January
Running into the ice sea on New Years Day. Roast ham and new potatoes by candlelight . Sofa forts and About Time. Red tulips . Old churches and birdsong . Punchbowl and Ladle . Stick and poke crosses . Pipe-cleaner glasses . Enys Men . Evening roast dinners . Cheese boards and Port. Boat rides to Flushing and old sailing frames . Food market DJs and soaked through tea waiting for the ferry . Housemate pints at Seaview . Secret Santa trips to Spoons . Blackout cinema room fabric . Tamar River film screenings . Tonsil stones . Passport photos . Inky mess . Cocktail nights turn into Grapes dancing . Beach visitors . Palacio Lounge suppers . Spoons terrace breakfast . Saffron on olive velvet chair . Flowers and disappointing contracts ending . Ice cream walks on the beach . Red wine at the pub . Cosy afternoons on the sofa . Dates in the cupboard office . Provodore negronis and chichetti . Alfred Wallis' grave . Barbara Hepworth and drizzly fish and chips at St Ives . Arcade shoot outs. Pancakes, maple and cats tucked up in bed .
February
Charlestown wanders . French jackets over little bridges . Stone skimming . Reading in bed . Rozi Plain . Packing boxes . Football Sundays become pizza and margs . Finns jukebox . Books on the front porch . Smoked salmon and capers . Sudoku under blankets . Pomegranate juice drawings . Paint heavy fabric . Eggs on toast . Milo Gore gigs and reminiscent uni days . Hospital X Ray trips . Dahls . Bedroom planning . Beach flasks of tea . Cosy Sunday's in . Parking tickets . Valentines cookbooks with daffodil bunches . Collaging fruit . Cocktails and tapas date night . Saucepans in the kitchen . Methodist Church stain glass . Resurfacing relationship wounds . Painting in overalls . Wanders through town . Aged folk trying to disco . Dens in the wood . Job centre sign offs as gainfully self-employed . New cosy sofas . Seasalt interviews . Miniature exhibitions . Moroccan feast nights with friends . Euro rowdy finals . Dancing on Cod's red tiles . Giant pickles and Finn Slammers . Pancakes, packing and painting . Icy early morning school drop offs . Plant leaf sculptures .
March
Carrying furniture upstairs and moving rooms . St Davids quiz and Welsh cakes . Daffodils . Light through windows . Sunsets and bath tubs . Chips in Beerwolf . Drawing buildings in the office . Private views . Nana's vase . Harry's Gran . Wire sculptures . Surprise parties hidden under tables . Penzance train journeys and birthday antique hunting . Art galleries along the sea front . Chess by candlelight and Queen Street small plates . Cocktails and late night pints . One year grief birthday tears . Records and poetry books . Eggs in bed . Homemade pizza, rugby and cake . Hand collaged cards . Cosy cardigans and woolgathering books . Cinnamon rolls . Accessibility training . Parcel paper presents . Sawing bed frames . Camper car futons . Surprise birthdays . Kebab on the corner . Fennel risotto in the bath . Garden centre floral trips . Hand weaving looms . Tonsil stones . Light through curtains . Carbonara by candlelight . Stone movie projections . Sunset orange skies . House film viewings . Abandoned school art cinemas . Beef ragu and crumble . Telephone in bath pints . Red wine dinner at Mine . Ravioli and beef rump . Archives at Kresen Kernow . Sensory Trust photography days . Barrell house pints . Sausages and pancake brunch with Pippa . Catch ups at Boston Tea Party . Egg chocolates . Isle of Wight ferry crossings . Bunk beds . Cable cars . Scattering of ashes . Sand art at The Needles . Prosecco and tears in mugs . Sister visits to Slice . Private views . Coffees at Beerwolf . Games in the attic .
April
Cinnamon swirls at the beach . Rockpooling . Art galleries . Camembert . Sweet shop . Painting on walls . BBQs and laughter . Birthday chants . Yarn . Easter holiday DIY . Cocktail evenings . Drawing on the bedroom floor . Karaoke . Theatre monologues after strawberry daiquiris . Avocado with a book . Reading on the grass . Paint swatches . Prosecco at Pendennis . Naps in the camper car . Homemade pizza nights with Pepé . Dippy eggs with bunny ears . Easter egg hunt . Lemon skin parfaits . Games night with red wine . Car boot at cattle markets . Pea and halloumi fritters . Dinner feasts with friends . Irish music in pubs . Waffles for brunch . Cameras to Glendurgan . Maze and ice creams . Walks along the Helford . Ferryboat truffle fries . Engagement rings at dinner . Cocktails in clubs with best friends . Celebratory brunch on the beach . Curry feast and games night . Coffees at Stones . Falafel picnics at Trellisick . Burgundy Ferryboat hats . Pints up in Truro . Gin selling at market stalls . Soaked food festivals . Pints and plates with fishermen . Bum cooking in the kitchen . Pool tables and fresh wild garlic pesto . Golden chocolate carrot . Big cheques and goody bags . Garden with tea work meetings . Pudding pub photographs . Noodle dinner with my Mum . Blonde wigs . Stretched pizza dough and red wine . St Ives making art . Crab nachos and Barbara Hepworth .
May
Dogs and linen shirts on the beach . Paddle board picnics . Portrait drawing . Stones bakery coffees and bunches of chard . Art show evenings . Royal wedding on the phone screen with lemon tarts . Garden Pimms . Badge making in orange sweatshirts at Eden Project . Birthday beer pong . Whipped ricotta in bed . Rainy drenched pink ponchos and pub lunches . Views across the harbour with a Indian takeaway . Washing lines and white sheets . Zoom work meetings with my Mum . Toast in the garden . Cocktail evenings with girls . Bubble tea at the beach . Gin and fire . Central Prov with a bottle of red . Spaghetti bolognese under leaves . Tregew Bloody Mary's . Collecting Will up from Bodmin . Eurovision dress up . Spoons breakfast on the terrace . Coffee at the beach . Camembert camp out . Cross stick . Surprise trips to Truro hidden in Waterstones . Fizzy drinks and journals . Optician appointments . Cider in the garden . Seaview sore throats . Swollen tonsil sick days . BBQ on the beach . Cornish Bank dances . Wander along cow fields . River swimming with Rose . Birthday catch ups and cake . Barrell for beer . Morning breaky in the sun . Charity photo shoots . Gardens, hill forts and homes . Pottery gifts from education centres . Reading under the Catherdral . Rosé in the square before dinner with Dad . Tea and Smudge in the sun . Granny and straw sun hats . Pizza and pints at orange tables . Post-Seachange DJs . Driving with L plates . Garden evening BBQ . Olive sheet lie ins . Almond croissants and film . After school reads on the beach . Camper car views . Packed picnics for Goldolphin . Cheese, roses and cows . Crabbies at the pub in afternoon sun . Single bed sharing .
June
Truro morning bells and seagulls . Red wine at Seaview . Little burgers . Car road trips . Wizards in Glastonbury . Baby bumps . Crystals . Barn conversions and picnic blankets . Cheese boards and Pimms . Cottage windows and candlelit dinners . Watermelon slices and cheese & ham croissants with iced coffee . Antique markets with lemonade stands . Sunbathing with books and best friends . Barbecue corn and fancy dress . Margaritas and chocolate buttons . Food feasts with coloured vegetables and fizz . Burton brunches with Bloody Marys . Hauser & Wirth art galleries . Pints of cola . Plymouth photography trips and consultancy fizzy drinks . Croques and food market mornings . Moss on old church walls . Slice chicken and robin stealing crisps . Climbing rocks . Methodist church choirs . Ferryboat chips . Cocktail dates . Beach swims . Gallery openings in orange suede shoes . Provodore coffee mornings . Sea shanty dancing in the rain . Plastic pints and Chicken on a Rock rainbows . Laying on damp grass listening to music . Iced coffee wanders through pirates . Bloody Mary catch ups . Chinese takeaways . Shell drawings . Rust covered shepherds hut in the rain . Showering naked across Dartmoor . Hayfever . Barn art residencies . Rocks rested on duvets . Charcoal and ink beside the fire pit . Wells of water and flowered gardens . Burritos with Henry and Jenny by the harbour . Croissants at Tregew . Red Arrows flying above the garden . Negronis at Provodore in striped shirts . Cocktails at Moth and Moon with stolen pool cues . Pasta by candlelit evenings in the garden . Fireworks over Falmouth Bay . Newspapers on the beach with BBQs . David's aircraft photography prints . Pub dinner at Mevagissey . Harbour dancing with Mum through the streets . Failed driving tests . Hair chops .
July
Bottles of rum . Pre-Raphelite art galleries . Free gigs with evening pints . Early morning beach swims . Back of car breakfast camp cooking bacon sarnies . Late night wanders with rainbows at dusk . Saffron the front bench . Sunflowers . Visits from Becky and James . Graveyard walks . Comedy evening of singing in pants . Little moon glasses . Evening swims . Dancing to Samba Records . Penryn Praze burgers, prizes and boules . Nepalese all-you-can-eat buffet sweats . Pizza house evenings out . Crotchet blanket catch-ups . Creative retreat branding with deep lakes and white lines . Cheese and board game nights, paying rent and red wine . Galloping on play horses . Bedroom camp fires and tea in tents . Stone carving workshops . Reading in beds . Car washes . Blood orange pints in Truro . Visits from Dad to Glendurgan . Climbing over rocks and Helford shorelines . Ferryboat scampi and iced coffee . Provodore cichetti and sharing Negronis . House drinks with Mark . Rainy croquet and Flushing visitors . Pizza talking about cricket . Karaoke . Charity shop wanders . Ferry boats to St Mawes . Pub lunches and old churches . Outfit photoshoots . Cinema evening trips to Oppenheimer . Monoprinting . Helston practice drives and charity hunting . Sophie's last evening with wine and board games . 5am Tesco trips . Passed driving tests with tears in McDonald's .Barbie pink . Girls at the cinema . Goodbye to Sophie . Lemon biscuits and coffee on the porch . Dogs on all fours . Ken tears and street dancing . Yuzu video editing .
August
Sleeping in single beds overlooking Truro . Early morning flights . Airport naps . Marseille in white linen . Baguettes, brie and iced tea . Naps on the roof terrace in scorched sun . Sunset overlooking ports . Amaretto sours and Sudoku in ruin bars . Sleepy kisses and late night pizza slices . Croissants, coffee and cigarettes . Climbing up hill sides to churches overlooking the city . St Anthony . Candle light and trams . Le Panier . Beers and bruschetta down little lanes . Stumbling across churches with melon sorbet . Soap markets . Anchovy linguine and rosé wine . Sea piers and dancing in undercover bars . Early morning baguettes and lime linen . Crowded beach coves . Beers and boobs out . Aperols and little lanes by the boat jetties . Silk dresses and orangina at La Relève . Hidden street corner finds . La Baron Perche for arancini and vitello tonnato spelt risotto . Tiramisu and wine on windy evenings . Fish markets and pizza on the train station steps . Sunny cokes and developed photos . Chinese evenings spread out on the bedroom floor . Housemate pints . Osteopath receptionist . Tregew Wednesday evenings with swirls of cheese wheel pasta and mussels . Gwennap pit . Redruth charity hunt dives . Blowing up balloons at 3am . Birthday King crowns with bacon maple eggy bread . Handmade books . Beach beers and windy picnics . Finns and karaoke . Crying into the marmalade . Roasts for sad Sundays . Newton Abbott therapy sessions . Ikea meatballs and tip trips . Tricky mind times . Sunrise swims for full moons . Tall ship town mornings . Bao buns and Tregew cocktails . Loveday cocktail evenings with Pizza Pls on velvet seats . Pints for Peppe . Cow churches and Men-a-tol . Running to Enys houses through tall grass . Sickness in shopping car parks . Rebuilding friends with pizza . Linen photoshoots in sewing studios . Apple crumble and picking blackberries in the garden . Café and coffee journalling dates . Pints, books and Penryn fair day . Cornish wrestling and poetry libraries . Dancing birthdays and chocolate cake celebrations . Croissants and leaping off sea walls . Orange wine after work . Female fire tarot moon rituals .
September
Totnes dog pizzas and elf ears . Riverford brunches with dried corn, curd and coffee . Morrisons checkout . Wedding tucked within Dartington woods . Kathryn and Will . Friends and shanties . Sickness and late night Barrell dancing . Supermarket café breakfast . Old weir walk . Burn out solo date to Grebe coves . Swimming, sleeping and writing on sea rocks . Newton Faulkner in the Bank . Sunflowers and summer salad evenings . Saturday stalls at the market . Fabric-filled Naked Generation evenings at the distillery . Running candlesticks through midnight storms . Friend face times . Wanders down the dock and oysters at the Harbour . Scrabble by guitars in pubs . Clay faces . Job interview £5 pizza dates with burrata bursts . Half birthday lemon drizzle and tea in car . Bookoos . Rained off birthday picnics indoors . Flea-bitten ankles and steam cleaning . Ice cream evenings in the courtyard . Tea, candles and solo swims . Leek and potato soups for poorly boys . Pavilion food markets . Complete exhaustion . Gwenno and guitars at the Minnack with red wine . Baby Florence . Late distillery evenings with dahl . Future Pub freelance . Burnt out breakdowns . Perfect pizzas at the harbour edge . Headphones and track suits . Leaving electronic gigs for chips in the car with Radio 4 and rainy runs on the beach at midnight .
October
Sunday pub roasts . Endless Gilmore Girls and sofa sleeps . Autumn leaf collages . French onion soup and red wine . Parcel drop offs and coffee trips . Flo Facetimes . Apples in the garden . Tea on the grass with bare feet . Autistic overload . Roundwood picnics and Punchbowl pints of coke . Market photographing croques and gin . Rugby afternoons . Belated Boscastle birthday trips . Magic and witchcraft museums . Harbour wanders over coastal crags . Jumbled newspaper in bushes . Cobwebb Inn fish and chips . Cove rock pools, slippy sea edges and swimming on bellies . Ice cream and sunset driving home . Baskets and burritos . Still life drawings . Diagnosed with Autism . Burger candles and big tears . Sofa cave and big headphones . Berets and banana cake . Taking things slow . Strawberry margs and rained through Pizza Jockey dates . Suprise party karaoke . Bien Manger burnt croissants . Oyster festivals with the Oggymen and busy town wanders . Covid positive tests . Tucked into rest until duvets with witchcraft books . Stewed apples and incense sticks . Spiders in light fittings . Sleepy sweaty afternoons . Trauma detaching . Curry evenings with candles . Bristol drives to empty shopping malls for chilli squid . Wheelbarrow lanes in Wales . Irma's Cottage . Amaretto sours by fireside . First anniversary love letters . Salmon bagels in solitude . Boeuf bourguignon stewing on the aga . Little paths to cheesemongers and gin distilleries . Dancing in the kitchen . Reading on the sofa and Scrabble evenings together . Antique diving and bakery donuts . Chips and waterfalls . Sunsets and birdsong out the window . Church trips and slow roads . Wetsuit trips and swimming in rock pools . Shrek costumes and hidden Halloween game trails . Rocky Horror and grilled mackerel . Spooky bowls of sweets and Beetlejuice movie nights in .
November
New work contract . Rockpool wandering . Tea and journal writing . Winding colourful sculptural exhibitions . Sticky pickle and sausage baps . Negronis with pals . Morning coffee shop reads and pastal de natas . Dinner dates with carbonara . Grayson Perry theatre shows . Dancing to Strictly and clay days . Fireworks and big bonfires . Brought a church . Salisbury sleepovers . Meeting Florence . Dorset Brocante cuddles and wandering . Tea and gifts . Car rides with Becky . Cheese and wine . Emotional sleepiness . Pumpkin spice and cathedral wanders . House cocktails and salted butter bread . Church wood and terracotta tiles . Toby visits and Beerwolf beers . Sibling chorizo and negroni nights . Broachchurch and brie bruschetta . Family moves . Wheal Coates windswept walks . Harbour House Scrabble . Painting white walls . Pub quizzes . Loveday Mine meals with beef and shots . Landlord selling up . Thali dinner dates . Orange morning glow . Rare Saturday coffee and donut mornings hunting in charity shops . Dippy eggs . Red wine with Amy . Studio mince pies and Christmas lights switch on with churros .
December
Candlelight and church dinner celebrations . Landlord emails . Frosty mornings . Light switch ons . Exhaustion . Cinema evenings . Sad Spoons . House hunting . Cranberry fizz and cheese girl evenings . Bauble making . Bookoo nachos . Applications . New tenancy's . Burst tyres . Meltdowns . Mince pie walks to Mylor church . Oddies pool and pints . Wreaths and red houses . Mud Club trinkets . Oss parades with mulled wine . Packaging art pieces . Christmas parties with orange wine . Hungover markets with bacon and Brie . Fire smoked gin . Pastis and Negronis, snacks on the side . Secret Santa roasts . Smoked salmon group parties . Pizza Pls work parties . Big electricity bills . Strongly worded stressed emails . Handing in notices . Pastries in bed . One quiet morning . Pants charity wanders . Train journeys with podcasts . Christmas lights and mulled markets . Coffee shop chai lattes and journals . Chinese meals . Haunch by the fire . Dog walks by the Cathedral . Salmon and Bloody Mary's with Barbie . Ham and Eastenders . Christmas dinners and birthday Colins . Paper hat games and Monopoly money . Leek and potato with Old Sarum walks . Roast ham and red wine . Pottery wheels and Wonka cinema screenings . Rose and Thistle pub fires and Rockbourne old churches . Crappy chips and movies . Old friends playing pool and Connect 4 . Family parties of arroz and cousins . Sick on the road side . Pastries and little Flo . Roadside roast potatoes . One day of rest . 1999 dungarees and hair glitter . Little pills and jazz bands . Kissing at midnight .