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Monthly Archives: October 2023

Flamm in Redruth

We managed to see a couple of the installations of Flamm, Cornwall’s brand new festival of visual art, before having to leave. There will be more tomorrow which we may manage to see. The Guardian certainly likes what’s going on in our town in this very positive article.  Read all about it!

Metro: Red River Line by Patrick Lowry – an imaginative outdoor installation. “He is exploring utilising some of the existing, old mining network to create connectivity between Camborne and Redruth and referencing the route of the electric tramway that existed between 1902 and 1934.”  Taken from the programme.
Redruth Press in action, posters going up. This is a collaboration between two artists , Caroline Wilkins and Tony Minnion.

 

 

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Navajo Wisdom and Affogato

I bought a beautiful little book while we were at the Grand Canyon, a gift for a dear friend, and took photos of some of the pages before I gave it to her this evening while we were all out together for dinner.

I’ll share pages over the next week or two. I love all the wisdom therein.

We enjoyed excellent pizzas and then affogatos.

 
 

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River, Seagull and Pumpkins

High tide in the Penryn River this morning

Perched on a buoy

 

Hallowe’en display at the Muddy Beach Cafe.

 

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Rain, Reflection and Repair

Such heavy rain today but it did make for a pleasing reflection of our boat sink on the wet slate.

Advance notice – Saturday will be International Repair Day and our local shop, Make A Mends is hosting a whole day of fun. I have taken a couple of pieces of china that I repaired with kintsugi some time ago to be in the exhibition. .

 
 

Lemn Sissay

The wonderful Lemn Sissay has given me permission to share his poem with you.

Let there be peace
Let tears evaporate to form clouds, cleanse themselves
And fall into reservoirs of drinking water.
Let harsh memories burst into fireworks that melt
In the dark pupils of a child’s eyes
And disappear like shoals of silver darting fish,
And let the waves reach the shore with a
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Listening to him on Radio 4 recently, I learned that one of the songs we sing at choir is one of his morning poems. I’ll try to get a recording soon.

 

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Post Box Topper

The most delightful  topper has been put on our local post box. I love the detail , especially the tiny shoelaces, and the humour in this one. I wish I knew the crafter.

At choir rehearsal this afternoon, we were told that last night’s concert raised an amazing £675 for our two charities – the wonderful ShelterBox that responds to disasters of all kinds around the world and our local charity, the Camborne, Pool and Redruth food bank which looks after local people, including nurses and teachers, who need help in these hard times to feed their families.
Thank you to our lovely generous audience.

 

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Joy and Singing

One of my Blogger pals has given me permission to share this post of hers which I love. If you go along to her blog, https://ladysighs.wordpress.com/you can hear her singing and that is a delight. I recommend you do just that. As she says, “I have lost the source for this song. The words are uplifting no matter what one believes.”

Joyful joyful we are joyful
We have truth in nature found
Hearts unfold like flowers before us
Opening to the sun above
Melting clouds of ill and sadness
Driving the dark of doubt away
Knowledge is our source of gladness
Fills us with the light of day

All natures’ works with joy surround us
Earth and heaven’s distant rays
Stars and planets arch above us
The sun the center of our days
Field and forest vale and mountain
Flowery meadow flashing seas
Singing bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in peace

May we be giving and forgiving
Ever honest with respect
Wellspring of the joy of living
Ocean depth of happy rest
Father brother sister mother
Live in love and peace in time
Teach us how to love each other
Lift us to our joy’s desire

Friends we join the happy chorus
Which the morning stars began
Natures love is shining on us
Brother love binds man to man
Ever singing march we onward
Victors in the midst of strife
Joyful music leads us sun-ward
In the triumph song of life

I’ve been out tonight singing with my choir, raising money for our two charities and it was great fun. I meant to ask friends in the audience to take a photo but forgot but Ladysighs has stepped into the breach. Thank you!

One of my singing friends has sent me a photo of us all as were were warming up before the concert last night. Thanks L for D’s photo!

 

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Roots Harvest Celebration

Poster by Imogen Street-Rees

Brilliant, heart-warming and positive day today!  It has been a day of Harvest celebration with lots of happy people, lots of delicious cakes, wonderful music and lots of laughter, a real uplifting day to be a part of.

Enjoy our gallery of the event.

Leo enjoying the music of Jaclarabag

 

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Happiness, Sadness and Singing

I love this expression – it’s me to a T!

I find my self struggling to find the beauty today, sadness is overwhelming me. This poem expresses it well…….

Singing always makes me feel better.

 
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Posted by on October 13, 2023 in Peace, poetry, Postaday 2023, Uncategorized

 

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October Blooms 2

Here are the promised yellows, oranges, pinks and reds in our garden at the moment.

Forgotten the name!

Pink Japanese Anemones

Californian Poppy

Crinodendron

Hesperantha

Golden rose

 

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