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Dahlias, The Grand Canyon and Singing

These beautiful dahlias from her allotment are a gift from Sue-next-door – just a glorious pompom of rich ruby red.

Gorgeous! Thanks Sue.

We had a lovely time at the North Rim – short walks, watching sunsets and one sunrise, meeting other travellers and reading on our verandah.

Our cabin

View from our cabin

The Lodge

One of the views from the lodge

Sunset

And – there was singing! What an enjoyable and funny evening this was! Click on the photos for all the words. The craziness went on all evening and the whole audience joined in with the new words for tunes we all knew so well.

Ad for the evening

Words by the Ranger himself

More crazy words

Jewels, Cake and Route 66

19 Sep

While we were away some dear friends visited next door for our lovely neighbour’s birthday and they left me a box of mixed ‘jewels’ for my glass work. I’m looking forward to getting back to it and creating some beautiful angels with pretty decorations.

Thank you C.

Our lovely neighbour Sue-next-door had an emergency operation yesterday to sort out a detached retina and today I made her the most delicious Rhubarb Cake, which we were introduced to in Arizona, to aid her recovery.

Rhubarb cake with freshly picked rhubarb from our allotment.

We travelled some of the old Route 66 on our way north to the Grand Canyon.

Route 66

Lunch at a diner where our waitress was happy to let me have a photo of her and her much-coveted t-shirt!

Long empty road

Church with red cliffs behind

The Navajo Bridge

The Vermillion Cliffs

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 19, 2023 in allotment, America, Arizona, baking, environment, friendship, photography, Postaday 2023, travel

We’re Back, Glimmers and Produce

18 Sep

Hello again Dear Reader!

We’ve been away having adventures, much of the time in a wifi desert but I have been spotting beautiful things for you and over the next few posts, as we sort our 100s of photos, I’ll share some of the ‘glimmers’ we have been experiencing in Arizona, New Mexico and Georgia as we have spent time with people we love for the first time since 2019.

Beautiful hanks of dyed wool at The Cameron Trading Post on our way up to the Grand Canyon, North Rim

Three weeks ago we left tomatoes in various stages of ripeness and came home to a bowlful of glorious ripened ones which are now all in a delicious tomato sauce for having with pasta.

There was even more wonderful produce to be harvested in our allotment!

Enormous courgette/zucchini, more tomatoes, rhubarb (for a special cake) and raspberries.

To explain Glimmers if the term is new to you as it was to me.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 18, 2023 in allotment, America, Arizona, photography, Postaday 2023, travel

Super Moon

31 Aug

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 31, 2023 in Arizona, photography, Postaday 2023, travel

Special Day, Squirrel and A Poem

14 May

Today is Mother’s Day in America and my sister, who lives in Hawaii, posted this photo of our beautiful Mum.

We’ve had another squirrel visit today.

14th May is International Dylan Thomas Day and here are just two verses of one of my favourite poems –

Fern Hill

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,
     The night above the dingle starry,
          Time let me hail and climb
     Golden in the heydays of his eyes,
And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
          Trail with daisies and barley
     Down the rivers of the windfall light.

And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
     In the sun that is young once only,
          Time let me play and be
     Golden in the mercy of his means,
And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves
Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,
          And the sabbath rang slowly
     In the pebbles of the holy streams.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 14, 2023 in America, Beauty, garden, nature, photography, poetry, Postaday 2023, Uncategorized

Tags: International Dylan Thomas Day

Freddie and Thanksgiving Love

24 Nov

It’s 31 years since Freddie Mercury died – what a loss but it’s pretty magical that we can continue to enjoy his wonderful performances. Here is a mix video from YouTube. Do click on the link.

It’s Thanksgiving in America and usually we make a turkey dinner to ‘share’ with family and friends in the USA. Somehow this has not been possible this year but we send special love to family in Atlanta, Flagstaff, Hawaii, Jerome, Phoenix and Seattle and to friends in Arizona, California and Vermont and to all my lovely Blogging Pals in states too many to mention.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 24, 2022 in America, Arizona, Celebration, family, friendship, New England, Postaday2022, Uncategorized

International Day of Cats – A Poem and Two Cats

08 Aug

I love the following poem by Brian Bilston who has very kindly given me permission to share it with you. I love how, in the humour, he always manages to raise the political and to make clear his feelings. Thank you, Brian.

The following photos are of international cats – one who lives in Arizona and one who lives at the allotment here in Redruth.

Thanks, P, beautiful photo.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 8, 2022 in allotment, Arizona, Cornwall, photography, poetry, Postaday2022

Tags: Brian Bilston

Reflection, Egret and English

05 May

The tide was in on the Penryn River as I arrived for singing this morning. The water was very still and the reflections gorgeous.

Later, after singing and with the tide receding, I noticed an egret pootling about in the mud.

Having family and friends in America, this chart amused me.

While we are talking about words – is anyone else enjoying Quordle? I’m loving it!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 5, 2022 in America, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, nature, Penryn, photography, Postaday2022

Bloom, Arundhati Roy and A Movie

02 Jan

I missed this Hydrangea bloom from my blog yesterday, in the front garden. Lots of plants seem fooled by the unseasonably warm weather we are having.

I have quoted Arundhati Roy before and love these words of hers too.

Imagine another world. Arundhati Roy

Dear Reader, have you watched “Don’t Look Up” ? If not, please do. It’ll set you thinking.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 2, 2022 in America, community, environment, nature, Postaday2022, quotations, Uncategorized

Tags: covid 19, Don't Look Up, the virus

Stones, Lights and A Bookmark

10 Dec

More sorting revealed these stones that LiveWire No 3 and I collected and wrote on some years ago. I’m going to put them in the garden at some point.

The lovely Mr S has put the lights on our little Christmas tree planted in the back garden. Now it feels like Christmas.

Many years ago on our first visit to San Fransisco we found the wonderful City Lights Bookshop. I bought a book of poetry and was given this bookmark. We also did the Armistead Maupin trail finding all the places in his Tales of the City series, a series I loved.