The summer has arrived with a heatwave. It’s been in the 30s but the onshore breezes make it feel more bearable.

All that heat, and the occasional summer downpour, created a great burst of growth in our seaside garden. The agapanthuses and sunflowers have burst into life, and the border plants compete for your attention.

The veggies too have completed their growth cycle from seed to treats for the table. It’s been very busy keeping up with their production – there is plenty of work in harvesting, preparing and cooking everything ready for the larder. Friends and neighbours share in the bounty.

Down by the seashore and old harbour, it’s calm today with nothing stirring except the water moving on its continuous six hour tidal cycle.

The “wreckers’ rocks”, covered once again, resume their menace for naïve sailors. On a cloudless night, the moon creates a shaft of silver light that bathes the bay in an eerie glow. Sometimes it’s enough to walk along the beach just to take it all in and watch the night sky’s show of the milky way, the bright-as-diamond planets, and now and then, the shooting stars.