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Day Out

Fifty six years ago were were married in Truro and spent a week in St Ives for our honeymoon. We have spent our anniversary in Penzance and it was lovely. Here are a few mementoes of the day.

St Michael’s Mount

Looking across Mount’s Bay towards Penzance

Stairway in one of our favourite shops. It was reclaimed from a church in Botallack, destined for the tip and rescued by the owner of The Mount’s Bay Trading Co

The Egyptian House

A rather large anchor

Fishy doorknob

Lunch!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 26, 2023 in art, Celebration, Cornwall, environment, Happiness, Penzance, photography, Postaday 2023, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

Tags: Mount's Bay Trading Company, Roskilly's cookie dough ice cream

Dylan Thomas, Roots and A Day Lily

11 Jul

Last week we were in Penzance for the Lit Fest and spotted the following plaque noting the marriage of Dylan Thomas, my favourite poet, to Caitlin on this day in 1937 in this lovely house in Penzance.

Plaque to Dylan Thomas and Caitlin who were married here in 1937

Another very pleasing day at Roots. My first two hours were spent at home again making another veg bag and then I joined the lovely Mr S and the other volunteers. I pricked out a tray of Romanesco cauliflower babies the seeds of which I planted only a week ago. My second tray was of swedes which I had not known until last week are also of the brassica family. The growth every week is remarkable. Click on any photo for a larger view and the caption.

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Squash tunnel

I planted these seeds last week!

We love Day Lilies.

Day Lily

Flags, Flowers and A Carving

05 Jul

The Penzance Literary Festival began today and we went to hear the writer, Catrina Davies, talk about her remarkable book, Once Upon a Raven’s Nest. I wrote about the book here when I first read it. The town was looking lovely with hanging baskets of flowers and beautiful flags everywhere. As we were leaving, I spotted a carved tree and just managed to snap it as we turned the corner. I wasn’t driving!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 5, 2023 in art, Cornwall, Penzance, photography, Postaday 2023, sewing, Uncategorized

Autumn Equinox, Creature and A Sky Kiss

23 Sep

It’s the Autumn Equinox today and I have kindly been given permission to use this beautifully golden leafed photograph taken by Kris Meaden in Penlee Park in Penzance.

We still have a couple of baby brassicas in the poly tunnel at the allotment and today we had a little visitor. Do any of you lovely readers know what it is? I left it alone so I’m hoping its favourite food isn’t young Kale!

While at the allotment, the sky showed us this delight full trail pattern.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 23, 2022 in allotment, Cornwall, environment, nature, Penzance, Photography, Postaday2022

Tags: #KrisMeaden

A Sign, Flags and Sunflower Seeds

28 Aug

While we were away I spotted a sign in a window that amused me.

As we left Newlyn, we passed by the Jubilee Swimming Pool in Penzance where the flags are gorgeous.

The sunflowers in the allotment have such heavy heads of seeds that I have brought one home and put it on the bird feeder pole where the setting sun has lit it up this evening. I hope that our visiting birds will find the seeds tasty.

Exhibition, Penzance and Pudding

11 Jul

Today was the last day of an exhibition we wanted to see at the art gallery at Tremenheere gardens. Heavy rain was forecast so we planned on walking in Penzance afterwards rather than going up into the sculpture gardens. My favourite piece was this rather quirky sonnet by Julia Giles. .

Sycamore Seed Sonnet by Julia Giles

There were lots of little treasures to be enjoyed on our mizzly stroll around the streets of Penzance. Share them with us.

We are watching the Euros final as I write and our pud for half time is in the right colours – meringue and cream with beautiful juicy red berries from Sue-next-door’s allotment. Thanks, Sue!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 11, 2021 in art, Cornwall, nature, Penzance, Photography, Postaday2021

Tags: John Divane, Julia Giles, Penzance Heritage Plaque

A Painting, A Poem, and More Pebbles

27 Jan

I love it when beautiful things come my way out of the blue. This poem by Nicolette Sowder and its lovely art work by Lucy Campbell turned up yesterday.

May we raise children

who love the unloved

things – the dandelion, the

worms & spiderlings.

Children who sense

the rose needs the thorn

& run into rainswept days

the same way they

turn towards sun…

And when they’re grown &

someone has to speak for those

who have no voice

may they draw upon that

wilder bond, those days of

tending tender things

and be the ones.

~ Nicolette Sowder

A couple of my dear readers commented on the beautiful and enormous pebbles on Penzance Promenade and I thought that they, and you, might like another picture where a different set of the sculptured pebbles, have been joined by real pebbles and seaweed thrown up by the last crazy storm.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 27, 2021 in art, Cornwall, environment, nature, painting, Penzance, Photography, poetry, Postaday2021, sculpture, Uncategorized

Tags: Lucy Campbell, Nicolette Sowder, wilderchild.com

A Seal, A Castle and A Turnstone

25 Jan

We found ourselves unexpectedly in Penzance today. The lovely Mr S has an outpatient appointment on Thursday and our hospital is being very careful about the virus so books each patient for a Covid test three days before. We decided to go early so that we could have a walk first. Enjoy the sunny photos!

Seal and I love how the water looks here

Castle on St Michael’s Mount

Turnstone

Jubilee Pool

Reflection and the castle

Two rather touching memory plaques on one of the new benches along the newly refurbished promenade.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 25, 2021 in Cornwall, environment, nature, Penzance, Photography, Postaday2021

One Day

09 Dec

Dawn from our window

Rising sun on the sea

Across to the harbour and village

Fisherman coming home

Agapanthus in flower in December

Agapanthus in bud in December

Detail from one of Grayson Perry’s tapestries, more tomorrow

In a bakery shop window in Penzance

Half pint of mulled wine

Pint of Doom Bar

Loved that this is described as ‘moreish’

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 9, 2020 in art, Cornwall, environment, nature, Penzance, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: Agapanthus, Cornish dawn, Doom Bar, Grayson Perry, Mousehole, tapestry, Winter sunrise

New Year’s Eve

31 Dec

It’s my birthday and what a lovely day I am having – special breakfast, cards and presents, phone calls, lunch and birthday shopping in Penzance, a very sociable gathering next door and Duck dinner to come! (And just as I was writing this, two beautiful friends called in – more joy!)