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Travelling to Visit the LiveWires

We love the long train journey to London. After the hoohah of getting ready, the moment we step on the train we begin our adventure which starts with three days in London with family…….. Click on any photo for the captions and a bigger view.

Passing Truro Cathedral

About to leave Cornwall on the Brunel Bridge

The White Horse from the train

Treating the LiveWires after meeting them from school

J found something, “For your Blog, Granny. It’s a beautiful thing!”

We left Cornwall in 10C and arrived in London to 25C! Stepping off the air-conditioned train was like stepping off a plane in Greece! Last night we had no WiFi hence the late post.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 21, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, Eating out, family, nature, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Brunel Bridge, Joie de Vie North Finchley, Truro Cathedral, Westbury White Horse

Reflections, Planter, Mural and A Spider

19 Apr

It is always glorious to sing on a Thursday morning overlooking the Penryn River. The water was so still this morning, the reflections were almost perfect.

Colourful reflections

Walking up through Penryn from the Zed Shed, the planters are really colourful.

A planter in Penryn

The Mural that I showed being painted last week is finished and beautifully summery.

Mural by Elizabeth Perry, promised last week

We’ve been tidying again in the garden on one of our rare sunny days and I found this little spider which I am sure Ark will be able to identify!

White spider on the Acer

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 19, 2018 in art, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, nature, painting, Penryn, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Elizabeth Perry

Peace, Blue Sky and Cathedral Spires

18 Apr

The sun coming through the window as I arrived in the kitchen this morning cast a shadow of Peace on the blind.

Shadow of PEACE

There has been a glorious blue sky all day.

Bunting in the breeze

Truro Cathedral is always beautiful , particularly so in the Spring sunshine.

Truro Cathedral

Some architectural detail below:

Turrets and a chimney

Detail

Two spires

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 18, 2018 in architecture, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, Photography, Postaday2018, Truro

Tags: Bloggers for Peace, Bloggers4Peace, Truro Cathedral

Remembering Bill Mitchell 1951 – 2017

14 Apr

Our Dear friend and neighbour Bill Mitchell died on this day last year and we have been remembering him today in various special ways. Firstly, here is my Welly Dog, left to me by Bill, seen here with Tulips.

Welly Dog with Tulips

Bill was an artist as well as a theatre director and painted a particular area in West Penwith most weeks. Each of his friends was invited after his death to choose a painting which was a very lovely thing. Today, many of his friends came down to Botallack where the paintings were made and we walked all around in Bill’s footsteps, following his paintings through the landscape, all the while sharing memories of this lovely man.

The Crowns at Botallack

The start of the walk

Gorse under a blue sky

Taking in the view

C contemplating

A view

Striding out

Some more walkers

A metal bow decorating a gate

Click on any photo for a bigger version and the caption. To read more about our lovely friend and neighbour, click here to read my post dedicated to him last year.https://mybeautfulthings.com/2017/05/03/bill-mitchell-our-friend-next-door-2121951-1442017/

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 14, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, friendship, Photography, Postaday2018, Wildworks

Tags: Botallack, West Penwith

Seagull, Artist and High Heel Shoes

12 Apr

Walking along to choir this morning, I saw the most delightful Seagull painted on a little blue car. At the back there were two more!

Painted car

On the drive into Penryn, I had noticed that the Winter mural outside one of my favourite shops, Just Delights, was being changed and leaving later after choir, I saw that the artist, Elizabeth Perry, was working on it still. I stopped and asked permission for these photos. I will show you the finished mural next Thursday. You can see the Winter one here.

Artist, Elizabeth Perry, at work

Detail

I love pretty shoes! I cannot wear high heels but that doesn’t stop me coveting them! If you are a regular reader you will have seen some beauties before. Here is another example of shoe heaven, a gorgeous confection of a shoe.

Coveted shoes

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 12, 2018 in art, Beauty, mural, painting, Penryn, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Elizabeth Perry, Just Delights

A Plaque, Captain Upton’s Slip and A Special Mural

06 Apr

I noticed a commemorative plaque today that I haven’t seen before despite having used this short cut on many occasions.

Falmouth history

Captain Richard Upton, a former smuggler turned excise man who went on to become Mayor of Falmouth on two occasions, lived in the house at the top of Upton’s Slip which is in the picture below.

Upton’s Slip

There is a mural on the way out of one of the car parks which was renewed last year and looks brilliant.

Mural on the way out of the car park

The other wall

Please go to http://www.spectrumasd.org/epic-aims-church-street-mural/

to see both sides of the mural and to read about the project which celebrates Falmouth as a community and promotes awareness of autism in a positive way. You can read about each of the children involved. It is truly inspiring.

P.S. Added 7th April 2018.
In the comments below, you will see that I have been asked about the figurehead at the bottom of the slip. I found this short Youtube video about her, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc7cPW2LeuI

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 6, 2018 in art, Beauty, Celebration, community, Cornwall, environment, Falmouth, local history, mural, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: ASD, autism, Falmouth community, Spectrum

Ripples, Reflection and A Rock

03 Apr

I took a detour today to go by Swanpool – no swans where I was but a Coot and some beautiful reeds. I love the wriggly reflections of the reeds in the water.

Where I parked there was a long muddy and still puddle where the trees were beautifully reflected.

Trees reflected in a muddy puddle

I went to help the lovely Mr S with some last jobs on Skippalong before she goes back into the water tomorrow morning. I left the Kernow Rock that I found the other day in the nearby carpark, having added the words, ‘Be happy’ to it.