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Early Morning Garden, Sailing and Roses

1 I was up long before the rest of the house this morning and, inspired by one of HH’s poems, went out to photograph the garden at 6 am with the early morning sun giving everything a special glow.

Early sun on the back field

Feather in the dewy grass – do zoom in on this one. It’s gorgeous!

Clematis seed head

Chocolate Cosmos

Grasses in the field behind us

2 We’ve been on the water for six hours today, Day 2 of our RYA Level 2 Sailing Course, and learned so much our brains are spinning! The views were spectacular!

St Anthony Lighthouse

Pendennis Castle

St Mawes Castle

Cormorant warming her wings

3 At lunchtime we sat in the little park that surrounds the Killigrew Monument about which you can find some entertaining history here. The whole place is smothered in beautiful climbing roses and smells quite delicious. At the end of the day, Gyllyngvase Beach and the water were full of happy people.

Roses all along the path

Fun in the water at Gyllyngvase Beach

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 17, 2014 in Beauty, Cornwall, Falmouth, local history, nature, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: chocolate cosmos, Cormorant, Falmouth School of Sailing, Gyllyngvase Beach, Killigrew Monument, Pendennis Castle, St Anthony Lighthouse, St Mawes castle

Shag on a Boat, Strawberries and Colour Combination

27 Jun

1 Looking out from the Zed Shed where we were singing this morning, I noticed a Shag sunning himself on a dinghy in the estuary. He stayed there for over an hour!

Shag sunning himself

2 Our first tiny wild strawberries are suddenly ready and they are so, so sweet!

First strawberries

3 I love the colour combination, quite serendipitous really, of the very dark Chocolate Cosmos (which really does smell of chocolate) with the violet blue of the Johnson’s Blue Geranium and the white and green of the daisies.

Chocolate Cosmos with Johnson’s Blue Geranium

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 27, 2013 in Beauty, birds, environment, flowers, growing, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: chocolate cosmos, Johnson's Blue Geranium, Shag, wild strawberries

Golden Post Box, Garden Flowers and Evening Walk

09 Aug

1 I wanted to see Ben Ainslie’s golden post box in the wall at The Pandora Inn so we went down there for another beautiful lunch.

2 The Chocolate Cosmos has changed on Day 2 . It is now matt – still beautiful and with a delicate fragrance of chocolate. The garden is looking really beautiful at the moment.

3 On our drive to a cliff walk at Chapelporth, the Cornish hedgerows were blazing orange as the Crocosmia has come into flower. It is magnificent.

: Restronguet Creek in the sunshine

: The Pandora Inn

: The Golden Postbox – for Ben Ainslie

: Crocosmia

: Fabulous Cornish Scallops – again!

: White borage flower

: Agapanthus

: Chocolate Cosmos, Day 2, has lost its sheen

: From Chapelporth across to St Ives

: Cliff path towards Wheal Coates

We’re off to London tomorrow to babysit for the weekend! Posts may be brief and may have no photos!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 9, 2012 in Chapel Porth, Cornwall, environment, flowers, garden, nature, senses, Uncategorized

Tags: Ben Ainslie, chocolate cosmos, delicate fragrance, golden post box, nature, Olympic Gold, pandora inn, Postaday, postaday2012

Book Shop, Saffron Buns and Chocolate Cosmos

08 Aug

1 Shopping for maps for our trip planning today. The bookshop has a beautiful mural of the front cover of a children’s book ‘The Mousehole Cat’ (pronounced Mouzzle!) up the stairs.

‘The Mousehole Cat’ by Antonia Barber

2 On Lemon Quay in Truro on Wednesdays and Saturdays there is the farmers’ market. Today I first bought some delicious Cornish strawberries and then some tasty breads and two saffron buns from The Cornish Mill and Bakehouse.