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A Westi, Thrift and An Easter Cookie Cake

We followed a car this morning with a little hairy dog putting its head out of the window. Is it a Westi? I’m not a dog person but loved this little head and the reflection.

The Thrift is beginning to bloom at Godrevy. Look carefully at the second photo and you will see some clinging to the vertical face of the cliff, almost in the centre of the photo.

I baked an Easter Cookie Cake for next door where all the family are gathered. The recipe says to serve it warm from the container, all diving in with a spoon!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 16, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Cornwall, family, friendship, Godrevy, Kindness, nature, Photography, postaday2017

A Walk, A Raindrop and Lemon Surprise pudding

01 Apr

A lovely friend and I went for a walk today along the sands at Godrevy. It was windy and cold but sunny and glorious and it did me the power of good. Thank you N.

We stopped off for lunch at the cafe and I was delighted by the little table marker.

Coming home, there had been a heavy shower in our absence and an enormous raindrop had collected on one of the tulip leaves. Enlarge it to see amazing detail in the leaf.

This afternoon I baked another pudding, Lemon Surprise, where the surprise is that, after pouring the loose batter into the dish to bake, it magically turns into a sponge with a delicious lemony sauce underneath. I made it for our lovely neighbours and we swapped it for some bio-char to put on the garden to help things grow!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 1, 2017 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, Food, Godrevy, Happiness, Kindness, nature, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: bio-char, Godrevy Lightyhouse, reflections

Fungi, Feather and Frolics

18 Dec

It was a beautiful frosty and very bright morning and we headed off early for a walk at Godrevy. Catch the waves with us, see the fungi as we walk around the headland and watch the seals in the bay. Click on photos to see the dew drop detail.

Across to the Lighthouse

Surfer waiting for a good wave

The bench remembering Ken Bray, ice cream van man

99 ice-cream on the Ice-cream van man’s bench

Fungi 1

Fungi2

Frosted feather

Fungi3

There is a sign asking visitors to whisper to avoid disturbing the seals here.

Mother seal and baby, zoomed in

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 18, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, fungi, Godrevy, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: baby seal, seals, wood carving

Snail, Lighthouse and Furriness

29 Sep

A very windy walk this afternoon but still, of course, beauty to be found.

pretty pink shell

Godrevy Lighthouse

A fast moving furry caterpillar

We have just arrived home from a fabulous gig – Ralph McTell at the Hall for Cornwall, memories of the old days at a folk club when we were very young and just as good as ever!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 29, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, Godrevy, nature, Photography

Tags: ralph McTell

Tulips, Eggs and Crashing Waves

23 Mar

The tulips that I was given over a week ago are fading but still lovely.

Last three tulips

We had scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning as I blew the eggs for my Easter treat for the Grandchildren, two of whom arrive tomorrow evening. Here I am filling the shells with chocolate the way my Dad did for us. I will let you know how they are received on Saturday morning.

Filling the egg shells

Eggs in egg cups

It was full tide at Godrevy and the waves were crashing magnificently, almost obscuring the lighthouse at one point.

Godrevy Lighthouse

Godrevy Lighthouse hidden by waves

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 23, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, Godrevy, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: Godrevy Lighthouse, home-made Easter eggs

Felted Godrevy

29 Dec

My beautiful and very talented friend, N, made this delightful felted picture of one of our favourite places, Godrevy.

Godrevy Lighthouse by a craftswoman

It is where I would rather be today whereas I am nearby in St Michael’s Hospital having my hip replacement done. In four days I should be home and becoming increasingly mobile!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 29, 2014 in art, craft, Godrevy, Postaday 2014

Tags: felting, Total Hip Replacement

Christmas Day, Godrevy and A Goose (and ISS Again, with Photo!)

25 Dec

Just us this Christmas for the first time since we were married! After Birthday Breakfast – not mine but in honour of Daughter No 2 – we went off to Godrevy. For lunch we had Smoked Salmon and Prawn Stack, one of my recipes. We thought we really should do it ourselves as 1,788 people have looked at the recipe in December and it comes at the top of a Google search! It was delicious, of course! Now the goose is just out and resting so there won’t be another chance to post tonight – So, Happy Days to you all, my lovely readers.

Dawn on Christmas Day 2014

Oyster Catcher on the rocks at Godrevy

Godrevy Lighthouse

Birds and Mussels on the rocks

St Ives from Godrevy

Smoked Salmon and Prawn Stack for lunch

The moon with The International Space Station at about 1o’clock! taken at 6.07 this evening in Cornwall UK. You’ll probably have to click to enlarge to see it.