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Boot Sale, Marazion and Coffee Cake

We went early to the car boot sale this morning in the hope of finding baby walkers for our Grandbaby twins who will be visiting very soon. (Imagine the growing excitement!) We didn’t find walkers but we did find two activity mats which look like fun though now that M is rolling he may not stay on his very long!

After the very busy car boot sale, we went on to Marazion – cool but always beautiful.

St Michael’s Mount

Reflection of a paddler

Here in Britain, if one makes a coffee cake, it will have coffee in it (like the very delicious Coffee and Pecan Cake) but we learned when visiting America, that there, a coffee cake is one that goes well with a cup of coffee! Today I felt like baking and found numerous recipes – the one I finally made is an amalgam and it tastes as good as it looks! I’ll post the recipe this week.

Blueberry Streusel Cake

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 6, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Cornwall, environment, Photography, postaday2017, St Michael's Mount

Tags: activity mats, Blueberry Streusel Cake

Light Tree, Cake and Perthi Kov Reunion

01 Jul

I had a brainwave today about where to put our light-balls.

Light balls on white tree

I made a Coffee and Pecan Cake for our Perthi Kov reunion today, the plan being to have tea and cake and to share ideas about the whole experience.

Coffee and Pecan Cake

St Euny Church was buzzing again this afternoon as people met friends, old and newly made during the production, and shared reminiscences. Click on any photo for a larger version. One of the gang has made a beautiful Memory book which has inspired others to do the same.

St Euny Church full of Perthi Kov performers, makers, stewards, writers and the rest!

The Swindells sisters listening to the recording

Enjoying the afternoon

Old friends

Sharing memories

Listening to stories

Sue, explaining the new offers we have had for future productions…..

Explaining his part to the adults

New ideas being discussed

Serious discussion re interviewing techniques

We did enjoy ourselves!

Friends with flowers

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 1, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Celebration, community, friendship, Happiness, Perthi Kov, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: Coffee and Pecan Cake, St Euny Church, Until the Day Break

Jacket, Broccoli and Painted Biscuits

13 Jun

I wish my patchwork jacket were as bright when dry! My special friend, Kath, for whom this blog is written, had one of these jackets too.

The veins on the Purple Sprouting broccoli are turning purple.

It is a year since Jo Cox, MP, was murdered and in celebration of her belief that we have more in common, many, many people are taking part in The Great Get Together this weekend. We will be in London and will be unable to join in with our local Allotment Society’s Barbecue Get together so this afternoon I have baked some biscuits to be taken down as our contribution to the party. I found the flower cutters a few weeks ago and saved their first use for these painted biscuits.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 13, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Celebration, community, friendship, nature, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: Jo Cox

Guest Blogger LiveWire No. 1

05 Jun

NM was to have been my Guest Blogger yesterday but the evening disappeared! Today, she is home from school early as she will be for the rest of the term as the timetable has moved into intensive time, which means that lessons end at 1pm. Over to NM.

My mummy had twins in January and I am enjoying playing and laughing with them. One of them is a boy and one of them is a girl. They are handsome and pretty indeed.They are growing a lot and quickly. I love them so much that I don’t know who to hold first.

I would like to talk about my Senagalese outfit. It’s a special outfit for celebrations like Eid. I will be wearing it in twenty days’ time.

Granny and I made Strawberry Shortcake.We used my Great Great Granny’s recipe. It was a surprise for my Mum and we all enjoyed it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 5, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Celebration, family, Food, Grandchildren, Happiness

Tags: Eid, postaday2017, strawberry shortcake, twins

A Westi, Thrift and An Easter Cookie Cake

16 Apr

We followed a car this morning with a little hairy dog putting its head out of the window. Is it a Westi? I’m not a dog person but loved this little head and the reflection.

The Thrift is beginning to bloom at Godrevy. Look carefully at the second photo and you will see some clinging to the vertical face of the cliff, almost in the centre of the photo.

I baked an Easter Cookie Cake for next door where all the family are gathered. The recipe says to serve it warm from the container, all diving in with a spoon!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 16, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Cornwall, family, friendship, Godrevy, Kindness, nature, Photography, postaday2017

A Good Read, Slogan and Baking Bread

27 Feb

I’m coming to the end of a brilliant book, ‘Signs for Lost Children’ by Sarah Moss. It is one of those books – I’m sure you’ve met them – where you both want it to go on for ever and you also want to know the outcomes. This book is so beautifully written, poetic and surprising in its descriptions. It tells two parallel all-engrossing stories, one set in Cornwall, around Falmouth and Flushing and the other in Japan. I can see the Cornish scenes from having been there and the scenes in Japan have become so real , I want to visit! I cannot recommend it enough!

I saw this delightful slogan on a t-shirt yesterday.

I baked a loaf today for lunch with friends tomorrow. I mixed, put it to rise and cooked it in my Lékué bread thingy.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 27, 2017 in baking, Beauty, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: Lékué, Sarah Moss, Signs for Lost Children

Love, Baking and Creating

11 Feb

The LiveWires keep us amused, and busy, all day! It fills my heart up to have them visiting and I just love how a sleepy little girl creeps into bed with me first thing in the morning and snuggles down saying, “I could stay in here for ever!”