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Kalettes, A Tea-Cup and A Song for You

We are enjoying our fresh greens and purples – our Kalettes. I cook them briefly in garlic butter and the water they were washed in – and they are delicious. Thanks to our allotment friends for giving us the baby plants.

Kalette

One of our Christmas presents was a freestanding tea cup pouring liquid into a splash. It’s a 3D printed piece based on a Bobby Duke original and we love it.

Tea cup

This song came my way today and pleased me greatly. I want to learn it! Given the crazy politics in our country, we do indeed ‘need each other now.’

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 17, 2019 in art, garden, music, Photography, Postaday 2019, sculpture

Tags: Bobby Duke, growing vegetables, John Kettle, Merry Hell

Statue, Acacia and Cake

25 Nov

Reading outside the greengrocer’s

Acacia

Millionaire’s shortbread

Sculpture, Angel and A Poem

22 Nov

Outside the bank in Truro we came across a sculpture. I need to find out more about it.

Metal work soldier to commemorate 100 years since the end of the Great War

The lights are on in the City of Truro.

Christmas Angel in Truro

The following very moving poem came my way and I have permission to share it. It is one of the ‘ghost generation’ in the sculpture above.

Eternity by Kim Ridgeon

If only no-one could see the borders, whether from outer space on here on our blue planet. Thank you for this, Kim and Jean for introducing me to it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 22, 2018 in art, blacksmith metalwork, Christmas decorations, Cornwall, Photography, poetry, Postaday2018, sculpture, Truro, Uncategorized

Tags: Kim Ridgeon

Chinese Deity, Embroidery and Peeler

13 Nov

Our lovely neighbour is home again after being away in China for a month where she and her brother have been constructing an amazing sculpture, the Chinese God, Thousand Mile Eye.

Thousand Mile Eye by Sue Hill and Pete Hill

Showing the scale

Sue brought us home presents – a beautifully embroidered scarf for me and a super sharp peeler for Mr S.

Beautiful scarf

Chinese potato peeler

Using the super sharp peeler

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 13, 2018 in art, Beauty, embroidery, friendship, Photography, Postaday2018, sculpture, Uncategorized

Tags: Sue Hill and Pete Hill, Thousand Mile Eye

Welly Dog, Clematis and Fuschia

27 Oct

We had hailstones this morning but Welly Dog smiled through it all.

Back garden from indoors in the hailstorm

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 27, 2018 in environment, garden, sculpture

Tags: Autumn weather

Navajo Wall Hanging, Dye Chart and 3D Printed Vase

08 Oct

While we were at The Hubble Trading Post, we treated ourselves to a beautiful piece of Navajo weaving and then, when we were in Monument Valley, also on Navajo Nation lands, we found a pretty dye chart which shows some of the natural dyes used in the making of the rugs and wall hangings.

Small wall hanging woven by El Dora Bia, Style Burntwater

Dye Chart made by Rosalyn H Washburn (Dine)

Our eldest daughter is visiting for a while to help winterise the boat and she brought a couple of presents with her, elegant 3D printed vases, one red and one black, shapes that would be impossible to make in any other way.