Author: keelyricketts

It’s been a hot couple of weeks with temperatures soaring here in Cornwall.

We were worried about Horace (he’s our resident hedgehog), but after lots of rustling noises the guests found his preferred place is in the wood shed. We hadn’t seen him for some time so this is good news. I’ve put the obligatory saucer of water out for him should he need a drink or two!

We’ve been making lots of food. Last week we had a lovely lady celebrating her 70th birthday here, complete with a vegan cake delivered from Little Green Bakery in St Agnes.

This week a couple on honeymoon are staying with us enjoying the sunshine.

Dessert Mango and Straberry Cheescake, courtesy of Pura Pressed http://www.facebook.com/purapressed

This time last year the garden was a building site and we thought it would never recover.

The raised beds were built from stone that was originally part of the kitchen wall.

Spring came, we crossed our fingers and planted herbs. Some of the original plants made a comeback  and our little studio is now sitting pretty.

Nature is a wonderful thing!

and all seems to have gone well! We had the odd hiccup, like forgetting to put a handle on the inside of the front door so once you were in you couldn’t get out…apologies to our first guest! There have been wifi problems, but then this is Cornwall and touch wood it’s all working beautifully st the moment.

On the culinary side of things we are experimenting with new dishes and have found a lovely cheesecake recipe which went down very well with our guests last week.

I’m amazed at the variety of guests we’ve had. Vegans veggies meat eaters pescetarians. All say they’ve enjoyed the breakfast goodies, and we’ve had lovely feedback from the evening meals.

Alice our cat is enjoying all the new faces staying with us.

We are winding down now, but will stay open all through the year…..

With only weeks to go before we open our doors there’s lots to do. Decisions to be made. The builders ask me which sink, which towels which taps?? I DONT KNOW I have however, acquired these beautiful mugs which originally came from the St Agnes pottery, so I thought I’d share them…..