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Painting, Bath and Soup

Yesterday, after buying the wonderful pastries at Redruth’s monthly market, we called in at our favourite gallery in town, 89 Redruth.  The room was full of very interesting work but my eye was immediately drawn to a small painting,  We went in saying, we mustn’t buy another piece and came out later to have a short chat about whether to buy. Happily, my lovely Mr S loved as much as I did so we were back within minutes and today called in to collect it. It was so lovely to meet the artist and to see her reaction to my loving her work.

Sunset at Elmscott by Michelle Rudd

We went to a birthday do at recently refurbished  Rose Cottage today. We just had our lunch but the guests were encouraged to make use of the spa in the delightful back garden of the pub. After cooking themselves in the sauna, they had the option of three ‘plunge pools’ – one warmed by the sun in a lovely white bath, next a cooler metal bath and lastly, for the truly hardy, a refrigerated tub!

Today we have harvested the last of our sweetcorn cobs and I have made a big batch of Corn Chowder. We had some tonight and the rest will go in the freezer to enjoy some summer sunshine on a grey winter day.

P.S.  There was one more piece in 89 Redruth that I fell for and might have bought today but it had gained a red spot overnight…..

Specimen no 2 by Anita Pryor

It was good too to learn the story of this collective:

 

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Exhibition at Truro Cathedral

Exhibition at Truro Cathedral

After a delicious breakfast with delightful company in the Mylor Cafe, we headed to Truro to do some banking business and to visit the cathedral for a new large-scale textile exhibition Threads Through Revelation by artist Jacqui Parkinson. It’s only there for a few days from September 3 to 5 so if you are local you have a chance to see this remarkably beautiful work.
Regular readers may remember the exhibition of Jacqui Parkinson’s other work which I posted about here.   It’s worth going back to. https://mybeautfulthings.com/2025/07/09/exhibition-at-truro-cathedral/

Here is today’s gallery with the information on the right hand side. Click on any photo to see the exquisite detail and read the information.

 

This one is for sale……..

Another icon has gone – RIP Gloria Steinem, feminist, activist and journalist.

 

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Mural, Flowers and Watering Can

Mural, Flowers and Watering Can

We had to go to Penzance to the auction house this morning and had illusions of afterwards parking and visiting the book shop, having lunch and going to the Penlee Gallery. We thought we were early enough but oh my, the visitors were earlier and parking was impossible! So, we decided to go to Mounts Bay to have one of the best ice-creams around.  The beach was empty as there was a cool wind but I did manage to get a photo of the lovely mural on the wall at the back of the shop.

Yesterday, we were given a beautiful bunch of flowers, purple, white and green as our daughters and granddaughters are well aware of their suffragette heritage.

Our present to each other for our anniversary is another of Esther Smith’s automata, this one called Flower Power which the kids thought was me.

 

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Sculpture, Blue and A Pie

Our eldest daughter came today to help my lovely Mr S move our very heavy Finger Labyrinth sculpture a few feet.  It has been tricky mowing around it  so now it’s at the edge of a flower bed and a new lawn will be sown where it was. It looks much better where it is now.
My next job will be to find plants to grow at the base that won’t grow too high to obscure the carved words. I shall start researching an evergreen, low growing shrub that has flowers, maybe scent……

Ars brevis vita longa

Amor vincit omnia

Blue skies and a temperature of 21C – perfect!

Chicken, leek and bacon pie

 

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Lunch, Dessert and Post Box Topper

I met M for lunch today at The Olive Grove and we enjoyed a long natter and some delicious food in the most amenable environment

Tempura King Prawns
Served with salad garnish and sweet chilli dipping sauce. We shared a bowl of crunchy chips.

We shared a beautifully presented serving of White Chocolate Tiffin

There’s a new summer topper on our local post box.

Charming topper on our street

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Fabulous Quilt

Fabulous Quilt

In May, we went with friends to Amsterdam and while there visited a lovely quilt shop as our friend K is a quilter. A couple of weeks ago, an enormous box was delivered and to our utter delight, inside was the most beautiful quilt, the pattern being the very distinctive houses of Amsterdam, along with a bridge and canal. Absolutely stunning.
We were given washing instructions but wanted to hang this beautiful piece of art rather than throw it over a bed. We found a curtain pole, a pair of bronzed hooks and over the weekend, have rearranged paintings on our landing and hung the quilt in pride of place in the stairwell. It looks amazing and we love it.

Little Amsterdam designed by North Sea Quilters and made by K.

The amount of work in this is remarkable and we treasure this beautiful piece.

 

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Exhibition, View and Bunting

Exhibition, View and Bunting

We went to Falmouth today to see an exhibition of paintings by a local artist, Julian Christophers. I first met him when I was part of the art collective Fannie and Fox where I used to sell my stained glass work. I always found Julian’s paintings to be full of joy, full of colour and always smile inducing.  I especially love his portraits. Today’s exhibition met all expectations.

Here are two of his pieces for you to enjoy but for those of my readers who are local, go and see them for yourself. You’ll come away smiling!

Loula’s Meadow – mixed media showing flowers from a dog’s viewpoint

Afterwards we went into another local gallery where the view from their window is another beautiful piece of art.

View from the window of the Beside the Wave gallery.

Falmouth Week is coming up and the streets are full of bunting.

 

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More Moon, Cake and Stair Carpet

Last night the full Buck moon was still glorious and I do like taking a photo through leaves and branches.

I made another sunshine cake today. It was my usual coffee cake for the monthly Saturday market in Redruth and baked on solar energy.

The sun coming through the etched glass on the front door threw the pattern onto the stair carpet at the top of the stairs.

 

Truro – A Short Walk

I had a spare hour in Truro today and walked some old haunts finding lovely things. The blooms everywhere were remarkable, I found a Chough at the bus station and rediscovered the Victorian post box.

A Cornish Chough and a Gull

A Red Admiral butterfly at the side of the stream

 

Evening Light, Long Tails and Tomatoes

We are getting beautiful sunsets at the moment and here the golden light is streaming into our hallway and being reflected in the mirror.

The Long Tail Tits are back! We havent seen them for a couple of years but today they were feeding in the morning and again in the evening. The photos were taken on a very long zoom from inside the kitchen so that I didn’t frighten them off.

We’ve harvested our first tomatoes today. The black one wasn’t really ready, the red cherry ones were delicious.