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Bee, Verbascum and White Strawberries

25 Jun

It is good to see bees busy on these Summer days.

Bee collecting nectar

I love the peachiness and furriness of these Verbascum flowers.

Verbascum

What a feast for supper tonight! Our lovely neighbour came in to share our roast chicken and brought with her a cornucopia of fresh produce from her allotment – new potatoes (which I cooked with mint and butter), broad beans (for which I made a creamy white sauce), a courgette (which I fried in butter with lemon zest) and White Strawberries for our dessert. I think they are lovely with their tiny red seeds and they certainly taste good! The birds don’t recognise them as ripe so they survive!

White Strawberries from Sue’s allotment

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 25, 2017 in Beauty, bees, environment, flowers, Food, friendship, garden, nature, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: Mullein

Cornflower, Sunflower and A Cliff Walk

25 Jul

We have lots of Cornflowers in bloom. I caught one with an unusual Bee on it. This afternoon I went to visit Sue at her allotment. Her Sunflowers are very lovely and this evening we walked to Wheal Coates watching the activity in the sky, hang gliders and Kestrels! Click on any photo in the gallery for more detail. The feathers on the Kestrels are just amazing!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 25, 2016 in Beauty, bees, birds, Chapel Porth, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: cliff fishing, dandelion clocks, Wheal Coates

Cornish Hedgerows, Bee and Sweet Williams

23 May

Our hedgerows are just glorious at this time of year – filled with Bluebells, Pink campions, Cow parsley, Dandelions and Buttercups but all rather hard to catch from a moving car.

Lane near Kehelland

Happily, we are seeing lots of bees around. This one was flitting around the Libertia Grandiflora in the front garden.

Bee

A lovely friend brought me some beautiful deep red Sweet Williams the other day. Sadly, the camera seems unable to catch the depth of colour properly but here is a hint of how lovely they are. Thank you L.

Sweet Williams

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 23, 2016 in Beauty, bees, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: collecting pollen, cow parsley

Weekly Photo Challenge – Alphabet

22 Jan

This was a tricky Challenge – of course, that’s what a Challenge is all about! I was going to post hieroglyphs, an alphabet I cannot read and then decided on a different approach – things I love that spell it out – growing and baking!

For others in this Challenge click here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 22, 2016 in baking, Beauty, bees, garden, Photography, Postaday 2016, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: Weekly Photo Challenge - Alphabet

Suffragette Garden, Bee and Cuddly Toys

16 Aug

1 There is lots of colour in our Suffragette garden with shades of purple, white and green.

Japanese Anemone

The purple Hebe is flowering again after its haircut in the early summer

Tiny white Cyclamen under the Hebe

2 Serendipitously, a bee appeared in my photo of the Verbena Bonariensis and the Japanese Anemones.

Bee in flight in my Suffragette garden

3 The cousins found all the cuddly toys and put them on the stairs this morning and they have stayed there all day!

Cuddly toys up the stairs

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 16, 2014 in Beauty, bees, garden, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: bee in flight, Cyclamen Hederifolium, Hebe, Japanese Anemones, verbena bonariensis

Bugs, Bees and Raindrops

02 Jun

1 I found a fascinating bug on the beautifully scented Heliotrope today. He stayed for ages so I guess he liked the perfume too. I’m wondering if it is the same creature, the Green Shield bug, that is making holes in the Pansy flowers.

Pentatomidae ; Palomena prasina (Green shield bug).

Who/what is eating the flowers?

2 A bee that was collecting pollen this afternoon seemed to be quite drunk on what he was savouring as he turned upside-down to make sure he got every speck of yellow dust from the little blue flowers (whose name escapes me….)

Collecting nectar

3 The rain left a lovely pattern of miniature magnifying glasses on the strawberry leaves.

Strawberry leaf

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 2, 2014 in Beauty, bees, environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Green shield bug., Palomena prasina

Grateful Bee, Huge Achievement and Happiness

18 Mar

1 The lovely Mr S found a very poorly bee in the garden this morning and brought it in for some TLC. I made a sugar solution and put that and a little caster sugar on a plate in the shade and we put the bee close to the sugar. After some time I looked again and it seemed to be a little better. I went back again and was just in time to take the photo before it flew strongly away. Brilliant!

A very poorly bee

Recovered and just before he flew off

2 Today I have been up to our attic! That may sound like an every day sort of thing to do but the ladder, the climb and the flight of stairs just behind me have daunted me until now! We are thinking of doing some sort of conversion up there so I had to steel myself to do it. With sticky palms and a thumping heart I did it – and I took photos. On a good day from the front, we can see the sea. From the back, we can see Wheal Uny. Now I’ve been up once, I can do it again!

Taken from the back attic window

3 A friend sent me this ABC of Happiness and I loved it so I’m sharing it with you now.

I especially like H, K, L, S and W. I wonder which ones appeal most to you……..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 18, 2014 in Beauty, bees, environment, Happiness, Kindness, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, Uncategorized

Tags: sugar solution, sugar solution for poorly bee

Bee Garden, Moon Garden and Galette Jalousie

18 Jan

1 It’s lovely to think of Spring on these grey days and to think of what to be planting this year. Here are some to plant for the bees. We have lots of them already and will make sure we have all the others somewhere too.

Plant these to save bees

2 We are also planning on planting a moon garden, one that lights up in moonshine and where the scent of the flowers is particularly strong at night. We’ll plant it in the front garden so that visitors and passers by can also enjoy it.

The reference book for our new garden

3 We are out tonight at a Music evening with a Bring and Share supper. I’ve just taken this Caramelised Onion Galette Jalousie out of the oven and it is cooling ready to transport later.

Galette Jalousie with Caramelised Onions

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 18, 2014 in baking, Beauty, bees, Food, garden, music, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Galette Jalousie, Moon garden, planting for bees

Park and Float, Pendennis Castle and Buddleja

21 Aug

1 I love this sign for the Park and Float – park your car out of town and float in a boat up the river to Falmouth.

Park and float

2 It was the Grand Medieval Joust day at Pendennis Castle today and we had great fun, the children painting their own shields, watching the falconry demonstrations and getting thoroughly involved in the Knight fighting demonstrations!

I can fight with my sword too!

Knight and mace

3 The Buddleja is in full bloom now and attracting lots of bees and butterflies.

Buddleja, bee and butterfly

Buddleja will grow anywhere!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 21, 2013 in Beauty, bees, butterflies, Cornwall, Falmouth, flowers, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: knights, medieval jousting, Park and Float, Pndennis Castle

Hollyhock, Impressionist Flowers and Home Again

15 Jul

1 Taking J to Nursery this morning, we stopped for a while to watch this pollen-laden bee make his way to the Hollyhocks.

Coming in to land

2 On Saltash Station, there is a small rowing boat planted up with flowers which is quite delightful but the trains we travel on hardly ever stop there. Here’s an impression of the flowers from the moving train.