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Another Guest Blogger

25 Aug

LiveWire no 4 is with us now and is a keen photographer. Here follow her photos of our garden in gallery 1.

Pretty petunias

3D printed owl

Golden rose

Fuchsia called Lady in Black

Huge raggedy white dahlia

In gallery 2, are the photos she took at the allotment all with her own labels.

Red and yellow dahlias

Courgette grown to be a marrow

Looks like a giant thistle

Dark red dahlias

Bee on red dahlia

Pretty pink dahlia

Bee on yellow dahlia

Lots of pink Japanese Anemones

Small white dahlias

A rather tired bee searching for food

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 25, 2024 in allotment, bees, Cornwall, environment, flowers, garden, Grandchildren, nature, Photography, Postaday 2024

After another morning surfing with the surf school and an afternoon resting after their exertions in a rather wild sea, the most delicious dinner was cooked for us by LiveWire 2 (15 years old) this evening – Chicken in a special secret recipe sauce with silky smooth mash and Tenderstem broccoli and using home-grown shallots from our allotment.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 21, 2024 in allotment, Grandchildren, poetry, Porthtowan, Postaday 2024

Surfing, Knitting and Crops

20 Aug

LiveWire3 here with a woollen seagull, higher waves, and some fresh courgettes. I started my morning with some more surfing. Today’s waves were bigger and more rapid pushing me in all directions but don’t worry we’re getting better and better. Later on we went to the allotment and journeyed through the jungle of tomatoes after picking some courgettes. Granny took me to see Cornish Banksy. The yarn bomb she took me to see was very Cornish indeed, a pesky seagull stealing some chips. I hope we see some more of Cornish Banksy!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 20, 2024 in allotment, Cornwall, family, knitting, Postaday 2024, Redruth

More Lottie Loveliness

18 Aug

Nasturtium

Runner Bean flowers

Japanese Anemones

LiveWires 2 and 3 have arrived with Daughter No 2 this evening so we are very much looking forward to the next week. 🙂

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 18, 2024 in allotment, Cornwall, environment, nature, Postaday 2024, Redruth

More Lottie Loveliness and Elephants

12 Aug

I walked about the allotment this afternoon and found more lovely splashes of colour.

It’s International Elephant Day today. I love elephants, a love I shared with my dear, much missed, friend Angie. A few years ago on a special holiday in South Africa, the lovely Mr S and I came across a herd and enjoyed watching this youngster.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 12, 2024 in allotment, animals, Cornwall, environment, flowers, friendship, nature, Postaday 2024, Redruth

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Allotment Colour

11 Aug

Most people grow veggies on their plots and many have a few flowers as well which makes for lovely splashes of colour all over the place as well as being great for pollinators.

Other WordPress bloggers will know how sometimes it’s fun to look at your stats. At this time of year, it gives me enormous pleasure to see how the views on my recipe for Runner Bean Soup hit the heights! It delights me too that it comes up first or second when I google the recipe. Go on, try it!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 11, 2024 in allotment, bees, Food, nature, Postaday 2024, Uncategorized

New Recipe, Lily and Blooms

04 Aug

I saw a recipe last week that looked and sounded delicious – Juicy Peach Raspberry Cake – and I made it today. It did taste good but didn’t look as good as the original. My peaches were white not orange which made a difference but I was able to use some of our own raspberry crop which is excellent this year.

Our Lily buds have opened at last. Their scent is filling the garden.

We went by Truro today and the flower display along the dual carriageway is wonderful. I took this photo from a moving car and although out of focus I love the serendipity of it looking as if the car has a roof full of flowers!

More Onions, More Courgettes and A Leaf

31 Jul

We harvested our own onions today at the allotment and put them out to cure.

Of course, there were more courgettes to harvest too so I’ve made more of Kath’s Soup and we had Courgette Bhajis with our evening meal.

There was a leaf like a tiny vertical sculpture in the front garden today.

Baby Seagull, Soup and Cake

29 Jul

The weather is gorgeous and our neighbour invited us for a swim. I didn’t dip but enjoyed the company and the shade and watching the baby seagull which fledged yesterday.

Thanks, Sue, for the photo.

We have so many courgettes growing at the allotment! Today I have made two pints of courgette soup, (using my Dear friend Kath’s recipe, Kath to whom my blog is dedicated) made a Courgette and Lemon Cake and given eight to the neighbour with the pool!

Two raspberries picked today and served with the Courgette Cake

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 29, 2024 in allotment, baking, friendship, nature, Postaday 2024, Uncategorized

New Word and A Flower

27 Jul

I love this new word and, as a friend said today, it sounds better than having a ‘senior moment!”

At the allotment this evening, collecting more courgettes than we can ever eat, I spotted the flower of a globe artichoke across the plots – a magnificent thing. (I’m going to put courgettes/zucchinis by the front gate for people to help themselves.)