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Last Walk, Dolly and The Station

This was our last morning with our Live Wires and they wanted to walk up to see the engine houses on The Great Flat Lode trail up behind our house. It was quite a haul for little legs so I took a short cut with T and J went further with his Grandad to see the engine houses close up. On our way up the lane we met a couple just going to feed their horses and they invited the children to go to watch. Dolly had a brilliant technique of kicking her bucket to loosen up her food which we all thought was very clever.

Climbing on the gate

Dolly

St Euny Engine House

Looking towards Carn Brea

Leading us home

Waiting for the train

After lunch, it was time for the train and goodbyes and now the house is all too quiet and still – and I need a rest!!

Thank you so much to all my lovely readers who wrote such encouraging comments to my little Guest Bloggers! They will reply when they are home, probably tomorrow. They were both so delighted to see their blogs published! I think they will want to join in on every visit from now on!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 21, 2016 in Beauty, Carn Brea, Cornwall, Grandchildren, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Guest Post – The Maritime Museum in Falmouth

20 Aug

Today my helper is a littler Live Wire, T who is 5 years old.

Going to the Museum was fun and I loved it and liked it. Version 2

I like my balaclava because my Granny knitted it for me. I’m wearing it because the weatherman said there was a big storm coming.

T spotted some yarn bombing on the way to the Maritime Museum

I liked the patterns and the colours.

On the (Viking) Bear Hunt

It was fun because I liked the teddies because they looked funny in their Viking outfits.

Driving the yachts

It was fun when I got to move the boats. My yacht was No7.

Down at sea level spotting fish and barnacles

I liked this part because they were stuck on the glass and they looked squishy.

My Granny liked the patterns made by the barnacles.

Making masks and shields

Mummy and I did the same colouring on my dragon. My brother made a shield.

View from the top

I liked the boats on the sea.

One of the Viking Bears

Wearing my dragon mask

I did a red tongue because my dragon was breathing fire! I liked my holiday in Cornwall with Mummy and Daddy and J and my Granny and Grandgrand.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 20, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, Falmouth, Grandchildren, Photography, Postaday 2016

Guest Post – Baking, Cornish Lanes and Truro

19 Aug

Live Wire J, 7, is helping with tonight’s blog, has chosen the photos, the title and is dictating the text.
Today we baked more buns, chocolate ones and Butterfly buns. When they came out of the oven to cool, J put more chocolate drops on the top to melt and then we went to Truro. We went through the back lanes to avoid the holiday traffic, met some horses and other cars in the very narrow Cornish lanes. There were flags up in Truro and we went to The Arts Cafe for a treat, babyccinos and lemon drizzle cake. J spent his pocket money on two pencils that he can use at school. Tomorrow we are going to shave off a bit of yellow paint so that J can write his name there.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 19, 2016 in baking, Beauty, Cornwall, Grandchildren, Photography, Postaday 2016, Truro

Singing, Tehidy Woods and Rogue Theatre

18 Aug

A good singing session with a new Helen Yeoman song to learn was just what I needed this morning as the Live Wires went off to Trebah Gardens to meet us later ready to go to Tehidy Woods for Rogue Theatre’s Wild Woodland Summer Ball. There, there is a winding walk through the misty woods where all sorts of entrancing things hint at the stories to come. T had her fabulous mask which she has been making over the last couple of days and J his ‘woodland walking’ stick so off we went……..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 18, 2016 in Beauty, Photography, Postaday 2016, theatre, Uncategorized

Tags: Helen Yeoman, Rogue Theatre

Another Lovely Day with Our Live Wires

17 Aug

After a delicious breakfast of Eggy Bread with Fruit, a busy time making a mask for the Summer Ball at Tehidy tomorrow and some bird watching (Goldfinches, Bullfinches, Magpies, Blackbirds and a Woodpecker) we set off for nearby Heartlands where there is a most imaginative playground and the rain really doesn’t matter. Later we went next door to visit S and the cats. Share our day with us in this gallery.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 17, 2016 in Beauty, family, Happiness, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: Heartlands Cornwall

We’re In Charge!

16 Aug

We have the Live Wires to ourselves for a day and a half as their parents away celebrating their 10th Wedding Anniversary and what a day we have had – making, baking. playing hide and seek, helping to fix the fountain, a picnic in the garden, a late visit to the beach to play and stories read to us and by us. I think (and hope) we will all sleep well tonight.

Waving goodbye to the parents

Making a mask

Four hands mixing

Off to hide

The buns

Helping with the fountain

On Porthtowan Beach

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 16, 2016 in baking, Beauty, collage, Cornwall, Photography, Porthtowan, Postaday 2016

Tags: minding the Grandkids

A Day With Our Live-Wires

15 Aug

What a lovely day! First, with an early start to the beach at Maenporth and then at the cinema this evening to watch The BFG all in the company of two of our lovely Live-Wires who are growing up so very quickly. Get a flavour of our day in this gallery. If you get a chance to see The BFG, do go! It is the most beautiful, heartwarming film I have seen in years with both tears and laughs aplenty.

Off to the sea

Mining

Kite flying

Ginger Icecream

Towards Swanpool from Maenporth

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 15, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, family, Grandchildren, Maenporth, Photography, Postaday 2016, Uncategorized

Tags: family day out, Kelly's icecream

Live Wires, Neighbourhood Baby and Perfume

14 Aug

Happy days! Our Live Wires arrived just in time for tea and here I caught them, just after bath-time trying to catch a glimpse of ‘our’ foal.

I wish I could share with you the perfume on our little back patio which is planted up with Nicotiana, Night Scented Stock and Sweet Peas that have almost reached the top of the arch.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 14, 2016 in Beauty, Grandchildren, Happiness, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: baby foal, Nicotiana, sweet peas

Weekly Photo Challenge – Fun!

13 Aug

It has been great fun knitting this little cardigan with multi-coloured yarn and seeing how the stripes appear. It is fun too to imagine one of our expected twin Grand-babies wearing it. Now to get on with finishing off its pair, in the same yarn but turning out quite different which is also fun. This cardigan, like the others I am knitting has little mother-of-pearl buttons from the babies’ Great Great Grandfather, buttons on cards which I have inherited and treasured from my Grandad’s days as a button salesman. So, the buttons, being over 100 years old, are antiques!

For one of the babies expected in January, 6 month size.

For others in this Challenge, please click the red link.

For Diane who asked for the pattern details: DSCN4128

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 13, 2016 in antiques, Beauty, family, knitting, Photography, Postaday 2016, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: antique mother of pearl buttons, hand knitted baby clothes, Weekly Photo Challenge - Fun!

Blue Sky, Bee Wings and A Courgette Flower

12 Aug

After a busy, busy morning, I spent the afternoon relaxing under a beautiful blue sky alternating between sewing up a tiny cardigan for our expected twin Grandbabies and reading. A Red Bottomed Bee was visiting the Cornflowers and the Courgettes have another flower. I have yet to cook a courgette flower…..