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Exhibition, Bee and Butterfly

25 Jul

The Cornish Studies Library in Redruth now has our Perthi Kov Exhibition of the people we researched for  ‘Until the Day Break’, all  put together by Lesley Trotter and me and designed by Anna Oliver. It looks good in this venue! If you are local, go in and have a look. If you are from somewhere else in the world, please click on the photo to be able to read about our fascinating characters.

Notice
The Harvey children and Captain Charles Frederick Bishop
Eight of our characters

Bees and butterflies are enjoying our Agapanthus flowers as are we.

Honey bee on Agapanthus

Large White butterfly on Agapanthus

Agapanthus with Crocosmia

 
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Posted by on July 25, 2017 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Perthi Kov, Photography, postaday2017

 

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John Harris, Tregellas Tapestries, and Seed Heads

04 Apr

1   We were in the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth today to see the exhibition about John Harris, Cornish Miner and Poet. It was fascinating to read about his life and his works.

John Harris

John Harris

 

2   When in the library, I always love looking at The Tregellas tapestries. I wrote about some of the others (there are 58 beautiful pieces in total) here. Here are three more. Click on any photo for more detail.

Tregellas tapestry – the Tin Route
Cornish Saints
Prehistoric times

 

3   Walking back up from town, (which I did with ease today, three months on from my Total Hip Replacement – my diary can be found here), I noticed a couple of beautiful seed heads.

Dandelion seed head
Clematis seed head
 
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Posted by on April 4, 2015 in art, Beauty, Cornwall, embroidery, nature, photography, Postaday 2015, Redruth, Tin mining history

 

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