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Another Walk by the Sea

Our walk today took us from Gylly Beach to Swanpool and we were delighted to see some wild flowers still bravely putting out their flowers and lots of berries and seeds. There was quite a lot of activity on the beach and the water, even swimmers!

Seeds of Old Man’s Beard

Ragged Robin

Honesty

Furry caterpillar

Tall ship on the horizon

Blackberries by the sea

Paddleboarding

We wondered what this stone was telling us.

We went to find the plant we saw the other day where I showed only the beautiful seed pods. Here are the leaves in case they help with the identification.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 27, 2019 in Cornwall, environment, Gyllyngvase, nature, Photography, Postaday 2019

Tags: Swanpool

A Walk by the Sea

24 Oct

Join us for this Autumn walk in the sunshine overlooking Gyllyngvase Bay……..

Very happy to have help with identification of any of these.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 24, 2019 in Cornwall, environment, Falmouth, Gyllyngvase, nature, Photography, Postaday 2019

Beach Birthday Party for Ti, 100 Years Old Today

05 May

Our Dear Friend Ti has been celebrating her 100th birthday today! She wanted a picnic party with a Cornish Cream tea on a local beach with friends and family and for it to be a demonstration about the climate emergency. She says that if Greta Thunberg can speak up for the young people, she can speak up for older generations. What a star she is!

Being interviewed by the BBC

You can see the BBC report here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-48160696?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR02RTrnfVaSHYtzyELHskbcQ8PGDQ9H91md6MKQyRIJYSjdBntQJE2i0qU

My choir, The Suitcase Singers, all came to Gylly Beach as a surprise to sing for her, starting with ‘You Are My Sunshine’ and ending with a new song, ‘Voice of Change’ written by Claire Ingleheart, our choir leader, and Jamie Locke, about the Climate Emergency. I will try to get you a recording. It went down well.

Her birthday cake was made for her by a very talented young lady, S, one of Claire’s daughters.

Wow!

We are going to plant an apple tree that will be in flower every year on Ti’s birthday.

Apple tree, Discovery, waiting to be planted

Happy Birthday, Ti! xx

And, just in from Cornwall Live https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/cornwalls-oldest-climate-protester-celebrates-2834352?fbclid=IwAR3VgU0OmMsTmkXtZiSPtSiclUXLkdsvBn0wLxkEQpZy0cfkfUyG1cYHZMM

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 5, 2019 in Beauty, Celebration, community, Cornwall, friendship, garden, Gyllyngvase, Photography, Postaday 2019

Tags: centenarian birthday

Alignment, Bubble and Gylly Beach

01 Feb

Early this morning, I went to look out of the back window to check if there was still some snow for LiveWire 4 to play with and had the most beautiful surprise of the Crescent Moon with Venus and Jupiter. I had been up early on January 31st to see the special sight but there was too much cloud cover. This morning was utter magic!

Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter

As the sky was lightening

There was still snow on the ground this morning so we went out to blow bubbles to see if we could make them freeze as we have seen on social media. Things were beginning to thaw so that didn’t work but one of the bubbles caught in the Cedrus Atlantica Glauca and stayed long enough for me to take the photo.

Bubble in the snow

It was still bitterly cold this afternoon though the snow was long gone (It doesn’t hang around long in Cornwall!) and we went to Gyllyngvase beach for a quick walk and a hot chocolate in the cafe.

I’m going down to the sea!

What can I do with this?

Oh my!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 1, 2019 in Cornwall, environment, Grandchildren, Gyllyngvase, nature, Photography, Postaday 2019

Tags: crescent moon, Jupiter, Venus

Lone Yacht, Charles Dickens and Knitting

16 Mar

Walking today in another bitter and quite strong wind, we saw just one sailing boat in a beautifully coloured sea.

Lone yacht

It has been one of those March days so well described by Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens

Knitting is receiving a very good press, research showing how it helps to calm the knitter!

Beautiful piece by Unknown – if anyone can help, I would love to give credit

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 16, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, Gyllyngvase, knitting, Photography, Postaday2018, quotations, Sea

First Ice-Cream, Dedication and Sally-Boots

12 Mar

We went for a ‘Mother’s Day’ lunch today at The Gylly on the beach and it was delicious and much quieter than yesterday would have been. We also had our first scrumptious ice-creams of the season!

Roskilly’s Toffee Crunch ice-cream

Afterwards we did a short coastal walk to Swanpool and noticed for the first time the following lovely dedication on a bench.

When we miss you….

Last night I finished of a pair of Sally-boots for a baby expected any day now by one of my ex-pupils with whom I have stayed in touch. They are ready to post as soon as word comes through.

Sally-boots

P.S. LiveWire 3, whose 7th birthday it is today, loves her sewing box and all the bits therein! 🙂

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 12, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, Falmouth, Gyllyngvase, knitting, Photography, Postaday2018, Sea

Tags: Roskilly's ice cream

Golden Dawn, Snowdrops and Winter Beach

22 Jan

We can feel the Spring arriving! There was a beautiful golden dawn this morning and tonight, at 5pm, I drove to choir in day light for the first time for many weeks.