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Monthly Archives: July 2025

Still Waters, Bracelet and Farewell

Because Daughter No 2 is with us, I was able to go to choir today and it did me much good to have a rousing sing with everyone at our last session before the summer break. We rehearse by the Penryn River and this morning the reflections were beautiful.

On leaving, I noticed a pretty little lost bracelet that someone had put on a small tree in the planter. I hope the owner manages to retrieve it.

Our second daughter leaves on the sleeper this evening. It’s been lovely having two daughters taking turns to help. Daughter 3 is coming next week.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 31, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, nature, Penryn, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Volunteer Harvest and Our Lilies

30 Jul

Yesterday I brought home our share of the Volunteer harvest, some delicious Roots tomatoes, all sorts of varieties, some of which I’ve saved for salads and some I made into a very delicious soup for our lunch.

I roasted carrots and Pattypan squash and courgette, also from Roots, for dinner tonight, so fresh and tasty!

All five flowers are open at the same time on our enormous lily.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 30, 2025 in community, Food, garden, growing, nature, Postaday2025

Tags: community roots

A Gallery of Goodness

29 Jul

Today at Roots, along with the indoor team, I sowed Little Leprechaun lettuce, potted on Savoy Cabbage and spread out the chilli plants to give them air. I also had a walkabout to see how the whole acre was progressing and, oh my, the wonderful crops all over the place. Enjoy the gallery of goodness and at the end, the two varieties of courgettes that I fried in garlic butter as part of our meal tonight.

Onions grown from seed

Lots of varieties of tomatoes

Red, purple, orange and green chillies

We only planted these seeds last week.

Carrots harvested by two young and very keen visitors

Various brassicas

One of the 11th rows of flowers to aid pollination

Courgette flowers

Delicious!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 29, 2025 in community, Cornwall, environment, Food, growing, nature, Postaday2025

Tags: community roots

Daughters, Sleeper and Supper

28 Jul

Last week our eldest Daughter came to look after us which was really lovely and this morning Daughter no 2 came in on the sleeper train and will be helping out this week.

Pulling into Redruth station

Aubergine Parmigiana

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 28, 2025 in Cornwall, family, Food, Postaday2025, Redruth

Tags: Cornish language

Been a Bit of a Day

27 Jul

so here’s a cheery photo from last July.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 27, 2025 in Uncategorized

Lilies, Beans and A Poem

26 Jul

From the back bedroom, I took a photo of the lily with three buds now open and two to go.

I hope we get all five blooms together.

I salvaged a few beans, maybe three or four dinners….I’ve frozen most of them and we had some fresh with our dinner tonight.

The following poem came my way today and I love it, the wisdom of a Granny. Hang on to those feelings folks, however hard that might be right now.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 26, 2025 in garden, nature, poetry, Postaday2025

Tags: learning to be a human

Colours, Cat and A Gift

25 Jul

I went down to the lottie for the first time in a week (chief cook and bottle washer, nurse and physio and a chest infection to boot!) and collected courgettes and new potatoes which we had for tea tonight. I was somewhat dismayed to find that the broad beans had rust and it is a decimated crop. I did get a few but not enough to last the best part of a year as we usually do. The flowers are on another plot and I loved the colours

There was a black cat eyeing me from its place on the wall.

Our lovely neighbour called round to check on us and to bring me a little gift. She had been to Krowji, our local arts complex and a had met a very interesting artist, a photographer Paul Sanders from whom she bought this delightful little flower in a frame. I love it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 25, 2025 in allotment, art, Beauty, nature, photography, Postaday2025

Tags: Krowji Arts Centre, Paul Sanders

Lily and Sweetpeas

24 Jul

The lily in the back garden is almost 5′ tall, the tallest it’s ever been. Maybe the extreme heat followed by lots of rain has suited it.

The Sweetpeas outside the kitchen window are glorious.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 24, 2025 in environment, garden, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Feather, Colours and Bees

23 Jul

I love it when eggs are delivered with a feather still attached.

The conrast between the gold of the rose and the purple of the Drumstick Allium is a good one. And there’s Welly Dog smiling in the background..

Bees love the drumsticks, Allium Sphaerocephalon

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 23, 2025 in environment, garden, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Allium sphaerocephalon

Agapanthus and Protest Boards

22 Jul

We saw these beautiful Agapanthus flowers as we left the hospital on Saturday.

A friend and I popped down to Porthtowan after working at Community Roots this morning and were very impressed by the fifteen wonderful protest boards which tell such a story. I took a few photos to show you detail and have the first photo from a friend of the whole length of them along the path to the beach. I’ll post them all in sequence at some point when my lovely Mr S and I can go down to the beach together.