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18th October – Staines, The River Thames and Anticipation

1. With 9 hours to fill today, we opted for a late Full English breakfast and very good it was too! We then went on the bus to Staines. There was a lovely mosaic in the bookshop, an interesting sculpture near the shops and a lovely old lych gate to St Peter’s Church.

2. We had a delightful walk along the Thames which was full of water birds – swans, coots, ducks and geese. Watching the swans landing and taking off is always fun.

3. Now we are just full of excitement and ready to be off, flight at 8.45pm. Dehli here we come!

I can’t upload photos for some reason so there’ll be lots to look forward to when we get home!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 24, 2012 in art, India, mosaic, postaday2012, sculpture, travel

Tags: Dehli, holiday, India, Postaday, postaday2012, River Thames, trip of a lifetime

Two Daughters, Exeter and Magic in the Skies

12 Oct

1 We met our two of our beautiful daughters for lunch in Exeter – what a pleasure to spend time with them both.

2 Exeter was full of delights.

3 There was a fabulous bright and double rainbow on our way to Exeter and on the way home the sunset skies were wonderful.All these sky photos were taken from a moving car so aren’t perfect quality. Click on any photo for a bigger version.

Rainbow at 70mph

Seagull on the bell tower

Millenium mosaics

Exeter Cathedral

Three Gables

Built in XVI Century

Beautifully painted lamp post

Flower on a cake

Love this! Fabulously British!

Beautiful buildings near the Cathedral

Mosaics near the car park

Love the horses in the boat

At first glance , this scaffolding looked real!

Sun setting

Sun almost gone

Sky on fire

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 12, 2012 in family, mosaic, nature, painting, postaday2012, Uncategorized

Tags: double rainbow, Exeter, Postaday, postaday2012

Morning Dew, Portreath and Making up the Beds

25 Jul

1 Beautiful dewdrops on the tiny hairy buds of the courgettes. We’re hoping the sun will get them flowering soon. They were planted late after the gales destroyed the earlier planting.

2 Portreath this morning was beautiful – the water turquoise, the sun glorious and lots of colour in the pavement flowers. I have shown you the lion sculpture before but the mosaics were glinting so beautifully in the sun that I had to show you again!

: Dew drops on courgette buds

: Dew drops and a bee seeking nectar

: A one person seat on the harbour in Portreath

: Shadow self portrait from the harbour wall in Portreath

: Poppies on the pavement in Portreath

: Sue Hill and Pete Hill’s Mosaic lion in the primary school field

: Shanticot, ready for the Grandchildren

3 We’ve just finished making up the beds for KJ and the Shanticot for the children and the spare room bed for P&V who will be staying here for their last weekend before going to London for two days and returning to Atlanta on Wednesday. It is truly beautiful to have so many people back in our house for the weekend.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 25, 2012 in art, Cornwall, family, flowers, mosaic, nature, Portreath, sculpture

Tags: Atlanta, lion sculpture, London, Mosaic Lion, nature, Pete Hill, Postaday, postaday2012, sculpture, Shanticot, Sue Hill

Penryn River, Miss Peapod’s Cafe and Guest Posting

21 Jun

1 I go to Penryn every week to sing with The Suitcases and this beautiful view never fails to move me! We are so lucky to be living in this most beautiful county.

Penryn River from the Zed Shed

2 An artist (whose name I must find out) has been working on these mosaics around the door and the windows of Miss Peapod’s Cafe which is where we all gather after singing for coffee, delicious homemade cakes, perhaps Poached Egg with Spinach on Toasted Ciabatta or even, as this morning for Claire and Mandy, a full English breakfast!

Mosaics around the entrance to Pea Pod’s Cafe

3 One of the blogs I read is by a 16 year old in Australia who is the most amazing cook. She is in Year 11 and has exams coming up so has to give her time to study. She has invited Guest Bloggers to blog on her space Go Bake Yourself during this time and I am absolutely delighted to have been chosen by her! I now have to choose between Chocolate Torte and Lime and Ginger Cheesecake, both of which I am making soon for our Family reunion party in July.