1 Inspired by the beautiful photos of strawberries here http://dhphotosite.wordpress.com/ I went out to see how mine, grown in another old chimney pot, are doing.
Strawberries growing in an old chimney pot
Our first strawberry, just needs some sun
2 Rain until teatime today so first some soft play at Snappy’s in Portreath, with my first experience ever of bouncing in a bouncy castle! (Quite disorientating!) That was followed by rocket building this afternoon, one making an ‘ear splitting sound’ according to Jake.
Jake and his rockets
3 Tabitha had her first taste of real Cornish icecream and was determined to get every last lick.
Cornish ice-cream is the best!
Apologies to those of my readers who have liked and commented in the last few days and to whom I have not yet replied. I had forgotten how very time consuming having little ones around can be. It’s all I can manage at the moment to keep my blog going – so here is a big Thank You to you all and I’ll get back to you soon!
Tags: bouncy castle, chimney pot, Cornish ice cream, food, old chimney, rocket building, strawberries, vacation, very time consuming
1 We spent the morning being entertained at the Falmouth Fish Festival, sampling some delicious Cornish produce and thoroughly enjoying Squashbox Theatre, stories, music and fish facts for children of all ages!
Jake sampling some fresh mackerel
Grumpie’s Pies where we bought some beautiful pies to bring home for lunch with salad
Cornish Oak Smoked Salt
Reflections of the masts in Falmouth Harbour
2 Our poppies get better and better. Just look at the creases on the petals of the open one, the veining on the nearly open one and the dew drops on the bud – so beautiful. Click on the photos to see that beautiful detail.
Poppy
- Two buds
3 It’s 19 years today since my beautiful Mum died. Her love and her wisdom are still what guide me. The Forget-me-nots in my garden for her and were in bloom in her gardens for as many years as I can remember.
For my Mum xx
Tags: Cornish produce, cornwall, Falmouth fish festival., falmouth harbour, fish festival, food, grandbabies, grandchildren, Grumpies Pies, Jake, Mum, nature, plants, vacation
1 My lovely neighbour told me about the Cornwall Asparagus Festival which was being held just down the road in the Penventon Park Hotel. It was a delight! I watched Arty Williams Chef at The Cove, Maenporth, a local award-winning restaurant, http://www.thecovemaenporth.co.uk/ demonstrating a beautiful dish of Asparagus, Goat Cheese with a Red Wine and Caper Dressing. It looked, smelled and tasted wonderful – a real treat for the taste buds!
Arty Williams at the Asparagus Festival
2 I arrived home to find Richard Burton on BBC Radio Four reading the opening of ‘Under Milk Wood’ by Dylan Thomas which hundreds of my former pupils will be able to tell you is my favourite piece of literature of all time! Another wonderful treat!
3 There were Duck eggs, from The Cornish Duck Company, on sale at the festival as well as asparagus from the largest growers in Cornwall, John and Jenny Keeler from Tregassow Farm so for supper tonight we’ve had Delia Smith’s Sauteed Asparagus with Duck Egg and Parmesan. Beautiful! The recipe is up on my Recipe page.
Sauteed Asparagus with Duck Egg and Parmesan
Tags: 'Under Milk Wood', Arty Williams, Asparagus and Goat's Cheese with a Red Wine and Caper Dressing, Asparagus Festival, award-winning restaurant, Duck Eggs, food, http://www.thecovemaenporth.co.uk/, John and Jenny Keeler -asparagus growers, sauteed asparagus, The Cove Maenporth
1 I saw these when I went for my (very successful!) piano lesson. Aren’t they beautiful? I must grow some.
Californian Poppies
2 We met this happy trio when we went to a garden centre in Wadebridge to buy some trellis panels. They were very happy for me to take their photo. The women said that Charlie wasn’t very talkative but would be happy enough to be in the photo.
Three folk on a bench
3 A beautiful almost Rainbow supper tonight, Red peppers, Orange carrots, (no Yellow but we had bananas in our breakfast pancakes) Green broccoli and Green beans, no Blue (but there were blueberries in the pancakes too), Indigo in the aubergines and Violet in the once red onions which went violet as they cooked! A rainbow a day keeps the doctor away!
Rainbow vegetables before stir frying
Tags: aubergine, Californian Poppies, carrots, food, humour, orange carrots, people, peppers, piano lesson, rainbow supper, vegetarian, Wadebridge
1 Singing today, with the sun on the Penryn river outside and Claire back from her seven weeks away was just lovely.
View from the Zed Shed
2 Our Choir Baby started trying to crawl last week and this week was doing press-ups!
Made it!
3 Just come in from having dinner with friends – delightful evening, delicious meal and the best ever cake, moist and beautiful – a Tunisian Orange and Almond Cake! The recipe is being sent to me soon…….. Watch this space!
Tags: Choir-baby, crawling, delicious meal, delightful evening, dinner with friends, food, orange and almond cake, Penryn River, people, press ups, Tunisian Orange Cake
1 Just one iris open – but so beautiful, like a butterfly.
Iris
2 Went to Tregajorran for singing this evening and where I parked was this glorious collection of bluebells and buttercups.
Bluebells and Buttercups
3 We had friends round for dinner last night and I made the most delicious pudding! Lemon Curd and Clementine Parfait, an adaptation of a Nigel Slater recipe. To find step-by-step photos and the recipe, visit my page http://mybeautfulthings.com/food-recipes-and-photos/lemon-curd-and-clementine-parfait/
Lemon Curd and Clementine Parfait
Tags: bluebells, buttercups, food, friends, fun, iris, lemon curd and clementine parfait, Nigel Slater, people, recipe, singing
1 An email from a dear friend saying that I have just made her day!
2 Four horses in the field behind us today.
Four horses
3 Beautiful simple supper of grilled peppers with garlicky tomatoes and grilled Halloumi on top and served with some crispy bread to soak up the juices. Scrumptious!
Halloumi Peppers
Tags: cooking, email, food, four horses, friend, garlic, garlicky tomatoes, grilled peppers, halloumi cheese, horses, peppers, simple supper, tomatoes, vegetarian
1 Had a beautiful drive down a little Cornish lane lined with drifts of bluebells.
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2 Made a simple supper with beautiful purple sprouting broccoli a la Spring Simplicity but I left out the garlic because of tomorrow’s wedding and added some very crisply fried bacon – delicious! Thank you, Promenade Plantings for the inspiration.
Purple sprouting broccoli
3 The moon tonight is full and looks huge! I’m told that’s because it’s closer to the Earth than usual. It is certainly very beautiful.
Tags: bluebells, Cornish lane, dinner, Earth, food, garlic, moon, purple sprouting broccoli, simple supper, wedding
1 The sun shone today! Walking into town this afternoon, we passed a couple of beautiful Spring gardens. The dogs in one house went bonkers as I stopped to take a photo of the White Broom in their front garden!
Beautiful Spring Garden
Click to enlarge to see the crazy dogs at the window - I didn't stay long!
2 Beautiful supper of grilled cajun salmon with new potatoes and Lemony Courgettes.
Lemony Courgettes
3 We had a delightful evening walk around the back of our house along a short section of the Great Flat Lode Trail. I’m posting all the pictures in the next post in a slideshow.
Tags: food, nature, outdoors
1 We bought this delightful mirror many years ago in Penzance and I love it still.
Pooh Bear Mirror
2 I have made a batch of beautiful yellow lemon curd today. It looks gorgeous, smells divine and tastes delicious! The recipe will be in my Food pages soon.
Lemon Curd
3 Today I have my 100th follower! Thank you all so much for welcoming me into the Blogging Community, for following, liking and commenting. Every like, comment and follow is truly appreciated and it gives me great delight that my beautiful things have been read in 61 different countries!
Tags: beautiful things, followers, food, friends, lemon curd, making jam, penzance, Pooh Bear, recipe, tastes, yellow lemon
