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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

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

The Call of the Sea

14 Jan

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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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 14, 2026 in antiques, art, books, Cornwall, nature, Newlyn, painting, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: Fishing in Newlyn text

Card, Chocolate and A New Word

09 Jan

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.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 9, 2026 in art, craft, nature, painting, paper, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized, Words

Happy Christmas to All My Readers

24 Dec

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 24, 2025 in art, collage, community, painting, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: community roots

Sunrise and Paintings

26 Nov

There was more colour in today’s sunrise….

A lovely day today with our eldest daughter who came to help us with a couple of jobs,one being to move our large piece by Tony Foster which has been on the landing since we bought it in 2021 and not properly seen. Now it’s in the hallway and can be really appreciated. Each of the little paintings is beautifully detailed and has a pencil description ..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 26, 2025 in art, Cornwall, environment, painting, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Tony Foster

Doves of Peace

24 Nov

I was back at singing this afternoon! Joy! A friend at choir brought in some `Christmas cards to sell, made by his partner and they are really beautiful. I thought you might like to see his words on the back too.

This is one of four lovely designs.

20% of each card sold will go to ShelterBox

Killigrew, Paper and Weaving Words

05 Nov

We visited Falmouth Art Gallery today where there were two exhibitions, one highlighting their collection and one called Out Of Paper showcasing so many paper creations.
I love the painting in the first exhibition by Unknown Artist of The Killigrew Monument which we had walked past earlier in the morning.

There were some beautiful cut paper sculptures. I love the fact that Secret Garden, when translated into French, ‘Jardin Secret’ refers to your inner soul.

The Paper Yarn piece really appealed to me and I added my words to be woven in next time the artist pops in.

If you, Dear Reader, are local or maybe visiting Falmouth before the end of January, this is a lovely place to spend a couple of hours.
Just to add, I am remembering my lovely Mum today, on her birthday. As a little girl she was always delighted to think that everyone was celebrating her birthday with a firework display.