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Monthly Archives: March 2023

Magnolia, Garlic and Sunlight

On our walk today we were delighted to see the first Magnolia Stellata flowers appearing down the lane.

Further along, on Lovers’ Lane, were the first Wild Garlic leaves that make wonderful pesto when there are plenty to be picked.

My lovely SIL in Georgia, USA, sent me a message and a photo from her morning. “Photo from minutes ago as I try to slowly start the day. Very briefly the morning sun reflecting off downtown highrises to our west, came through our bedroom window, making a pattern of the shutters, new spring leaves, and bedpost on the wall. It was gone in seconds!”

Thank you V

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 11, 2023 in environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2023

Breakfast, Heron and Storm Warning

10 Mar

We spent another happy few hours having a delicious breakfast and catching up on everything under the sun with our friends at The Heron in Malpas and across the water, we saw a heron! I took the photo through the window on max zoom…..

The eggs may look over-cooked to you – for me, they were perfect!

The rest of the country is covered in snow. We just have lots of rain and very strong winds and so our Ship’s Barometer overflowed as the pressure dropped. I love the reflection of the spout in the glass of the porch window.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 10, 2023 in Cornwall, environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2023, Uncategorized

Tags: #Heroninnmalpas, Malpas, Ship's barometer, The Heron Inn

Gulls, Swans and Eggs

09 Mar

I always enjoy watching the river when we sing nearby on Thursday mornings. Today there were gulls on a buoy and a pair of swans gliding around.

Our friends’ chickens are laying again so on our rack we now have medium brown shop eggs and wonderful blue, cream and white eggs, some of which look big enough for two!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 9, 2023 in Cornwall, environment, friendship, nature, Penryn, photography, Postaday 2023

Letter, Posy and A Song

08 Mar

On this International Women’s Day, I had a brief letter in The Guardian where every letter and opinion piece today had been written by a woman.

“Re messages on vehicles, here in Cornwall, you’ll see, “No pasties left in this van overnight” on bakery delivery vans. We value our proper Cornish pasties very highly.”

I took a little posy next door today, with rosemary to remember our lovely neighbour’s wedding anniversary.

I’ve been listening to Dreadnought South West on Phonic fm today as they take over the airwaves for International Women’s Day. Claire, our choir leader, was being interviewed and singing one of her songs about a Cornish woman, live in the studio with her daughter Ruby. Ten years ago, Claire wrote the music for a production of Oxygen written by Natalie McGrath of Dreadnought and on Monday The Ingleheart Singers recorded the song to be used in today’s programme. You can hear the song by clicking on the red link above.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 8, 2023 in community, friendship, music, nature, photography, Postaday 2023

Tags: 'Oxygen' by Claire Ingleheart and Natalie McGrath, Claire Ingleheart, International Women's Day

Poly Tunnel, Volunteers and Pooh Bear

07 Mar

After my writing workshop this morning, I called in at Community Roots to say hello and was amazed at the progress made – seedlings up, new herb garden prepped and some wonderful hanging trays for seedlings to keep them off the workbench.

A photo was taken of the happy gang of volunteers after lunch of a wonderful soup made of vegetable harvested this morning. You can see the new herb beds behind the people on both sides.

Thanks to Matty for the photo

I love this quotation from Hans Christian Andersen and, of course, the wonderful E H Shephard drawing.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 7, 2023 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday 2023

Tags: community roots

Longfellow, Wren and Catkins

06 Mar

I love these words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as it is what is happening all around us.
“The Spring came suddenly bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room,
with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.”

It’s lovely to see the little Wren and even better when one of the photos catches it still for a moment.

There are catkins in abundance all along the hedgerows.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 6, 2023 in environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2023

Reflection, Surfers and A Number Plate

05 Mar

Daughter No 1 has been with us today to celebrate her birthday so we’ve been to the beach, watched the surfers and the incoming tide for over an hour, called in at The Blue Bar for hot chocolates and cake, talked and talked and talked and had a delicious birthday dinner. She travelled in her favourite car which has a new personalised number plate, part of her birthday present. I love it!.

Audi S8

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 5, 2023 in Cornwall, environment, Happiness, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday 2023, Sea

Tags: Audi S8

St Piran’s Day, Daffodil and Singing

04 Mar

Redruth was buzzing today, all in town for the St Piran’s day celebrations. I especially loved the stilt walkers.

Later, on my way to sing in the Market Hall, one of the stilt people called to me, “Hello, lovely lady! Would you like a daffodil?” Of course, I said that I’d love one but please would he hold it for a moment while I took his photo for my blog!

Singing Cornish songs in the Market Hall with The Ingleheart Singers, and with an enormous, enthusiastic audience, was an absolute delight. Thanks to Sue for the video. You can see I am holding my daffodil.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 4, 2023 in Cornwall, music, photography, Postaday 2023, Redruth

Tags: 'Cornish Lads' by Roger Bryant, Claire Ingleheart, The Ingleheart Singers

A Storybook, A Cat and A Basket

03 Mar

One of our children’s favourite books was My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes and the LiveWires have all enjoyed it too

My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

We gave our lovely neighbour a basket we no longer need to keep her kindling in, and before she could load it up, Zorro had claimed it. Thanks for the photo, S..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 3, 2023 in friendship, Postaday 2023

Tags: Eve Sutton, Lynley Dodd, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

Charities, Posy and A Beach

02 Mar

The river this morning when we started singing was very calm and the masts reflected almost perfectly. After singing we had two visitors from the charities we have supported over the last year, Penhaligon’s Friends and ShelterBox, £400 to each, thanks to our generous audiences. Here we are presenting the cheques to their representatives.