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Singing, Our Concert and Memorabilia

I love singing and this afternoon was back at our choir rehearsal. It appears that the happy chemicals seratonin, oxytocin and dopamine are all released when singing together and I certainly fely better for the session.

Our annual concert is only six days away! We are celebrating the Ingleheart Singers’ 20th Anniversary. I have been in the choir for the last 18 years and 7 months and our concert is going to have a selection of pieces from those last 20 years. If you are local, do come and join us and please, introduce yourself! It will be an evening full to bursting with JOY!

We are collecting memorabilia of those years and today I took along a poster and programmes from Until The Day Break, a wonderful open air theatre production I was instrumental in producing. Claire had brought in a card from a wedding we sang at and at which I was the Humanist Celebrant.

If you’d like to see more of Until the Day Break, where the Ingleheart Singers were the singers, click here.

Extra info for the concert:

Free parking, bar open, raffle, donations on the door to Community Roots Cornwall and ShelterBox

Thankyou to Ruby Ingleheart for the lovely poster!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 12, 2026 in Celebration, community, Cornwall, friendship, Happiness, Humanist ceremony, Perthi Kov, Postaday 2026

Tags: Porthtowan Eco Park

More October Blooms

11 Oct

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 11, 2026 in Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Postaday 2026

Six on Saturday – Some October Blooms

10 Oct

There are a surprising number of flowers still in bloom for mid October. Here are just six for today’s post – more later.

It’s been a full day, covid and flu jabs this morning, a long catch up with friends in the Buttermarket and this afternoon another pottery lesson. More about that tomorrow too.

Jim, over at Garden Ruminations, hosts Six on Saturday Pop over and in the comments, you’ll find so many delightful posts from keen gardeners all over the world.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 10, 2026 in Cornwall, flowers, garden, nature, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Raspberries, Topper and A Poem

09 Oct

One last picking of raspberries, enjoyed this evening with meringue and ice-cream.

We see some delightful postbox toppers around. This one, made by crafters in Carnon Downs, is particularly lovely, celebrating 100 years of Winnie the Pooh and his pals.

I hadn’t seen this poem by Mary Oliver before but liked the ideas, especially the reason that birds can fly, and thought you might too.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 9, 2026 in Cornwall, craft, crochet, Food, Humour, poetry, Postaday 2026

Tags: Mary Oliver, Winnie tthe Pooh

Private Peaceful

06 Oct

After a quiet day recovering form the last few days, we are just home from the Hall for Cornwall where we saw Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. Some words from the theatre blurb –

“Benjamin Cain, rising star and recent graduate from the BA Professional Acting course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, will make his professional debut in this acclaimed one-person tour de force as Tommo Peaceful. Adapted and directed from Michael Morpurgo‘s novel by Simon Reade, the production sees a single actor conjure an entire world of characters, landscapes, and emotions. At once heartwarming and heartbreaking, Private Peaceful is both a moving family drama and a powerful reminder of the human cost of war.”

The young Benjamin Cain is an incredible actor. This is his first professional performance and he fully deserved the standing ovation at the end of the one act play. It’s on for one more night in Truro. If you are local, don’t miss it. There are tickets left.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 6, 2026 in Cornwall, Postaday 2026, theatre, Truro

Tags: Benjamin Cain, Michael Morpurgo

The Beautiful Journey Home

05 Oct

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 5, 2026 in Cornwall, environment, nature, Postaday 2026, Truro

Tags: Brunel Bridge, Devon

Breakfast and the Sea

30 Sep

After a delicious breakfast with lovely friends at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan, we had a brief walk on the beach, wary of the looming black clouds which dropped a downpour ten minutes later just as we arrived home.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 30, 2026 in Cornwall, Eating out, environment, friendship, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

A Walk on the Cliffs

28 Sep

It was a beautiful September morning and we decided to ignore all jobs and go for a stroll along the cliff tops below St Agnes Beacon. It was the right decision, both bracing and unwinding.

Turned off the road and into a National Trust Lane towards the cliff top

Gorse and the sea

Wheal Coates and the paths

Low tide and miles and miles of golden sand. You might spot a few people on the beach.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 28, 2026 in architecture, Cornwall, environment, nature, Postaday 2026

Moon, Moussaka and Sunset

27 Sep

Last night was the full Harvest Moon.

I made a big moussaka today and will freeze it in portions for almost instant dinners on the nights I don’ t feel like cooking.

Another gloriously pink-becoming-orange-becoming-fiery sunset and all within moments.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 27, 2026 in Cornwall, environment, Food, nature, Postaday 2026, sky

Lovers’ Lane, A Feather and Sunset

25 Sep

It was a beautiful afternoon and after lunch with a very good friend, in the sun at The Buttermarket in Redruth, I walked home along the lanes listening to bird song and noticing all the lovely things on the way.