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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Lovers’ Lane, Norwegian Dog and A Bee

1 The sun was lighting up Lovers’ Lane as I walked by today making it look quite delightful. Although it is still August there is a definite feeling of Autumn in the air and quite a lot of leaves are already off the trees.

Lovers’ Lane in sunlight

2 Lots of people were admiring a very beautiful and very big dog outside the butcher’s shop today. Apparently it is a Norwegian Hunting dog.

Norwegian Hunting dog

3 The bees were enjoying the nectar in these curly purple flowers whose name escapes me just now!

Bee with folded wings

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 23, 2014 in Beauty, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, Redruth

Tags: Norwegian Hunting Dog

Bird Table, Knitting and Dalai Lama

22 Aug

1 This morning was such a delight at our bird feeders. The Goldfinches are back for their Nyger seeds, there was a family of Great Tits busily feeding at the fat balls and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker came to partake of the peanuts. I didn’t have my camera with me and didn’t want to fetch it for fear I would miss the activity.

2 Last night I finished off a hat and scarf that I have made for our Granddaughter who is to move from Senegal to Spain which she will find very cold this winter. I’ve just started a chunky cardigan for her, also in her favourite colour, red!

Hat and scarf for our oldest Granddaughter

3 A friend quoted the Dalai Lama today when someone questioned what we each try to do, in our own small ways, to make the world a better place:

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 22, 2014 in Beauty, knitting, photography, Postaday 2014, quotations

Tags: dalai lama

Callianthus, Sailing and ‘Travel Tickets’

21 Aug

1 Our Callianthus Acidanthera are coming into bloom just as some of the other flowers are fading. They are very elegant and lovely.

Callianthus Acidanthera

2 We went sailing today knowing that the wind was going to change and it did but we had a lovely sail and it was just a bit exciting!

Just a bit choppy for beginners!

3 This beautiful and moving poem came my way today. Thank you Bob #irememberthechildren

Travel Tickets
By Samih al-Qasim

Translated by A.Z. Foreman

The day I’m killed,
my killer, rifling through my pockets,
will find travel tickets:
One to peace,
one to the fields and the rain,
and one
to the conscience of humankind.

Dear killer of mine, I beg you:
Do not stay and waste them.
Take them, use them.
I beg you to travel.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 21, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, nature, photography, poetry, Postaday 2014

Tags: Bloggers for Peace, Callianthus Acidanthera, peace, Samih al-Qasim, Travel Tickets

Memorial, Scales and Dinosaurs

20 Aug

1 Today we placed flowers outside Truro Cathedral for two little girls, aged 3 and 4, killed in Gaza a month ago. Oh for peace in that region.

Our tribute outside Truro Cathedral

On the back of our card

Our flowers and the dedication

2 I was pleased to see that we can still buy nails by weight and not everything has to be pre-packaged. Two nails, a dozen or a hundred – no problem – just weigh them!

The enormous scales

3 In my second favourite shop (my first being any yarn/fabric emporium!) I saw these fabulous individual dinosaur cakes and knew immediately the little people for whom I want to bake them! Not surprisingly, they have sold out but my moulds are on order and as the children have now gone home that’s okay. I can bake them for their next visit.

Dinosaur cakes

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 20, 2014 in baking, Beauty, Children, Peace, photography, Postaday 2014, Truro

Tags: Bloggers 4 Peace, Bloggers for Peace, child deaths in Gaza, dinosaur cakes, I remember the children, Truro Cathedral

Sunflower, Tremenheere and Ubuntu

19 Aug

1 Only one of our Sunflowers has been successful and it is beautiful.

Sunflower

2 We had a family outing to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens this afternoon and the children loved exploring the jungly garden. The adults loved the sculptures and we all enjoyed delicious cakes at the end of our hot, hard walk.

J exploring

View of St Michael’s Mount from the top of the gardens

T exploring

3 It’s World Humanitarian Day and SG, a good friend, has said her word for today is Ubuntu. Archbishop Desmond Tutu explained ubuntu like this – he says that you cannot exist as a human being in isolation, as we are all interconnected:
“We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.” Or, as SG says, “I am because you are.” Thank you for this, S.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 19, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

Tags: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, sunflower, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, ubuntu, World Humanitarian Day

Fabulous Day Out at The Eden Project

18 Aug

What a day we have had! The Eden Project is always a delight to visit but today it surpassed all expectations with the Dinosaurs Unleashed spectacle! It was hard to get photos but please enjoy the wonderful plants outside and in the Rain- forest Biome and a few fleeting photos of the young dinosaur which, somehow had escaped and was roaming around!

The biomes

Wild flower garden

Young paleontologists

Sunflowers

Sunlight through the leaves

The Escapee

Fantastic flowers

Talking to an explorer

Escaped dinosaur

I love these colours

Beautiful

Bird of Paradise flower

Do zoom in on this – you can see the reflection of the dome!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 18, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, nature, photography

Tags: The Eden Project

Four Swallow Fledglings

17 Aug

Thank you to L in Norfolk for this beautiful photo.

Swallow fledglings

Suffragette Garden, Bee and Cuddly Toys

16 Aug

1 There is lots of colour in our Suffragette garden with shades of purple, white and green.

Japanese Anemone

The purple Hebe is flowering again after its haircut in the early summer

Tiny white Cyclamen under the Hebe

2 Serendipitously, a bee appeared in my photo of the Verbena Bonariensis and the Japanese Anemones.

Bee in flight in my Suffragette garden

3 The cousins found all the cuddly toys and put them on the stairs this morning and they have stayed there all day!

Cuddly toys up the stairs

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 16, 2014 in Beauty, bees, garden, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: bee in flight, Cyclamen Hederifolium, Hebe, Japanese Anemones, verbena bonariensis

Harvest, Bedding and Beach

15 Aug

1 I have plaited up some of the onions and all the garlic, which is very small but very tasty.

Plaited up onions and garlic bulbs

2 I love getting the beds ready for the Grandkids to visit. They should arrive late tonight.

The top bunk is ready

3 Our niece and her son are here overnight as the rest of the family are driving home. They had a splendid last hour at the beach at Porthtowan. It’ll be fun for the cousins to have breakfast together before K&W leave on the train.