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A Visit, Magpies and The Mystery Object

10 Jun

1 We had a lovely visit to friends today, meeting their lovely young dog, Kaja, whose first birthday it is today.

Kaja, a bottle and some sheep

One of the chickens whose eggs we have weekly

Just harvested potatoes – thank you!

2 We had the first visitors to our bird house today – magpies!

Magpie at the new bird house

Magpie in the new bird house

3 The mystery object that I showed you here turn out to be Bicycle clips as evidenced in the newspaper cutting of June 23rd 2001. I can’t help thinking they would soon put holes in the fabric as they are very sharp. I can’t help feeling that Marilyn is more likely right and they are callipers used for measuring – must be tiny measurements indeed. Click on the photo to see it more clearly. When we bought the little object, the man who sold them to us also gave us this newspaper cutting.

Bicycle clips!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 10, 2013 in animals, birds, growing, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: bicycle clips, bird house, magpies, mystery object

Drawing, Baby Rabbit and A Horse

07 Jun

1 I saw this the other day and thought, how perfect!

The world is pretty….

2 This morning we spotted a baby rabbit in the garden. Baby rabbits are called kits I learned recently. Fortunately, he was eating the dock leaves and not my flowers!

Baby rabbit

3 I love it when the horses in the back field come right down to our wall and I can hear them munching and neighing and whinnying together.

One of our horse neighbours

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 7, 2013 in animals, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: child's drawing, kit, philosophy

Coastal Walk, Cow Parsley and a Cat

04 Jun

1 Another warm and sunny day for a walk along a short stretch of the Cornish coastal path – masses of wild flowers, a pair of Cornish Choughs, some blue butterflies, some llamas, the most beautiful seas and nothing but bird song and the songs of the waves and ozone filling our lungs – a fabulous feast for the senses.

Wild flowers and sea

Looking out to sea

Near Cot Valley

Clear blue sea

A Cornish Chough – look carefully!

Cornish chough just taken off

Llamas in a field

2 I loved these shadows of Cow Parsley on a bench where we took a welcome break.

Cow parsley shadow

3 Almost back in St Just we came across a rather splendid ginger cat.

Lovely cat

This post is in memory of my Mum who died 20 years ago today.Her love and wisdom are always with me. She loved the Cornish coasts, taught me about wild flowers, loved cats and was, quietly, a force to be reckoned with!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 4, 2013 in animals, birds, Cornwall, environment, flowers, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Sea

Tags: Cornish Choughs, Cornish coastal path, memory, St Just

A Lurcher, A Woodland Walk and Sea Views

26 May

1 Friends have recently adopted a wonderful dog whose owner is off to Australia so couldn’t keep him. He’s a Lurcher and is one of the sweetest and best behaved dogs I have ever met. I’m not really a dog lover, having been seriously frightened as a child, but Duke is just delightful!

Duke

2 Our friends have a delightful cottage just by Tehidy Woods and we spent a lovely sunny afternoon walking and talking our way through the woods up to the coast and round again. Click on any photo for an enlargement.

Sunlit trunk

Twisted trunk

Tree trunk

Filigree branches

Woodland signs

Greens

Sunlight on new leaves

Sawn off trunk

Woodland path

Tree in pool of sunlight

Another woodland path

Where is this path going?

3 The sea was many beautiful hues of blue in the sunshine.

Sunlit sea

Rocks and sea

Sea blues

Golden gorse and the sea

All in all, it was a beautiful day in every way: sunshine, wonderful natural beauty, exercise and being with good friends – what more could one ask? And, I almost forgot, a delicious Cornish cream tea before our walk and a fabulous meal afterwards!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 26, 2013 in animals, Cornwall, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Sea

Tags: Cornish cream tea, Lurcher, Tehidy Woods

Reflection, A Black Labrador and Woodland Swing

04 May

1. We spent all afternoon in the West Family Woods delighting in the bird song, the flowers, the variety of trees and being with the family. The stream that runs through the woods is very beautiful and home to many tadpoles. (See my Weekly photo challenge)

2 The family have five lovely Black Labradors. The photo is of Willow, the oldest of the five, sister of one and mother of another. Having been bitten twice by strange dogs as a child, I’m somewhat wary of being around dogs but these are all beautiful and beautifully trained.

3. There’s a swing seat in the woods. I could have sat and rocked for hours taking in all the sounds, smells and tranquility of the woods.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 4, 2013 in animals, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013, trees

Tags: Black Labrador, reflection, woodland

Grand-Baby, Chicken Pie and Woodland Walk

28 Apr

1 Our beautiful Grand -Baby B is safely home after 13 days and we visited today. What a joy! The tiniest cardigan that I made will fit for just another couple of weeks!

Baby B fast asleep

Joining in the singing of Skinnymarinka!

2 We took lunch with us – a beautiful Chicken Pie which went down very well.

Chicken Pie

3 After lunch, we all had a walk in the lovely woodland that surrounds their home finding wild flowers, beautiful trees in bud and even a Red Deer in the distance. The others saw two Roe Deer but I only heard them crashing through the undergrowth.

Bank of Primroses and Violets

Moss covered trees

Signs of Spring

Buds

Look carefully – there’s a Red Deer

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 28, 2013 in animals, environment, flowers, Food, Grandchildren, nature, photography, Postaday2013, trees

Tags: chicken pie, Red Deer, Roe Deer, woodland

Last Night’s Moon, Nest Building and A Miniature Horse

27 Apr

1 I was catching up with blogs late last night and discovered Alastair’s post about a pink moon. That made me realise that the moon was just past full. I looked out of the window to discover a beautiful big moon, low in the sky and almost full and so out I went to capture it if possible. I have no tripod so this is far from perfect but I love the way it shines through the foliage.

Last night’s moon

2 We saw this pair of Jackdaws yesterday. He was working so hard collecting for the nest while she sat there appearing to say, “Well, keep going! That’s not enough yet!”

“Is this enough?”

“Okay! That’ll do for now!”

3 Working in the front garden this afternoon, we heard a soft neighing and looked up to see this tiny horse going by. The owner was very happy to hold him still so that I could take a photo and told us that his name was Boris.

Beautiful little Boris

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 27, 2013 in animals, birds, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: full moon, Jackdaws, miniature horse, nest building

Cornish Sky, Spring Greens and A Cheetah

20 Apr

1 The sky is the most beautiful blue today, cloudless and quite stunning.

Cloudless blue sky over Cornwall this morning

2 Leaning against the tree trunk and looking up though the tree that is greening up with new growth was lovely and attracted a few odd looks in town this morning!

Looking up through the greening tree into the bluest of skies

3 I posted a mother leopard with a cub up on a mound for this week’s Photo Challenge and found this lovely Cheetah as I was going through the photos of our trip to South Africa.

A Cheetah

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 20, 2013 in animals, nature, photography, Postaday2013, South Africa

Tags: blue, cheetah, safari

Weekly Photo Challenge – Up

20 Apr

We were coming back from a safari when the guide suddenly pointed out these two leopards, mother and cub up on a mound. We watched these beautiful animals for some time as the sun was going down.

Leopard mother and baby up on a mound

Zoom in on the leopards

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 20, 2013 in animals, nature, photography, Postaday2013, South Africa, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: leopards, mother and baby, safari

Narcissi, Daisies and A Toad

16 Apr

1 More Narcissi are flowering. I wish I could remember the names of the varieties. If you recognise them, please tell me.

Another beautiful Narcissus

The palest of daffodils

2 It’s been a beautifully sunny and warm day and the lawn is suddenly covered in Daisies.

Daisies in the lawn

3 I went across the road tonight for an hour or two with a few friends and coming home we saw this toad by the wall. I do hope he stays safe and doesn’t go out onto the road. You’ll have to look closely. I didn’t use the flash, just the guide light but you can still see his beautiful markings.