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Sunshine, Fox and Ladybird

The sun shone this morning, the last morning of our mini holiday at The Falmouth Hotel .What a wonderful and welcome short break this has been.

We’d been home only an hour when my lovely Mr S spotted a fox in the back field. We watched it for some time, prowling around.

On the wall just outside the back door there was a Ladybird. I’ve never seen one with 19 spots before. I learned it’s also known as the Water ladybird with a marvellous name Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata!

A message from WordPress today says it’s 14 years since I started writing my blog. That’s a great number of beautiful things!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 6, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, Falmouth, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata!

Killigrew, Paper and Weaving Words

05 Nov

We visited Falmouth Art Gallery today where there were two exhibitions, one highlighting their collection and one called Out Of Paper showcasing so many paper creations.
I love the painting in the first exhibition by Unknown Artist of The Killigrew Monument which we had walked past earlier in the morning.

There were some beautiful cut paper sculptures. I love the fact that Secret Garden, when translated into French, ‘Jardin Secret’ refers to your inner soul.

The Paper Yarn piece really appealed to me and I added my words to be woven in next time the artist pops in.

If you, Dear Reader, are local or maybe visiting Falmouth before the end of January, this is a lovely place to spend a couple of hours.
Just to add, I am remembering my lovely Mum today, on her birthday. As a little girl she was always delighted to think that everyone was celebrating her birthday with a firework display.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 5, 2025 in architecture, art, Cornwall, Falmouth, Kindness, painting, paper, Postaday2025

Tags: Falmouth Art Gallery, Jane Stephens, Pippa Dyrlaga

Lunch Out on a Rainy Day

04 Nov

It’s been a rough weather day today with driving rain, fierce winds and wild, wild seas, and we serendipitously met friends at The Falmouth Hotel for a delicious lunch, watching the waves from inside the dining room.

The Falmouth Hotel

Beautiful stairwell

High tide at Castle Beach

Tiramisu with espresso ice-cream!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 4, 2025 in architecture, Cornwall, Eating out, environment, Falmouth, friendship, nature, Postaday2025

Tags: The Falmouth Hotel

Leaves, Berries and The Sea

03 Nov

Autumn leaves down the lane from Gwennap Church

Berries on the yew trees in Gwennap Churchyard

View from the window onto Castle Beach, full tide

A Walk and A Dance

02 Nov

Do join us for a lovely Autumn walk around the gardens of Trelissick.

Looking over the Carrick Roads. There was some sunshine but the colour photo looks black and white!

Refection in a puddle

Beautiful signage around the park

Camellia

View towards The Carrick Roads just by the King Harry Ferry

Acer

Another Acer

Bee

Trelissick Tower

Golden squirrel weather vane

We saw a Seagull stomping and dancing on the grass encouraging worms to emerge. Several did. We’ve never seen this behaviour before.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 2, 2025 in art, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Trelissick Gardens

Tags: bird behaviour, seagull dancing

Happiness Calendar and A Treat

01 Nov

Redruth market was very busy today and I discovered a new stall full of deliciousness, hand-made Turkish Delight and chocolates. I treated myself to two pieces of Turkish delight and got two coffee chocolates for my lovely Mr S.

From Red Robin Pantry

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 1, 2025 in Cornwall, Happiness, Postaday2025, Redruth

Tags: action for happiness, Red Robin Pantry

Tree, Hallowe’en and Cake

31 Oct

Driving home from Truro, there was a pretty golden lollipop-shaped tree, photo taken from the moving car.

Driving through a village later, one house was properly decorated for Hallowe’en.

Coffee cake for tomorrow’s Redruth market has been collected.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 31, 2025 in baking, Cornwall, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Cabbages, Waves and Thimble Cases

28 Oct

Another busy day for Roots with lots of volunteers working in the field. Cabbages are looking good.

Forgetting it is half term, we went down to Porthtowan to go to the Blue Bar but it was absolutely stuffed. The sea looked good though, of course.

Porthtowan

I inherited thimbles and thimble cases from my Mum. The thimbles have mostly gone to family but I kept the cases. Somehow they no longer give me joy so I’m thinking they need to move on too.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 28, 2025 in antiques, Cornwall, environment, growing, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday2025

A Door, A Roadsign and Mantles

25 Oct

Our old library was falling into disrepair some years ago but along came two young men with a vision and now it is a thriving hub of creativity having been restored in the most sympathetic and beautiful way. Sadly we missed the Grand Opening of The Ladder yesterday but we have been involved in volunteering there in a small way over the last few years and have seen some of the transformation.

Here is another of the creative road signs, one of which I showed you a week or two ago.

Looking up at one of Redruth’s other lovely (if somewhat neglected) buildings while shopping today, I noticed the engravings on the glass – in one window Dresses and in the other, Mantles.