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Happiness Calendar, Beach Walk and Treasures

I love sharing the Action for Happiness calendars and trying to take the advice for myself. Do click on it and zoom in if it isn’t clear enough. .

Porthtowan Beach was our destination with our Ukrainian friends this afternoon. It was wild and windy and very healing which was so good to hear.

The chaotic waves were throwing up foam which had the loveliest colours. I love collecting heart stones and found this one for M who didn’t come on the walk.

Dogs have such a joyful time on the beach in the autumn/winter months when they are allowed on the beach. I really love watching them and was delighted to catch a short video of one catching a Frisbee.

Welcome, Dawn and A Jackdaw

30 Sep

Our young guests have been working on their production, Bunker Cabaret, today and have given me permission to use their photo of our welcome dinner on Wednesday evening. The show will be in Redruth next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Welcome dinner at ours

The red/pink dawn presaged the very wet and windy day “Red sky in the morning, mariner’s warning.” The lovely Mr Smith took this photo for me on his way to bring me a cup of tea.

I made Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast but realised when the first batch were in that I had forgotten the bicarbonate of soda as they were flat and heavy. The second batch were lovely after I added the bicarb and it interacted with the buttermilk to make the fluffiest pancakes ever. The Jackdaws were not bothered and had finished them off in no time!

Jackdaw with Blueberry Pancakes

Flowers, Micro Space and A Poster

25 Sep

We made a lovely bunch of white flowers from the garden for our visit to our Dear friend,T. She loved them.

One of the lovely independent shops in Redruth, Make A Mends, has a little box outside that is a Micro Space for very small exhibitions of local makers. When I called in yesterday to offer some fabric I no longer need, they invited me to put some of my glass in there. There is a Like O Meter on the box and passersby who like what they see can turn a little handle to register their like!..

Inside the shop there is a poster/ statement of intent – not sure what to call it…… It pleased me.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 25, 2022 in art, community, friendship, glass, nature, philosophy, photography, Postaday2022, Redruth

Japanese Anemone, Cerinthe and Apples

24 Sep

I love having lots of white in the garden in the autumn as it picks up the evening light so well. Somehow, among our white Japanese Anemones, a small clump of pink have arrived.

The self seeded Cerinthe major are flowering. You really have to hunt to find the flowers hiding under the leaves.

We were given some delicious home grown Russet apples by our lovely friend,M, who knows they are my favourite.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 24, 2022 in friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022

Tags: Russet apples

National Elephant Appreciation Day

22 Sep

NATIONAL ELEPHANT APPRECIATION DAY – September 22

I have loved elephants for as long as I can remember and have a large collection of carved elephants. We’ve seen herds of beautiful live ones on our many visits to South Africa. I shared this love with my Dear Friend Angie who died last year just before her birthday, a day we also shared. I really miss her.

My tiniest elephant, carved into a glass cube

My biggest elephant, bought at an antiques fair many years ago. He is as tall as my knees.

My Elephant family, representing me and the lovely Mr S, our eldest daughter, our second daughter and our twins, a son and a daughter. The tiny one is the little person we never met but who will always be one of us.

And I wear the ring that Angie left me every day.

Fungus, Lunch and Harvest

20 Sep

Loved this very delicate fungus growing at Community Roots on Volunteer Tuesday. I have tried to identify it but had no luck. https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/.

Lunch was a delicious spread of salads all picked from the gardens.

The squash harvest is wonderful! This is just half of it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 20, 2022 in community, Cornwall, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022, Uncategorized, volunteering

Tags: community roots

Friends

10 Sep

It is so important to have goos friends to support when needed. Thank you to the friend who posted this on Fb today..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 10, 2022 in art, friendship, Postaday2022, Uncategorized

Tags: Sark

Roots, Books and A Poem

06 Sep

We spent the morning with the Roots community today for Volunteer Tuesday. P and I planted over 1000 winter salad seeds and the lovely Mr S was working with a team on laying out the beds in the new poly tunnel.

“National Read a Book Day on September 6 calls all book lovers to indulge in their favorite hobby, guilt-free. Bringing new worlds to life, books enlighten us and transport us on exciting adventures. They can challenge our perspectives on the human experience in ways unmatched by other media. In a world deluged by technology, National Read a Book Day encourages us to silence the noise and turn the pages for a while.”
Here are the books we are reading at the moment:

Brian Bilston, poet, alerted me to the fact that today is National Book Day and here is his poem, posted here with his permission. I love his clever sense of humour.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 6, 2022 in community, environment, friendship, photography, Postaday2022

Tags: community roots

Red Lettuce, Sunflower Seeds and Dessert

04 Sep

Our lettuce has bolted!

The birds have been loving the sunflower seeds from the head we brought back. I decorated the Cheesecake I made yesterday with our last three Violas and it went down a storm at the party.