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Reflections, Planter, Mural and A Spider

19 Apr

It is always glorious to sing on a Thursday morning overlooking the Penryn River. The water was so still this morning, the reflections were almost perfect.

Colourful reflections

Walking up through Penryn from the Zed Shed, the planters are really colourful.

A planter in Penryn

The Mural that I showed being painted last week is finished and beautifully summery.

Mural by Elizabeth Perry,  promised last week

We’ve been tidying again in the garden on one of our rare sunny days and I found this little spider which I am sure Ark will be able to identify!

White spider on the Acer

 
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Posted by on April 19, 2018 in art, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, nature, painting, Penryn, Photography, Postaday2018

 

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Peace, Blue Sky and Cathedral Spires

18 Apr

The sun coming through the window as I arrived in the kitchen this morning cast a shadow of Peace on the blind.

Shadow of PEACE

There has been a glorious blue sky all day.

Bunting in the breeze

Truro Cathedral is always beautiful , particularly so in the Spring sunshine.

Truro Cathedral

Some architectural detail below:

Turrets and a chimney
Detail
Two spires
 
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Posted by on April 18, 2018 in architecture, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, Photography, Postaday2018, Truro

 

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Toadstools, First Bluebell and A Poem

16 Apr

Found in the garden of some lovely friends…..

Primroses and Toadstools

Leaving their place, I spotted my first Bluebell of the year, just about to open, beside the stream in the village.

First Bluebell by a stream

We thought Spring had arrived but, as is the nature of April, today has been full of showers (and a bitter wind.) Spring really is coming, see above. Here is a poem, by Sara Teasdale, that sums up April rather well.

April – Sara Teasdale

The roofs are shining from the rain.
The sparrows tritter as they fly,
And with a windy April grace
The little clouds go by.

Yet the back-yards are bare and brown
With only one unchanging tree–
I could not be so sure of Spring
Save that it sings in me.

 
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Posted by on April 16, 2018 in Beauty, environment, garden, nature, Photography, poetry, Postaday2018, Uncategorized

 

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Remembering Bill Mitchell 1951 – 2017

14 Apr

Our Dear friend and neighbour Bill Mitchell died on this day last year and we have been remembering him today in various special ways. Firstly, here is my Welly Dog, left to me by Bill, seen here with Tulips.

Welly Dog with Tulips

Bill was an artist as well as a theatre director and painted a particular area in West Penwith most weeks. Each of his friends was invited after his death to choose a painting which was a very lovely thing. Today, many of his friends came down to Botallack where the paintings were made and we walked all around in Bill’s footsteps, following his paintings through the landscape, all the while sharing memories of this lovely man.

The Crowns at Botallack
The start of the walk
Gorse under a blue sky
Taking in the view
C contemplating
A view
Striding out
Some more walkers
A metal bow decorating a gate

Click on any photo for a bigger version and the caption. To read more about our lovely friend and neighbour, click here to read my post dedicated to him last year.https://mybeautfulthings.com/2017/05/03/bill-mitchell-our-friend-next-door-2121951-1442017/

 
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Posted by on April 14, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, friendship, Photography, Postaday2018, Wildworks

 

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Yellow, A Surprise and A Bee

13 Apr

Cornwall is very beautifully yellow at this time of year – Primroses in the hedgerows, Daffodils along the verges, Forsythia in gardens, Dandelions, Celandines and Gorse just everywhere, down every lane we travel along.

Forsythia
Daffodils
Dandelion
Primroses
Celandines

We bought the magazine Cornwall Today yesterday because there is a feature on Port Isaac where family will be staying this summer. Imagine my delight to find a short article about me and my Suffragette Great Granny! I had completely forgotten the phone call some months ago!

Article in Cornwall Today, April

Bees have arrived in our garden. They love the Rosemary flowers.

A bee on the Rosemary

 

 
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Posted by on April 13, 2018 in Beauty, environment, family history, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2018, Suffragettes

 

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Cherry Blossom, Exeter and Trompe L’Oeil

11 Apr

We’ve had a day out shopping in Exeter! Enjoy the gallery.

Cherry blossom
Golden pennants on Exeter Cathedral
A bit of history – see the plaque
A bit of history – here is the plaque
In the shopping centre
Purple detail
Mural as we were driving away from the city
The ‘Nearly Home Trees’ beloved of so many
 
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Posted by on April 11, 2018 in architecture, art, Beauty, environment, mural, nature, Postaday2018

 

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Misty, Moisty Morning, Dewdrops and Flowers

09 Apr

The day started with mists stretching right to the horizon so that the fields behind were almost totally shrouded, only one of three just visible.

Across the garden to the fields beyond

The Tulip flowers were bejewelled with tiny diamond dewdrops.

Tulip and dew

And so were the Muscari………

Muscari and dewdrops

The rest of the day was as glorious as yesterday and we worked again, planting and weeding and had our first lunch this year outside in the sunshine.

 

 
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Posted by on April 9, 2018 in Beauty, environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2018

 

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