Splashdown ...not quite finished .
So I missed the Artemis take off , as it was in the small hours and I couldn't wake myself for it , but I did watch it's space capsule "Orion"come back to Earth .
Next time there will be people inside it !
So then we had an incredible hail storm , Such as I have never seen before . Many places had snow .
It came down as hail here ....I went outside to take pictures of it . It was not graupel which is a soft kind of hail , but hard proper hail .....it hurt ...there was thunder and lightning ...I came in again fast !
It settled quite thickly , then during the afternoon began to thaw . Then froze again over-night , turning the lawn , drive and lane into an ice skating rink .
All a bit worrying as we had planned to get away for a few days fossil hunting in Dorset .We thought we'd never get the car out of the drive , but we eventually made it out and off up our frozen lane . Thankfully the main roads had been gritted .
Further up country we passed beautiful snowy places .
We haven't been away since before the Covid thing started . It all felt very weird .
So we stomped up the beach about half way up towards the Golden Cap , normally I'm the one that goes on too far ahead and finds bones , this time husband went further and had better finds than me. He was really enjoying himself .
I only found a few tiny ammonites and I was so , so cold I wanted to get back to the car .
I so enjoyed fish,n,chips in Bridport Morrisons !
We had Expertrees , the best tree surgeon team in Cornwall come and coppice all our hedgerows .
We heard that there have been several sightings of a Humpback Whale breaching at Penzance and here around the Lizard .
Of course , us Mullion folk , we all know it was a mermaid !
I decided to embroider "I saw three ships come sailing in " a popular Christmas Carol .
I'm thinking HMS Victory , Cutty Sark and our family ship The Flower of the Fal .
Turns out , I can't draw ships !
I'm still working on it . Wishing you all Peace this Christmas and a Happier New Year 2023 .
