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Cake, Krowji and Earrings

I baked a cake for the Christmas Lights Switch-on market and put white stars and gold spray on to make it Christmassy.

My choir had our first Christmas gig this evening at the opening night of Krowji Christmas Open Studios in Redruth. We were collecting for our charities, Penhaligon’s Friends and ShelterBox. There is some wonderful work in the studios. If you are local, it’s a brilliant place to find presents and lovely cards.

I gave my new Christmas tree earrings an outing.

Crocheted earrings

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 28, 2025 in art, baking, community, Cornwall, crochet, Penhaligon's Friends, Postaday2025, Redruth, ShelterBox, Uncategorized

Tags: Krowji arts studios

Raindrops, Rowers and A Shag

27 Nov

I took this shot from the balcony at the Zed Shed in Penryn where we rehearse on Thursdays and realised after taking the shot that I had the camera on the wrong setting – sunrise. I love the effect and have since noticed the spider’s web there too.

Despite the mist and murk, the gig rowers were out practising.

After singing there was a Shag on a buoy.

AND!

to all my readers across the pond!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 27, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, nature, Penryn, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Sunrise and Paintings

26 Nov

There was more colour in today’s sunrise….

A lovely day today with our eldest daughter who came to help us with a couple of jobs,one being to move our large piece by Tony Foster which has been on the landing since we bought it in 2021 and not properly seen. Now it’s in the hallway and can be really appreciated. Each of the little paintings is beautifully detailed and has a pencil description ..

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 26, 2025 in art, Cornwall, environment, painting, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Tony Foster

Sky and A Game

25 Nov

I was up early (for me) this morning so hoped to see a lovely sunrise. It wasn’t a pretty one but it was dramatic and looks almost like a black and white shot.

I went back to Roots this morning just for an hour and helped to sort the veggie bags for tomorrow’s veg bag distribution. It was good to be welcomed back by everyone.

We have bought a game that we had thought might be fun for the LiveWires when they visit at New Year. We’ve played it and had great fun but think the elastic bands may prove to have other uses when the younger LiveWires start playing!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 25, 2025 in community, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Doves of Peace

24 Nov

I was back at singing this afternoon! Joy! A friend at choir brought in some `Christmas cards to sell, made by his partner and they are really beautiful. I thought you might like to see his words on the back too.

This is one of four lovely designs.

20% of each card sold will go to ShelterBox

Scarf, Gloves and A Poem

23 Nov

I’ve made myself a beautiful scarf and matching fingerless gloves for singing at outdoor gigs over the winter months.

Fingerless so I can still turn pages if I need to.

I can’t remember where I found this poem but saved it to share sometime so here is is now. I especially love the last three lines.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 23, 2025 in craft, knitting, poetry, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Gary Snyder, Stylecraft, Stylecraft Elf, the craft collective

Hyacinths, Woodpecker and A Word

22 Nov

I put the hyacinth bulbs in water in our Victorian bulb glasses today. They are very late and are now in a dark cupboard but I don’t know if they will work, certainly not in time for Christmas but maybe in time for my birthday.

A Great Spotted Woodpecker visited us today.

I love words as regular readers will know. This one, from the Middle Ages, is the past participle of forswinke which means “exhausted from physical exertion.” That’s been me for the last couple of weeks!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 22, 2025 in birds, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized, Words

Tags: Forgotten English Knowledge Cards, Great Spotted Woodpecker

A Lane, A Name and The Bench

21 Nov

After going to the garden centre to buy hyacinth bulbs, we came home the long way round, going down the very narrow lane, Sunny Corner, where my Mum and Dad used to live in Cusgarne.

We went past their house, still named for the many chimney pots they had collected and which Mum used as planters. We have some now as do two of our daughters.

The bench we put in place to remember both of my parents is just a little further on. It pleased me greatly to see rings on the armrests where people on their walks have rested with their flasks. I especially wanted wide arm-rests for that very purpose.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 21, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, family history, Postaday2025

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.

On This Day……

19 Nov

On this day in 1937, two young students’ eyes met across a crowded cafeteria at Manchester University as my Mum noted in her diary. She was doing a special qualification in the teaching of deaf children and Dad was, that year, President of the Student Union and her diary records their meeting almost every day for months. They married on September 2nd 1939 and their four children had 12 children between them who have gone on to have another four, That’s twenty humans on this planet as a result of that chance meeting – love at first sight! The diary is, of course, a family treasure.