad! xxx
Hey Vix! :) Oh there's all sorts of dodgy activities conducted on the water round these parts. Traditionally drugs and contraband, but yes, as you say, human trafficking (although it is a much bigger channel hop in the West). I need to come over pronto-shortly to see what adventures you've been up to xXx
DeleteHow great to see the Crystal Jellyfish. The best I've seen locally were Barrel jellyfish. Never know what may be seen along the seashore. Good wishes.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see Barrel jellyfish Mike. I'm greatly looking forward to wrecking season as I'm after some nice driftwood for the garden. I hope that you are keeping well xXx
DeleteHi my little Jelly on a plate mate - I love those jelly fish, but would be too scared to swim in case they got me (I found a lovely portuguese man of war on the beach in Portugal once but didn't know it was poisonous when I lovingly lifted it back to the waves with my flip flop!) No never seen a pumpkin split like that - too much water?? I did enjoy the video - you have such lovely bird song in the garden. I saw the piskie - reminds me of a ring I have searched for without luck for many years, they were cheap and common in trinket shops in Cornwall in the 60s, it was in the days when trinkets were 'qualitay', sterling silver no less, an oval, blue enamel with a silver piskie sitting smirking and half moon - I loved the one my granny gave me as a child, would love to find a replacement - once seen on ebay and never again. I hope you collect piskies, they are much nicer than gnomes. Your garden does so well despite the salty air, I think you should send a video in to Adam and Monty at Gardeners World - I love the viewer videos :) Betty
ReplyDeleteThanks Betty, great to hear from you :) Hope the house DIY is going ok. It said on the local radio that there have been sightings this past week of the Portuguese Man of War in Cornwall. I shan't attempt a flip flop rescue :0
DeleteI think the pumpkins split because the skin had already hardened ready for ripening, then the heatwave confused it into continuing to grow. I will endeavor to look out for a 60s piskie & half moon ring! Off on a chazza rummage later so you never know xXx
You will never find a piskie ring but I love you for saying you will look out for one :) wow portuguese MOW in Cornwall?!! their tentacles can be metres long - watch out! Hope your garden has survived the storm - my onions are bobbing around in their own paddling pool up on t'allotment! Betty
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