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Category Archives: Porthtowan

Orange, Blues, Pinks and Purples

Last night’s sunset was another pretty one with the golden light reflected in the windows across the road.

Our choir rehearsal was by the sea again today and the variety of blues, from turquoise to navy, was just lovely. My photo doesn’t do it justice. The beach was full of people enjoying the continuing heatwave. (Unlike me. I melt.)

I picked a posy of our first Sweet Peas today and they smell wonderful. Whenever I pick a small posy, I am reminded of our dear friend Ti, whom we used to visit regularly and always took a garden-grown posy to brighten up her room.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 13, 2026 in community, Cornwall, environment, friendship, garden, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026

Mum’s Chimneys, Clouds and the Sea

06 Jul

I’ve passed on some of my Mum’s chimney collection to her Grandkids but I still have a few and we plant them up each spring for the summer as she did.

Our choir practice was by the beach at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan today so afterwards some of us walked down to the sea. What a tonic – to sing and then to see, hear, and smell the sea. We are so lucky to be living in Cornwall and so close to the coast.

Clouds

The sea at Porthtowan

Just have to say – we recorded the World Cup football match, England v Mexico, (KO 1am UK time) and got up early to watch it without hearing the news. It was a cracker of a game and sent us off on our day with smiles on our faces!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 6, 2026 in community, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026, Uncategorized

Sea, Cabaret and Book

27 Apr

After singing this afternoon, it was such a glorious day I had to go to the sea, to hear the waves, to smell the salty air and see the blues.

Tonight we have been to a cabaret, Kernewek Keskesow Cabaret.

This was cabaret, community and creative protest honouring the extraordinary contribution Cornish women made to the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp with an evening of theatre and music.

It featured renowned performers Rebecca Mordan, Bec Applebee, Fiona O’Cleirigh and Claire Ingleheart, this powerful and uplifting show combined first-hand testimony with songs – in both Cornish and English – and was an extraordinary evening. If you can catch the tour, do! You won’t regret it..

I bought the book!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 27, 2026 in community, Cornwall, environment, music, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026, theatre, Uncategorized

Tags: Greenham Common, Greenham Women Everywhere, Rebecca Morden, Scary Little Girls

Sea, Sky and A Mosaic

12 Apr

We had a delicious lunch at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan today with our eldest daughter who visited for the day. In between heavy showers, the sky was the loveliest blue and the shades of colour in the sea were gorgeous.

I love the new mosaic welcoming people to Porthtowan.

If you can, click on the photo and enlarge it to see the lovely bright detail and read all the words in the darker lines.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 12, 2026 in art, Cornwall, environment, Happiness, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026

Tags: dolphin, The Blue Bar

Happiness Calendar, Sea, Sun and Moon

01 Feb

Here is this month’s Happiness Calendar, all about being friendly.

Our eldest daughter came to visit for my lovely Mr S’s birthday so we went to the Blue Bar at Porthtowan for lunch and M walked down to the sea.

Our walk in the afternoon was nearer to home and I was caught by the sunbeams behind Carn Brea.

Tonight it’s the Snow moon and the clouds passing by have given us haloes around and beside the full moon.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 1, 2026 in Carn Brea, Cornwall, friendship, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday 2026, 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

Coastal Walk

09 Aug

It has been so lovely having our daughters with us one by one to help. It was such a beautiful day today that we encouraged Daughter no 3 to go fo a cliff walk and she sent us back these photos of the glorious North coast between Porthtowan and Chapelporth.

Wheal Coates

View from the beach

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 9, 2025 in Chapel Porth, Cornwall, environment, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday2025, Sea, Uncategorized

Agapanthus and Protest Boards

22 Jul

We saw these beautiful Agapanthus flowers as we left the hospital on Saturday.

A friend and I popped down to Porthtowan after working at Community Roots this morning and were very impressed by the fifteen wonderful protest boards which tell such a story. I took a few photos to show you detail and have the first photo from a friend of the whole length of them along the path to the beach. I’ll post them all in sequence at some point when my lovely Mr S and I can go down to the beach together.

Thanks John.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 22, 2025 in art, community, Cornwall, environment, History, painting, Porthtowan, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: activism, community roots, craftivism, Grassroots Garden, Make A Mends, Suffragettes

Singing by the Sea

14 Jul

We met at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan for our weekly rehearsal as our regular room was unavailable this week too. The view from our room is just so lovely.

We learned a really lovely new four part song today, “You and the Sea” by Katy Rose Bennett. There’s a short extract at the end and here are the lyrics, a beautiful poem:

I don’t know where I’m going
but I know just what I need –
A soft wind
the shelter of the forest, bird song,
you and the sea

It seems that I can’t upload the song but I have found it on YouTube!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 14, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, music, nature, Porthtowan, Postaday2025, Sea, singing, Uncategorized

Tags: Katy Rose Bennett

Blues, Brunch and A Dog

09 May

The colours of the sea were just glorious when we went to the Blue Bar for brunch this morning. Walking on the beach afterwards we were in awe of a couple of swimmers enjoying the cold water and of the extremely well behaved dog who sat and watched for ages. It turned out that these two were friends from Roots and we had big wet hugs and lots of laughs together.