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Lichen, Castle and Squirrel Food

On our walk after the rain, I found some lichen floating in a puddle.

The Castle on Carn Brea which was once a hunting lodge was first built around 1379 AD as a chapel to St. Michael. Around 1790 the building was converted into a folly by the Basset Family who once owned the hill as part of their Tehidy Estate. It is now (and has been for many years) a charming restaurant serving Middle Eastern food.

Carn Brea Castle

We have a visiting squirrel that eats the bird food. We put up a baffle to keep him off but somehow he still gets up to the bird feeders. The solution seemed to be to give him his own feeding station so here it is. We have yet to see him getting his peanuts….. It’s been up only a week.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 6, 2020 in Carn Brea, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday2020

Tags: carn brea castle

Street Art, Another Stone and Lemon Curd

05 Dec

We came home from town a different way today after the market and spotted a piece of street art that we haven’t noticed before. It made us both laugh.

Along Lovers’ Lane was this lovely coloured stone.

We’ve made Lemon Curd today as the lovely Mr S had a sudden yen for some on toast! You can find the recipe here.

In baby Kilner jars and a half jar to eat right away!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 5, 2020 in art, Cornwall, Photography, Postaday2020, Redruth

Tags: jam making

Truro Cathedral Three Ways

04 Dec

After breakfast with lovely friends we went shopping in Truro, a rare occurrence these days. We love the model of the Cathedral on the roundabout and would love to see it lit up at night. Please note, the hedgehogs have gone into hibernation.

We parked on the top layer of the car-park and caught another view of the Cathedral just before a heavy shower.

Lastly, against a beautiful blue winter sky, from the middle of the city, a sunlit and glowing Cathedral.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 4, 2020 in Christmas decorations, Cornwall, Photography, Postaday2020, sculpture, Truro, Uncategorized

Tags: model of Truro Cathedral

A Treat, A Stone and A Poem

30 Nov

A treat arrived in the post ready for tomorrow, a chocolate filled Advent Calendar for grown-ups.

On my rainy walk up from town, the wetness had shown up all the colours of the stones in the Cornish hedge.

A friend shared the following poem the other day and I thought you, my readers, would like it too. I found the last stanza particularly poignant.

On a Pebbly Beach

When our family was young
and the children took off over the stones like little dogs
as we followed in our different conversation
and the game was, to come back with the Best

it struck me that grownups tend to select
those that the sea had spent her centuries of energy
smoothing and buffing
from rock until perfectly formal, the ovoid, the oval
while our youngsters go for the grotesque,
the knobbly ones with fractured faces and funny holes
that can have fingers poked in and out of them
or look like puppies or gulls

and now that I sleep diagonally
and walk alone on this beach
it is truly hard to decide
whose preference was the more mature.

John Birtwhistle.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 30, 2020 in Photography, poetry, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: Advent calendar, Hotel Chocolat, John Birtwhistle

A Visitor, Lunch and The Moon

29 Nov

A beautiful and quite nervous cat that we’ve never seen before visited the garden today.

Lunch today was very tasty Bubble and Squeak with a few leaves from our edible garden.The full moon is tomorrow but it looks huge and full tonight and we can see it this month, there being no cloud! I love all the rings around it.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 29, 2020 in nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Life Affirming Sun, Sea and Food

28 Nov

We went to The Square at Porthleven to collect our “cook-at-home” meal for tonight – Pate, Confit Duck and Sticky Ginger Pud with Chantilly Cream. We were there around 4pm and so enjoyed seeing the crashing waves, the cold water swimmers, the surfers and the sunset. Then we came home and fixed our dinner following the instructions given to us. Enjoy the gallery.

Dinner was divine! Every course was delicious and full of flavour. We didn’t want our meal to end!

If you think the first and last courses look a bit small, bear in mind that we shared them, all three courses being too much for us!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 28, 2020 in Cornwall, Eating out, nature, Photography, Porthleven, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: The Square at Porthleven

A Fairy, Leaves and A Pebble

27 Nov

Walking into town today we passed a fairy by her tiny doorway.

On the way home I collected some lovely leaves.

The other day, on Godrevy Beach, I found this pretty little stone, only about 2 cms across.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 27, 2020 in nature, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: fantasy

Thanksgiving, Sky and A Parrot Flower

26 Nov

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO THOSE WE KNOW AND LOVE IN AMERICA!

We celebrate Thanksgiving at our house in honour of all our family and friends, including blogger friends, in America – in Georgia, Hawaii, Arizona, Washington State, Vermont and Massachusetts and elsewhere. We have cooked a mini turkey (a chicken!) tonight and served it with some sides using recipes from family in Atlanta.

The sky this afternoon was very dramatic – I think its called a Mackerel Sky.

Our neighbour has the most amazing Strelitzia that reaches to the ceiling in her conservatory and it has five flowers! They are remarkable.

Strelitzia, also known as Bird of Paradise

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 26, 2020 in Celebration, environment, friendship, Photography, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: Bird of Paradise, mackerel sky, Strelitzia

A Poem, The Sea and Some Sky

25 Nov

My poet friend, Kim, posted this evocative poem today and has given me permission to share it with you, dear Readers. I remember that longing for the Cornish sea when we lived far away from home. Also, the last verse rings particularly true as today I walked by the sea with a lovely friend where I felt, ‘Blessed by the sea and its motion,’ as well as by the warmth of a special friendship.

Godrevy Lighthouse

As we left the allotment this afternoon, the sky was peachy and beautiful.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 25, 2020 in Cornwall, friendship, Godrevy, nature, Photography, poetry, Postaday2020, Uncategorized

Tags: Godrevy Lighthouse, Kim Ridgeon, sunset

A Tree and A Bench

24 Nov

Forgive me for mentioning Christmas so early but we made a rare visit to Camborne today and the tree was going up, a lovely big pine. The thing that really caught me attention though was the Christmas bench which I found quite delightful.