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Bracelet, Buttons and A Word

When I was eight or nine, my Granny went to Austria and brought me a lovely wooden bracelt with paintings of flowers. It no longer had the elastic threaded through but I do still have the pretty wooden beads.

In the bag with the beads were a collection of buttons some of which also came from my granny.

The sun shone this morning! The beautiful book I was given last week had 99 words for rain and one for sun.Here it is.

Sending love to all my Dear Readers on this Valentine’s Day.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 14, 2026 in art, Austria, Beauty, flowers, painting, Postaday 2026

Jigsaw, Cathedral and A Film

11 Feb

We finished the streets of London jigsaw. It was hard but was lovely to remember walking those streets in the early days of our being together . We even found the street where we came upon a junk shop and there in the window was a painting of Truro Cathedral! How serendipitous was that, it being my home city? We had met at the end of October, found the painting while I was with my lovely Mr S in early January and then we agreed to be married on January 4th, just ten weeks after meeting!

We are just home from watching a fascinating film, The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay, about a group of men who explore and climb around in the old tin mines of Cornwall, incredibly dangerous but obviously very fulfilling for those involved.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 11, 2026 in antiques, art, Cornwall, Happiness, painting, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: F. Robson

Primroses, Amaryllis and A Beautiful Book

09 Feb

Primroses in the garden and our five week old Amaryllis, first potted on January 12th.

I have been given the most beautiful book by a very dear friend who knows of my love of words of all kinds. It’s called “Ninety-Nine Words for Rain” and is by Manchán Magan with gorgeous illustrations by Megan Luddy. Expect to see lots of lovely Irish words over the next few months. As regular readers will know, Cornwall has had enormous amounts of rain and some vicious storms over the last couple of months and there are words here for every kind of rain. Here today, gleidearnach, which beautifully describes some of our recent rain.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 9, 2026 in art, friendship, nature, Postaday 2026, Words

Tags: Irish vocabulary, Manchán Magan, Megan Luddy

Salad Crops, Daffodils and A Jigsaw

03 Feb

In between jobs at Community Roots today, I walked around all the poly tunnels to see what was growing.

I love seeing random daffodils growing on the verges.

We have just finished one of the jigsaws given to us for Christmas. It was quite a challenge and very satisfying to complete.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 3, 2026 in art, community, Cornwall, environment, growing, nature, Postaday 2026, puzzles, Uncategorized

Tags: community roots

Afternoon Tea, Birthday Cake and Viburnum

31 Jan

Along with the rest of the gang at Community Roots, we were invited to the 80th birthday party of one of our volunteers. It was a delightful occasion with a very delicious spread and the most amazing cake!

Eric’s wonderful cake showing all his interests especially his participation at Community Roots where his inventions are legendary. Look for the carrots and cabbages too. There is also a fabulous family tree.

Outside the venue were lots of Viburnum bushes.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 31, 2026 in art, Celebration, community, friendship, Happiness, nature, Postaday 2026

Tags: cake decoration

Share Your World and Framing

29 Jan

Trying something a bit different today as the insistent rain makes photos all but impossible. Reading Ladysighs blog today put me on to Pensivity Share Your World so I thought I would answer the four questions ….

1. Would you consider yourself easy going?
I do, I don’t take offence easily and like to get along with everyone. I assume people are lovely until they prove otherwise.
2. Are you comfortable talking to a group of strangers at a social gathering?
That all depends on what the social gathering is.
3. What are three things about people that annoy you?
People who lie, those who don’t listen and above all those who are not kind.
4. What do you do to cheer yourself up when you’re feeling down in the dumps?
I sing!

I sang this morning and after coffee with the gang, we took two paintings bought last year to a lovely young framer to work his magic.

We bought the top two by Roy Callow and they are now with The Framer in Penryn.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 29, 2026 in architecture, art, Postaday 2026

Window, Window Box and Amaryllis

26 Jan

Window spotted in Hayle

Window bow seen in Hayle

We are amazed at the growth of our Ammaryllis.

See how tall it is!

Bud getting colour

A second bud has appeared

Regular readers may be surprised to see my birthday cards still up. We have a family tradition. My cards stay up for a month to be replaced by those for my lovely Mr S on February 1st. Those cards always stayed up until the beginning of March which is our eldest daughter’s birthday.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 26, 2026 in art, glass, nature, painting, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Growth, Choir and A Story Chair

19 Jan

The growth on our Amaryllis is amazing. I’ll try to remember to post a photo every Monday.

Monday 12th January

Monday 19th January

I went back to choir today and absolutely loved it. As Claire, our choir leader suggested, my chest felt much better by the end of the session. One of the songs we are learning is a South African one, Azikatale, arranged by Peter Hunt. The harmonies are gorgeous as each part joins in. I’ll try to get a recording next time.

Penzance Library has recently acquired the most glorious Story Chair. https://freerangingdesigns.com/collections/storytelling-chairs-collection

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 19, 2026 in art, Cornwall, nature, painting, Penzance, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: amaryllis

Photographs, A Good Read and A Poem

16 Jan

I have been given two beautiful little framed photographs of a Fritillary and Poppy. They are by a local artist, Paul Sanders who has a studio at Krowji..

Today i have finished a jolly good read, a thriller by Ann Cleeves that I have been lent by a fellow reader. It’s the latest in the series spreviously et in the Shetland Isles, but this time on Orkney and featuring the detective Jimmy Perez. So many twists and turns, the final outcome took me completely by surprise. I love the characters and the setting just comes alive.

Thanks H. xx

The poem for the day in one of my books made me think of my Suffragette Great Granny. It’s by Nikita Gill

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 16, 2026 in art, flowers, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: Nikita Gill, Paul Sanders

Cornish Saints and Sinners and A Song

15 Jan

Another of Mum’s books that I have always loved is “Cornish Saints and Sinners” by J. Henry Harris, a quirky and entertaining look at the stories of places and people who feature in Cornwall’s history.

It amused me today on looking at it again after many years, that there’s a whole chapter dedicated to Dolly Pentreath about whom we sing at choir, a song written by Claire and Anna Maria Murphy.