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Automata, Blue Sky and A Song

Playing with automata yesterday was great fun, such intricate work.

What a glorious blue sky today. This weather vane is at Burncoose Nursery where I called in after singing to see the magnolia blooms (nearly over) and the rhododendrons.

A good friend sent me a video of us singing this morning., Pachabel’s Canon. This is one of my favourites and one I brought to choir 13 years ago after we went to WOMAD and I learned this piece there at a workshop. I love all the parts and start with the basses, moving round all the parts and coming back to the tenors to finish. If you watch carefully , you can watch my progress!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 19, 2026 in art, automaton, community, Cornwall, craft, environment, friendship, music, nature, Postaday 2026, singing

Spring – A Poem and A Song

12 Mar

Today is the 15th birthday of LiveWire no 3 and the poem for today in A Poet for Every Day of the Year is the delightful
“Spring Has Come back Again” by Rainer Maria Rilke. I hope T likes it.

Translated from the German by Jessie Lamont.

At our rehearsal with The Suitcase Singers this morning, we sang one of my favourite songs, Call in the Spring by Rosie Sleightholme and here is a video made by S, a friend who sings in the sopranos across the room from me. Do click on the link.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2310567282763545

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 12, 2026 in flowers, Grandchildren, music, nature, poetry, Postaday 2026, singing

Tags: Jessie Lamont, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Suitcase Singers

St Piran’s Day, Choir Baby and A Pasty

05 Mar

Today after choir, we sang Harry Glasson’s Cornwall My Home in the courtyard to celebrate St Piran’s Day Here it is now, especially for my sister in Hawaii.

We have another Choir-Baby after many years of none and we are all delighted to have one year old S with us and clearly enjoying the singing.

After the courtyard singing

We had pasties for lunch to mark the day but I was enjoying it so much I forgot to take a photo until it was almost all gone.

It’s also World Book Day so happy days to all you readers and to all those who have dressed up for the day, especially LiveWire 3 who at almost 15 years old has gone to school as a very beautiful and tortured Lady Macbeth.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 5, 2026 in Celebration, Choir-baby, community, Cornwall, family, Food, music, Postaday 2026, singing

Tags: Harry Glasson

Cornish Saints and Sinners and A Song

15 Jan

Another of Mum’s books that I have always loved is “Cornish Saints and Sinners” by J. Henry Harris, a quirky and entertaining look at the stories of places and people who feature in Cornwall’s history.

It amused me today on looking at it again after many years, that there’s a whole chapter dedicated to Dolly Pentreath about whom we sing at choir, a song written by Claire and Anna Maria Murphy.

You can listen to the song here, sung by Femmes de la Mer, Claire’s all female shanty group.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 15, 2026 in art, books, Cornwall, History, music, Postaday 2026, singing, Uncategorized

Tags: Dolly Pentreath, Femmes de la Mer, J. Henry Harris, L. Raven-Hill

Joy and Harmony

18 Dec

No photos of the boats, birds or the Penryn river today as the rain was interminable! and so very heavy! However we had a lovely sing and a very good choir friend sent me the following video – “May this room be filled with joy and harmony” – and it was!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 18, 2025 in community, music, Postaday2025, singing

Tags: Claire Ingleheart

Celtic Benediction

20 Nov

A dear choir friend sent me this beautiful piece sung by my choir this morning. I’ll be back singing with everyone next week.

Thanks M.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 20, 2025 in friendship, music, Peace, Postaday2025, singing, Uncategorized

We Love Our Town!

08 Nov

In Redruth today we had such a good time (and did the shopping!) We met a young DJ, Redruth Ben, whose programme on local radio we listened to this afternoon, went into gallery 89 and saw some delightful art work and our favourite busker, Sam, was in town and sang ‘Streets of London.’ All in all, a brilliant morning.

And, last night’s not quite full moon, first night without clouds since the Beaver Moon on November 5th.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 8, 2025 in architecture, art, community, Cornwall, craft, music, nature, Postaday2025, Redruth, singing

Tags: Redruth Ben, Roy Callow

Sunflower, Hallelujah and Trees

03 Oct

The Suitcase Singers, one of the choirs I sing with, have been loving learning this beautiful Peter Amidon arrangement of Hallelujah,. We can’t wait to learn the next verse! Do have a listen.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1754910295195936

After a lovely, animated breakfast out with friends, I took these photos on the way home. The trees are just beginning to turn.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 3, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, friendship, music, nature, Postaday2025, singing, Suffragettes

Tags: 19th Amendment, National Gallery of Art, Peter Amidon, The Suitcase Singers, Womens Suffrage

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

Community Roots

08 Jul

Yesterday my choir, The Ingleheart Singers, met in the Big Shed at Community Roots as our usual rehearsal space was unavailable. It was wonderful to sing in there, the acoustics were excellent and we were singing to the garden. Here we are singing a bit of “Summertime.”

The wild flower border is looking beautiful and is full of pollinators.