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Story Books, Coffee Pot and Raindrops

You may have gathered that my parents were auction aficionados – I have mentioned a number of their bargain buys before. These books came in a job lot and became mine and I just loved them. I think some of my love of Egypt came from reading these stories and some from my visits to the Truro Museum.

Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends

Our first foreign holiday with our children, teenagers all, was to Egypt and there we bought this lovely plate and coffee pot and six tiny coffee cups.

Tray and coffee pot from Egypt

Tray and coffee pot from Egypt

Raindrops

Raindrops

 
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Posted by on November 11, 2015 in books, nature, photography, Postaday 2015

 

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Sending Love, Pumpkin Soup and Fireworks

This ancient Sanskrit poem has been a source of strength for me through a number of very difficult times – when one of our baby twins was desperately ill and through various other family traumas that many of us have to deal with from time to time.

Look to this day
for it is life
the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all
the realities and truths of existence
the joy of growth
the splendour of action
the glory of power.
For yesterday is but a memory
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived
makes every yesterday a memory
of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day….

I give it to you again here in the hope that it will help anyone else out there who needs to make the most of each and every day to create those memories of happiness and to make ‘every tomorrow a vision of hope.’

Our lovely neighbour brought us half a pumpkin yesterday and today I have made a delicious Pumpkin Soup served with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds – scrumptious! Thanks, Sue.

Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

On Saturday evening we went into Redruth to see the fire works and they were just fabulous!  Enjoy the gallery.I wish I could bring you the sounds and the smells as well!  Click on any photo to get the full effect.

 
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Posted by on November 10, 2015 in Beauty, Food, photography, poetry, Postaday 2015

 

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Three Lovely Plates

We inherited these three beautiful plates – the pretty orange tree one, commemorating the birth of a Dutch Princess, Julianna, from a Dutch Uncle on my other half’s side of the family, the Gwennap Church one from my folks who lived in Sunny Corner near Gwennap and the Susie Cooper one from my Granny.

Julianna born 30th April 1909

Julianna born 30th April 1909

The bell tower stands away from the Church and is very unusual

The bell tower stands away from the Church and is very unusual

Susy Cooper hors d'oeuvre dish

Susie Cooper hors d’oeuvre dish

 

 
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Posted by on November 9, 2015 in art, Beauty, ceramics, photography, Postaday 2015

 

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Brightening Up A November Day

It has been such a grey, wet and windy day here with no venturing outside so I thought it time to share the photos of the garden taken on November 1st – and there are still splashes of colour all over the garden. Click on any photo to see the beautiful detail.

 

 

 
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Posted by on November 8, 2015 in Beauty, nature, photography, Postaday 2015

 

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Sea Spray, Swimmers and Shelter

Another glorious afternoon, warm and very windy and the sea at Gyllyngvase was rougher than we have ever seen it with waves crashing against the sea wall and glinting in the sunshine.

Pied Wagtail against the sea spray

Pied Wagtail against the sea spray

Crashing waves

Crashing waves

Crazy waves for Gyllyngvase

Crazy waves for Gyllyngvase

There were lots of swimmers in the water and not all wearing wet-suits.

Swimmers having a rest and a laugh

Swimmers having a rest and a laugh

I love this shelter along Cliff Road in Falmouth. Click to see the detail of the anchor cut-outs on the shutters and the delightful weather vane.

Sit here and look at the sea

Sit here and look out at the sea

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Ornate

The public buses and trucks in Dakar, where we went for our son’s wedding in 2012, are ornately decorated, every one special and different.

Beautiful bus in Dakar, Senegal

Beautiful bus in Dakar, Senegal

Beautiful Bus in Dakar, Senegal

In Dakar, Senegal

For others in this week’s challenge, click here.

 

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Buttons, Drills Bits and Wise Words

I love how these buttons look like a box of chocolates. They are looking for a new home so if you are local, do ask!

Leather buttons

Leather buttons

The lovely Mr S is working on our stairs, eliminating some of the squeaks and creaks in our more than 100 years old house. These drill bits please me!.

Drill kit

Drill kit

Three wise monkeys here with some timeless advice………

Don't see everyone's flaws

Don’t see everyone’s flaws

I just received an anniversary message from WordPress. I have been blogging, in Kath’s memory, for four years today!

anniversary 4 years

anniversary 4 years

 
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Posted by on November 6, 2015 in Beauty, photography, Postaday 2015, Words

 

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Seed Heads, Bonfire Night and Treasures

The seed heads on the Fennel are lovely against the sky.

Fennel seed head

Fennel seed head

Today, Bonfire Night in Great Britain,  is my Mum’s birthday. As a little girl, she thought everyone was celebrating her birthday with bonfires and fireworks. She was born in 1914, 101 years ago.

My Mum and her little brother

My Mum and her little brother

Here I show you another section of my print tray with two more of the little brass owls, some more of my keys, a stripy piece of stone from The Grand Canyon,  a grey stone from a Cornish beach and a lump of lava from Hawaii. The dark shiny stone was collected by my Mum and Dad many, many years ago. They thought it looked like a statue of the Madonna and Child.  The little house with the words, Live the life you love, we bought in New England a couple of years ago.  Four more sections to go…….

More treasures

More treasures

 
 

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Bookmark, Baking and Bulbs

What a lovely way to remind someone to whom you have lent a book where it needs to be returned.

Bookmark

Bookmark

Yesterday’s baking proved to be a success. We had Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramelised Pumpkin Seeds for lunch today. I had made a very small one for us to taste as well as the big one for Thanksgiving and that is now in the freezer.

Taster sized Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake

Taster sized Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake

 

Mr S planted the last of our Spring bulbs today, some Narcissi and some Tulips. We will look forward to the splashes of colour in a few months.

 
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Posted by on November 4, 2015 in baking, Beauty, photography, Postaday 2015

 

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Print Tray, Treasures and Cheesecake

I have spent the morning finding little treasures collected over so many years and have put them in the print tray. They may well be moved again!

My print tray filled or nearly

My print tray filled or nearly

Here I have some of Mum’s thimbles, the ones most associated with Cornwall – two showing engine houses, an ivory one from early 1900’s bought in Redruth in 1981, two made especially for Mum, one in Granite and one in Serpentine and one with a Welsh dragon on it to show my Welsh heritage. There is one of a collection of small brass owls (The owl was the logo of our family – the Wisemen) and three of my keys. I started collecting keys when I was in Primary school but can’t remember where each one came from. There is a tiny green glass bottle that used to hold iodine and which still has the chemist’s label on it. It is from Lytham where my Granny lived her last few years. There is also a pressed Parrot flower brought home from a holiday in Morocco.  Five more segments to show you at a later date………

Detail

Detail

At the weekend there was a delicious recipe in the paper – Baked Pumpkin Cheese cake by Thomasina Miers. Mine is still in the oven as I write so here is the picture of hers. I hope mine turns out as well!

Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake

Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake

 

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