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Happiness Calendar, Beach Walk and Treasures

I love sharing the Action for Happiness calendars and trying to take the advice for myself. Do click on it and zoom in if it isn’t clear enough. .

Porthtowan Beach was our destination with our Ukrainian friends this afternoon. It was wild and windy and very healing which was so good to hear.

The chaotic waves were throwing up foam which had the loveliest colours. I love collecting heart stones and found this one for M who didn’t come on the walk.

Dogs have such a joyful time on the beach in the autumn/winter months when they are allowed on the beach. I really love watching them and was delighted to catch a short video of one catching a Frisbee.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 1, 2022 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, Happiness, nature, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday2022, Sea

Tags: action for happiness, healing effects of the ocean, Hooligan Art Community

Welcome, Dawn and A Jackdaw

30 Sep

Our young guests have been working on their production, Bunker Cabaret, today and have given me permission to use their photo of our welcome dinner on Wednesday evening. The show will be in Redruth next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Welcome dinner at ours

The red/pink dawn presaged the very wet and windy day “Red sky in the morning, mariner’s warning.” The lovely Mr Smith took this photo for me on his way to bring me a cup of tea.

I made Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast but realised when the first batch were in that I had forgotten the bicarbonate of soda as they were flat and heavy. The second batch were lovely after I added the bicarb and it interacted with the buttermilk to make the fluffiest pancakes ever. The Jackdaws were not bothered and had finished them off in no time!

Jackdaw with Blueberry Pancakes

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 30, 2022 in Cornwall, environment, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth, theatre

Tags: Hooligan Art Community, Ukraine

A Poem

27 Sep

Some time ago I found this poem, “First Day of War” by Ludmila Khersonsky, that was published in The New Yorker, and it has come back into my head as we prepare to welcome some young Ukrainians into our home. They are part of a theatre group who will be performing in Redruth at the end of next week. They are from Kyiv and need some rest and recuperation before they get into rehearsals and performances so we are going to show them some of the beauty of Cornwall and of our everyday lives.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 27, 2022 in Cornwall, Peace, poetry, Postaday2022, Redruth, The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Tags: "First Day of War", Ludmila Khersonsky, Ukraine

Flowers, Micro Space and A Poster

25 Sep

We made a lovely bunch of white flowers from the garden for our visit to our Dear friend,T. She loved them.

One of the lovely independent shops in Redruth, Make A Mends, has a little box outside that is a Micro Space for very small exhibitions of local makers. When I called in yesterday to offer some fabric I no longer need, they invited me to put some of my glass in there. There is a Like O Meter on the box and passersby who like what they see can turn a little handle to register their like!..

Inside the shop there is a poster/ statement of intent – not sure what to call it…… It pleased me.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 25, 2022 in art, community, friendship, glass, nature, philosophy, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth

Autumn Equinox, Creature and A Sky Kiss

23 Sep

It’s the Autumn Equinox today and I have kindly been given permission to use this beautifully golden leafed photograph taken by Kris Meaden in Penlee Park in Penzance.

We still have a couple of baby brassicas in the poly tunnel at the allotment and today we had a little visitor. Do any of you lovely readers know what it is? I left it alone so I’m hoping its favourite food isn’t young Kale!

While at the allotment, the sky showed us this delight full trail pattern.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 23, 2022 in allotment, Cornwall, environment, nature, Penzance, Photography, Postaday2022

Tags: #KrisMeaden

Fungus, Lunch and Harvest

20 Sep

Loved this very delicate fungus growing at Community Roots on Volunteer Tuesday. I have tried to identify it but had no luck. https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/.

Lunch was a delicious spread of salads all picked from the gardens.

The squash harvest is wonderful! This is just half of it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 20, 2022 in community, Cornwall, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022, Uncategorized, volunteering

Tags: community roots

Blackberrying Walk, Apples and Pudding

18 Sep

For one reason and another, we haven’t been blackberrying yet this year so resolved to go today whatever the weather. Luckily it was a bright and cool Autumn day and there were still lots to be had. The sea on the horizon was truly blue today.

A friend from choir very kindly brought some beautiful apples from her prolific tree to share with us all so I am using those along with our blackberries to make an almost free Blackberry and Apple Crumble.

The pudding was delicious with vanilla ice-cream.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 18, 2022 in baking, Cornwall, environment, Kindness, nature, Photography, Postaday2022

Tags: Great Flat Lode Trail

Volunteering, Dahlias and Peggy Seeger

17 Sep

We’ve been out and it’s very late so please call back tomorrow for photos and words. 🙂

That was a very busy day. First we went to help paint the old Redruth Library which has been abandoned for sometime but is now undergoing change. It is to become a community space for The Writers’ Block, for creativity, for story telling and writing workshops, for drama and performance. A call was put out for volunteers to help paint the first story telling room so off we went. The pictures tell the start of the restoration of this room, preparation and starting to paint. I did work as well as taking photos! Permission was given for all photos to be shared.

Scraping

Preparing

Father and daughter painting

Mother and daughter painting

Wonderful colour was to be found at the National Dahlia Collection where we went late afternoon.

My favourite with a bee

5′ tall!

Display

The garden

The compost heap

The best was yet to come. We went to St Ives to see the wonderful Peggy Seeger. What a woman she is, still performing at 87, still the fierce feminist and activist. She was supported by her singer songwriter son, Neil and their last song which she said was her goodbye to us all, was her beloved Ewan MacColl’s goodbye to her and his family, “The Joy of Living.” I suspect there were few dry eyes in the house.

I bought a tea towel from her ‘merch’ table – I already had the other stuff!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 17, 2022 in community, Cornwall, music, nature, photography, Postaday2022, singing, Uncategorized

Tags: Ewan MacColl, National Dahlia Collection, Redruth Library, St Ives September Festival, The Ladder, The writers' block

Penryn River, Sails and A Wedding Present

15 Sep

Just before we started our singing this morning, I spent a few minutes looking along the river.

After singing this beauty came along.

A friend of the choir is getting married at the weekend but we can’t all be there so we sang ‘This Love Will Carry’ for him and his bride. It starts with the sops, the altos come in , then the tenors (inc me) and lastly the basses until the whole choir is singing and sending love to the happy couple.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 15, 2022 in community, Cornwall, environment, music, Penryn, photography, Postaday2022, singing

Breakfast, Swimmers and Sounds of the Sea

14 Sep

While we were in the Gylly Cafe for a delicious breakfast, lots, and I means lots of people came down to the sea for their cold water dip. You might just be able to spot some of their heads in the water! After our delicious breakfast, we walked along Cliff Road and sat by the sea soaking up the sunshine and listening to the gentle soughing of the waves.