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Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

We had a few hours in Truro between appointments today, 9 am and 12 noon, and visited the Museum and Art Gallery where there is a new exhibition I’ve been wanting to see, Art Any Way.

In the gallery was one of David Kemp’s Tinners’ Hounds, known affectionately as Welly Dog (See here for our very own Welly Dog), work by Terry Shaul, Julian Christophers (a favourite local artist) and many more. Enjoy this small selection from the gallery.

Julian Christophers

Terry Shaul

When we arrived there was a family sitting on bean bags and story telling going on in front of a very beautiful paper sculpture. Not wanting to take photos of strangers or disturb the scene to ask, here is the paper sculpture and I leave you to imagine the lovely scene we came across.

I wish I know the maker to credit here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 13, 2026 in art, Cornwall, embroidery, painting, Postaday 2026, sewing, textiles, Truro

Community Roots Today

15 Sep

The birthday, for which I made the special cake yesterday, was celebrated in style! Here we have just finished singing Happy Birthday to Matty, one of the directors of the project. He loved the cake and said the lemon drizzle on top ‘shone like diamonds in the sunshine.’

We also had a special and very delicious lunch made by one of the volunteers, Lemon Chickpea Soup, using a recipe from rainbowplantlife.com

We’ve had a new bright and lovely mural painted near the entrance, artist Omi O’Connell.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 15, 2026 in art, baking, community, Cornwall, environment, Food, friendship, mural, nature, painting, Postaday 2026

Painting, Bath and Soup

06 Sep

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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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 6, 2026 in art, Celebration, Cornwall, craft, friendship, painting, Postaday 2026, Redruth, Uncategorized

Tags: Anita Pryor, Michelle Rudd, The Wuther Collective

Exhibition, View and Bunting

05 Aug

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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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 5, 2026 in art, collage, Cornwall, Falmouth, friendship, painting, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Tags: Julian Christophers

Truro – A Short Walk

27 Jul

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

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 27, 2026 in antiques, art, Beauty, butterflies, Cornwall, environment, nature, painting, Postaday 2026, Truro, Uncategorized

Window, Book and Green Tunnel

17 Jun

We had a delightful breakfast with friends this morning, chatting, laughing and of course eating a delicious meal over more than two hours. On the way out I noticed the bistro window and was very taken with the illustration so carefully painted there.

My best book buddy lent me a book on Saturday and I have read it in two sittings. As it says on the back, “This is a gentle and welcome reminder that no matter what your age, there are always fresh discoveries ahead and pleasures to be enjoyed every day.” That’s what this blog is all about, of course, and I thoroughly enjoyed this read. I have already read Margareta Magnusson’s The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, a practical and wise guide to clearing out the clutter so that your family don’t have to do it later.

Walking home from a film showing this evening, we came up Church Lane and loved the tunnel of greenery that we walked through.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 17, 2026 in art, environment, nature, painting, Postaday 2026, Redruth

Tags: ageing gracefully, Margareta Magnusson, The Olive Grove, The Swedish Art of Ageing Well

Rijks Museum and Goodbye Amsterdam

24 May

The Night Watch by Rembrandt being cleaned, love the t-shirts

Love the mischievous expression on the young woman’s face

Miniature kitchen in one of the dolls’ houses

I Love this jacket!

Taken from the Eurostar on the way home after a brilliant holiday with our very good friends.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 24, 2026 in art, environment, friendship, Netherlands, painting, Postaday 2026, travel, Uncategorized

Stedelijk Museum and Blossombs

23 May

The Stedelijk Museum was fascinating, I’d been looking forward to seeing the Karel Appel works,

We later found a wonderful painting bursting with joy, Bal Tabarin by Jan Sluijters.

and discovered a room full of protest art work.

When in the gift shop, I found the perfect gift for Sue-next-door who looked after our place while we were away. I bought us a miniature egg box full of seed bombs too. Today, I have followed instructions and ‘planted’ them. We’ll look forward to seeing what comes up!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 23, 2026 in Amsterdam, art, dance, nature, Netherlands, painting, Postaday 2026, travel, Uncategorized

Tags: protest art

Gallery 89, Textiles and A Painting

25 Apr

Today we have bought our third piece from an exhibition in Gallery 89, a fabulous small gallery in Redruth with ever changing exhibitions.

I fell in love with a wonderful textile piece which is, as the artist Carolyn Young says herself, made of – “little bits: threads, fabrics, fibres, paper and found natural materials. Creating intuitively, I piece, knit, stick, felt, weave or stitch fragmented parts together to become whole.” Sadly, it was both too big and too expensive to bring home.

Calling Back Her Joy by Carolyn Young

Detail

The beautiful painting we did buy is Horizon by Lizzie Moran and can be collected tomorrow – so I’ll show you tomorrow.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 25, 2026 in art, community, painting, Postaday 2026, Redruth, textiles, Uncategorized

Tags: Carolyn Young, Lizzie Moran

Bracelet, Buttons and A Word

14 Feb

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.