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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Roe Deer, Ice-cream and Sunset

1 We had a delightful visitor in the field behind our garden this morning – a female Roe Deer. She watched us for a while and then went across the field and up through the hedge to the cricket ground…… We have lived in this house for more than six years and have never seen a deer in the field before – a very rare treat!

Female Roe Deer

2 I had lunch with a good friend today and then went for a walk round Castle Drive to see the bluebells and treated myself to an ice-cream!

English Bluebells

Bank of Bluebells

Cornish ice-cream with St Anthony Lighthouse in the distance

3 Another Knit and Natter Night tonight and another piece finished by M. As we knitted for peace we were able to watch a beautiful sunset.

Sunset from the barn

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 13, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, knitting, Peace, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: bluebells, Knitting for peace, Roe Deer, Wool against weapons

Knitting for Peace, Poppy and Cloud

12 May

1 I finished my sixth piece for Wool Against Weapons yesterday so went to buy some more wool today. Barbara, the owner of my favourite wool shop, Knitcraft Wool Shop, in Pool, near Redruth, had been busy knitting and gave me her contribution in a beautifully soft yarn that will make a lovely comforting blanket after the protest. Thank you so much! I’ve chosen the same soft yarn in a multi-colour pink for my next piece.

My 6th piece for Peace

Barbara’s piece for Peace

2 One of our Californian Poppies is beginning to unfold.

Unfurling Californian Poppy

3 There are beautiful peachy clouds this evening reflecting the sunset.

Evening cloud

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 12, 2014 in Beauty, knitting, nature, Peace, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Bloggers, Knitcraft Wool Shop, Knitting for peace, protest, Wool against weapons

St Ives, Blues Festival and Mushrooms

11 May

1 St Ives was looking beautiful in the sunshine. We had a delicious vegetarian meal in Spinacio’s overlooking the harbour before going on to The Blues Festival.

St Ives in May sunshine

2 The Blockheads were top of the bill tonight (as Wilko Johnson is recovering from an operation) and they did all the favourites, Reasons to be Cheerful, Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick, Sweet Gene Vincent, Clever Trevor….. I liked the colours on the sound desk.

Sound desk

3 The moon over St Ives was lovely tonight but my eye was taken by a display of mushrooms in a small restaurant that we passed on our way back to the car park.

Moon and Fairy lights

Fabulous mushrooms

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 11, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, music, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, St Ives

Tags: St Ives Blues Festival, The Blockheads

Blue-tit Parents, Collared Doves and Classic Yacht

10 May

1 We have watched with delight as the parent birds fly to and fro feeding their young in our lighthouse birdhouse.

Ready to fly away

Off to get more food for his babies

2 We have a lovely pair of Collared Doves coming to the feeding station.

Collared Doves

3 We were down at the Marina today and admiring this beautiful wooden boat.

Lovely classic yacht

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 10, 2014 in Beauty, birds, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: blue tits, Collared Doves

Weekly Photo Challenge – On the Move – On the Sea

10 May

or on the beach! All the photos taken in Cornwall. Click on any one for the detail. To see others in the Challenge, click here.

Sailing

Windsurfing

Kite surfing

Surfing

Splashing

Running

Chasing

Weekly Photo Challenge – On the Move – At Womad

10 May

Womad 2013, my first Festival and what a fabulous time we had! Here, people on the move – walking, strolling, running, dancing, chasing bubbles, chasing each other – in the sunshine and in the rain – and all having the happiest of times. Click on any photo for detail.

Tagging along

Flags flying, boy climbing

Swishing skirts

Riding

On the move home

More rain dancing

Moving on up the hill back to the music

Jiving

Chasing

Solo dancing in the rain

For others in this Challenge, click here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 10, 2014 in Beauty, Celebration, festival, Happiness, photography, Postaday 2014, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: Weekly Photo Challenge - On the Move, Womad 2013

Backlight, Rosebud and Knitting

09 May

1 I love the way the sun is lighting this Clematis from behind and lighting up all its veins.

Beautifully lit Clematis flower

2 We have our first tightly rolled rose bud.

Glorious golden colour

3 I have almost completed my sixth piece for Wool Against Weapons and am knitting from both ends to make it symmetrical!

My 6th piece

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 9, 2014 in Beauty, knitting, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Wool against weapons

Singing Happy, Cornish Snail and Clematis

08 May

1 What a joy to be back singing with The Ingleheart Singers this evening. I have missed it so much! We sang Pharrell Williams’ “Happy’, Sentimental Journey and Soldiers’ Farewell – all a complete delight to be a part of! If you want to listen in, here is the link to Happy, not by us yet – that will come later! Thank you, Claire, for the magic you weave for all the singers in all your choirs.

2 As I came home I spotted a tiny striped snail on a Bluebell leaf. I’m happy to share the leaves with such a beautiful little creature.

Cornish snail

3 The Clematis on the wall outside the kitchen were very lovely in the evening light.

Clematis Alpina

Cartmanii Early Sensation

This is my 1000th post! That’s at least 3000 Beautiful things!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 8, 2014 in Beauty, Happiness, music, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, singing

Tags: Cartmanii Early Sensation, Claire Ingleheart, Cleamatis, Pharrell Williams' "Happy', The Ingleheart Singers

Sailing Lesson Day 2, Cormorant and Another Rescue

07 May

1 Well, we did it! We are again exhausted after a challenging day of learning to sail with quite strong winds and stronger gusts but very happy that we now have our Royal Yachting Association Level 1 Certificates. We completed the syllabus at the Falmouth School of Sailing with our very understanding and excellent teacher (who also fed us Jelly babies! Those who are regular readers will know how I love my Jelly babies!) and we are now ready to tackle Level 2.

Certificate Level 1

2 While practising tacking out in the bay, we saw a small boat suddenly lose its mast and so we went to the rescue again. To our surprise, one of the pair was one of the young women we rescued yesterday! She was very pleased to see us again.

Rescue 2

3 Cormorants were skimming the waves and diving but they are very hard to catch on camera.

Cormorant

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 7, 2014 in awards, Beauty, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Falmouth School of Sailing, Royal Yachting Association Level 1 Certificate

Sailing Lesson, Falmouth and Rescue

06 May

1 We had our first sailing lesson today, Day 1 of a two day RYA course. We have had an amazing time and are both completely exhausted, learning so much about the boat, about the sails, about the winds and the tides and the rules of the water and being out on the water, actually doing the sailing, for about 4 hours. The photos are together in a gallery below. I couldn’t take many as I was working so hard! Our Instructor was brilliant, full of information and encouragement and an excellent teacher. Click on any photo for detail.

2 Sailing in the waters around Falmouth and seeing the land from the sea is so lovely – and given that I was so frightened a week ago, I felt no fear at all, only exhilaration again!

2 Part way through our afternoon session, our instructor noticed someone in trouble waving and shouting. Following the excellent code of the water where you always help anyone needing help we went to see what we could do. There were two young women in a dinghy and their engine had failed so given the strong tide and the off-shore wind, they were being taken further and further out to sea. We towed them into the quayside and carried on with our lesson. They were very grateful!