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Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

We had a few hours in Truro between appointments today, 9 am and 12 noon, and visited the Museum and Art Gallery where there is a new exhibition I’ve been wanting to see, Art Any Way.

In the gallery was one of David Kemp’s Tinners’ Hounds, known affectionately as Welly Dog (See here for our very own Welly Dog), work by Terry Shaul, Julian Christophers (a favourite local artist) and many more. Enjoy this small selection from the gallery.

Julian Christophers

Terry Shaul

When we arrived there was a family sitting on bean bags and story telling going on in front of a very beautiful paper sculpture. Not wanting to take photos of strangers or disturb the scene to ask, here is the paper sculpture and I leave you to imagine the lovely scene we came across.

I wish I know the maker to credit here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 13, 2026 in art, Cornwall, embroidery, painting, Postaday 2026, sewing, textiles, Truro

Singing, Our Concert and Memorabilia

12 Oct

I love singing and this afternoon was back at our choir rehearsal. It appears that the happy chemicals seratonin, oxytocin and dopamine are all released when singing together and I certainly fely better for the session.

Our annual concert is only six days away! We are celebrating the Ingleheart Singers’ 20th Anniversary. I have been in the choir for the last 18 years and 7 months and our concert is going to have a selection of pieces from those last 20 years. If you are local, do come and join us and please, introduce yourself! It will be an evening full to bursting with JOY!

We are collecting memorabilia of those years and today I took along a poster and programmes from Until The Day Break, a wonderful open air theatre production I was instrumental in producing. Claire had brought in a card from a wedding we sang at and at which I was the Humanist Celebrant.

If you’d like to see more of Until the Day Break, where the Ingleheart Singers were the singers, click here.

Extra info for the concert:

Free parking, bar open, raffle, donations on the door to Community Roots Cornwall and ShelterBox

Thankyou to Ruby Ingleheart for the lovely poster!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 12, 2026 in Celebration, community, Cornwall, friendship, Happiness, Humanist ceremony, Perthi Kov, Postaday 2026

Tags: Porthtowan Eco Park

More October Blooms

11 Oct

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 11, 2026 in Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Postaday 2026

Six on Saturday – Some October Blooms

10 Oct

There are a surprising number of flowers still in bloom for mid October. Here are just six for today’s post – more later.

It’s been a full day, covid and flu jabs this morning, a long catch up with friends in the Buttermarket and this afternoon another pottery lesson. More about that tomorrow too.

Jim, over at Garden Ruminations, hosts Six on Saturday Pop over and in the comments, you’ll find so many delightful posts from keen gardeners all over the world.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 10, 2026 in Cornwall, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Raspberries, Topper and A Poem

09 Oct

One last picking of raspberries, enjoyed this evening with meringue and ice-cream.

We see some delightful postbox toppers around. This one, made by crafters in Carnon Downs, is particularly lovely, celebrating 100 years of Winnie the Pooh and his pals.

I hadn’t seen this poem by Mary Oliver before but liked the ideas, especially the reason that birds can fly, and thought you might too.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 9, 2026 in Cornwall, craft, crochet, Food, Humour, poetry, Postaday 2026

Tags: Mary Oliver, Winnie tthe Pooh

Card, Kindness and Hoodie

08 Oct

Our dear friends at Community Roots have missed me on our Tuesday volunteering sessions and have sent me a delighful card full of lovely get well messages.

Thank you so much everyone!

I sent for a sweater, not my usual style but I loved the message.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 8, 2026 in art, community, friendship, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: community roots, Hoodies for Heroes

Seeds, Suffragette Garden and A Quotation

07 Oct

Last weekend we went for brunch at a brilliant cafe, Bob’s Cafe in Muswell Hill. The food was delicious, the service exemplary and as we paid, they gave us a couple of little cards. They turned out to be a little gift of seeds rather than loyalty cards and I will be planting them when it seems the right moment.

My Suffragette garden has good colour right now, Verbena Bonariensis, Japanese Anemones and Cyclamen.

We have a perpetual calendar which we love and turning it over today, found this perfect quotation.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 7, 2026 in environment, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2026

Tags: Bob's Cafe, Bob's Cafe Muswell Hill, Muswell Hill, Virginia Woolf

Private Peaceful

06 Oct

After a quiet day recovering form the last few days, we are just home from the Hall for Cornwall where we saw Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. Some words from the theatre blurb –

“Benjamin Cain, rising star and recent graduate from the BA Professional Acting course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, will make his professional debut in this acclaimed one-person tour de force as Tommo Peaceful. Adapted and directed from Michael Morpurgo‘s novel by Simon Reade, the production sees a single actor conjure an entire world of characters, landscapes, and emotions. At once heartwarming and heartbreaking, Private Peaceful is both a moving family drama and a powerful reminder of the human cost of war.”

The young Benjamin Cain is an incredible actor. This is his first professional performance and he fully deserved the standing ovation at the end of the one act play. It’s on for one more night in Truro. If you are local, don’t miss it. There are tickets left.