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Category Archives: Grandchildren

Reflections, Hydrangea and Planting

The Penryn River was so calm this morning and the reflections gorgeous.

When LiveWire no 4 was with us at half term, she brought in a skeleton hydrangea flower that she thought was very beautiful and I agree. I have kept it safely.

I have ‘planted’ the hyacinths for the turn of the year and my birthday. They are in the lovely glass planters that my Mum used to use. It really pleases me to be still using them and remembering the flowers Mum grew in them. Apparently the Victorians loved to raise hyacinths like this. I don’t know how old our glasses are but they are very pretty.

Quiet, Sandcastle and Walking

29 Oct

It’s very quiet here after a half-term week of Daughter 3’s family, followed by Daughter 2 and family, all held together by Daughter no 1 and now, suddenly it’s too quiet!. Here are a couple of photos from some time on the beach.

New Word and Guest Blogger

11 Apr

Live Wire No 3 loves beautiful things as I do. She, too, is a

Today the family went to the Eden Project for a fabulous day out. LiveWire No 3 took some photos for me and is here my guest blogger. These pictures were taken in the Rainforest Biome.

Thank you very much T.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 11, 2022 in Cornwall, environment, Grandchildren, nature, Postaday2022, Uncategorized, Words

Tags: The Eden Project

Arrival, Irises and Peace

09 Apr

Our London LiveWires have arrived this afternoon to be joined by their cousins, Aunts and Uncles on Wednesday for four days of family fun.

We all walked down to the allotment to check on any watering that was needed and found the irises that I showed you a couple of days ago in bud, fully open and lovely.

Born on this day in New Jersey in 1898, Paul Robeson was a singer, actor and activist who used his platform to speak up for justice.
Over the years, he lent his support for a variety of movements: from the Republican cause in Civil War Spain to the American Civil Rights Movement. I grew up listening to his singing and have written about him here before.This quotation seems very apt for the moment.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 9, 2022 in allotment, Grandchildren, nature, Photography, Postaday2022

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Owls, Earrings and More Earrings

05 Jan

We’ve taken down our Christmas tree today and packed everything away for another year. This fragile little owl bauble was my Mum’s and is now very carefully wrapped in tissue and boxed.

When LiveWire No 3 was here before Christmas with her family, she went shopping with her Mum in the lovely little independent shops that we have in Redruth. T chose these earrings for my birthday and I love them. Thank you so much, T..

A friend of many years, and a colleague for many of those, enclosed the following pieces with her Christmas card in the hope that they would be useful for my glass work. They certainly will. I can see the long ones and the sparkly ones enhancing angels already. I shall unpack my workroom again in the next week or so. I’m thinking I shall have to experiment with making owls. There are some perfect beads here for eyes…….

A Ming smile plate with pieces of jewellery. Thank you very much J.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 5, 2022 in Christmas decorations, friendship, Grandchildren, Happiness, Postaday2022, Uncategorized

Tags: Ming china

Guest Blogger

23 Dec

LiveWire No 3, our Granddaughter of 10 years old who was with us recently, took lots of photos at the Heligan Night Garden and has sent them to me. If you live locally, do try to get there! Thank you, T, these are a beautiful reminder of our lovely evening all together.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 23, 2021 in art, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Cornwall, Grandchildren, Photography, Postaday2021, sculpture, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Uncategorized

Together

20 Dec

After a late breakfast, a quiet catch-up morning, and a cold swim for Daughter No 2 in Portreath, we went off to The Lost Gardens of Heligan for their Night Garden Extravaganza, came home to a vegetarian chilli feast and lastly watched Elf (a film I had never seen) together! Here are just a few of the treasures in the night garden where we also enjoyed hot chestnuts, hot chocolates, mulled wine and toasted marshmallows! A fine time has been had by all. It is so good to be doing things all together..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 20, 2021 in art, Beauty, Christmas, family, Grandchildren, Happiness, Postaday2021, sculpture, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Uncategorized

Tags: Night Garden

Cloth Kitty, Cookies and First Crop

23 Jun

I first made Cloth Kitty about 40 years ago and am now revamping her for the younger LiveWires. This is her in one of the outfits I made then and today I made her a lovely dressing gown. I’ll show you the new outfits as I get them done. They are very fiddly. I need to mend a little hole in her head too. I’m told LiveWire no 5’s favourite colour is red so I plan on embroidering a little red bow.

I had a sudden fancy for some Choc Chip Cookies this afternoon – they don’t take long to make. I added some chopped up crystallised ginger which made them super delicious!

There were just enough Purple Mange Tout at the allotment for us to harvest this evening and a baby courgette all of which I added to our mixed veggies risotto for supper – healthy and delicious!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 23, 2021 in Grandchildren, growing, nature, Photography, Postaday2021, sewing

Tags: allotment produce, choc chip cookies, Cloth Kits, Purple Mange Tout

Raindrops, Love and LiveWires

03 Mar

Showers and some sunshine today but no rainbows that I could find. However, raindrops on flowers are always so photogenic.

Anemone Blanda

Tete a Tete narcissi

I read this today and found it such a perfect description of the love I have for all my grandchildren, our lovely LiveWires, one of whom joined me on a Zoom Sing for your Heart session this morning which was a really special treat.

I love this child of my child

Bone of my bone

Breath of my breath

I have always found it magical that while pregnant with my girls, they had in them the eggs that could become our grandchildren.

New Lambs, Picnic Pie and Flatbread Lesson

04 Feb

Spring is really on its way when the lambs start appearing the field behind our house. This was taken on a very long zoom.

I found a recipe for Rainbow Veg Pakora Picnic Pie by Nadiya Hussein and liked the sound of it. I made it this afternoon, thinking I would make the whole mixture but a smaller pie so that we had some veg mix left over.

Ingredients

Rainbow Veg Pakora Picnic Pie by Nadiya Hussein

I needed the extra mixture because this afternoon, LiveWire No 2 wanted to bake on Skype and asked if I would like to make Flatbreads. As I had never made them before, J offered to teach me and a fine job he did of it. We had a really lovely afternoon. Sue-next-door always loves it when I bake with J as there is always too much for us and we share it with her.