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Share Your World and Framing

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 on January 29, 2026 in architecture, art, Postaday 2026

 

Window, Window Box and Amaryllis

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.

 
 

Growth, Choir and A Story Chair

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

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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Photographs, A Good Read and A Poem

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 on January 16, 2026 in art, flowers, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

 

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Cornish Saints and Sinners and A Song

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.

You can listen to the song here, sung by Femmes de la Mer, Claire’s all female shanty group.

 

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The Call of the Sea

For some reason today, I remembered a beautiful little book, The Call of the Sea, and found it. It was printed in 1907 and is in a very delicate state. It fell open at the page, Night in a Cornish Port so I’m thinking, since this book was my Mum’s, she must have loved this excerpt about Newlyn from Eden Philpotts.

Leather cover

Painted frontispiece

End leaf

I love the thought that my hands are touching something loved and touched by my beloved Mum.

 

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Card, Chocolate and A New Word

One of my birthday cards is a cut-out greenhouse, just delightful!

Inside the colourful crackers made by LiveWire no 4 were some delicious and very beautiful hand-painted chocolates. They were not quite as big as the photo suggests!

I love this new word celebrating the joy of  listening to bird song.

The winds have settled for us and we have been remarkably lucky. All around us, friends in local villages have suffered power outages that are expected to last until Sunday. Many trees have come down and blocked roads but we have been able to stay safely indoors.

 

Treasures and A Poem

We are gradually getting our utility room, aka Sun Room with its wide new window, back in order and have put some of the things back on the walls. One of these is an old print tray that I have used for special treasures, every one of which has a story.

Tomorrow, all the family will arrive for a  five day celebration of my birthday! This morning I read the following poem which reminded me of a fascinating fact I learned many years ago. Baby girls are born with all the eggs they will ever have, meaning a female foetus develops these future eggs while still in her mother’s womb, creating a fascinating biological link where a grandmother carried her future granddaughter as an immature egg inside her yet-to-be-born daughter.  So, tomorrow with two daughters arriving with their daughters, this poem reminds us of our very special connection.

 

 
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Posted by on December 29, 2025 in art, family, paper, poetry, Postaday2025

 

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Happy Christmas to All My Readers

 

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Windows

About three weeks ago, our local builder took out our two back windows and put in the one we had been wanting for ages and just decided to get done.

What a difference the removal of a very small wall could make and what an excellent job they have done.  We’ve spent the last week decorating and we  are delighted with the result.

Daytime

My lovely Mr S has a nasty respiratory virus as I had several weeks ago. We are hoping he’s better for Christmas and much better for New Year when the whole family are coming to celebrate my 80th birthday in style. .

 

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