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Bee, Fly, Knitting and ShelterBox

1 I fed a tired and possibly cold, bee some sugar syrup this morning and we were very relieved to see it fly away later on. Look carefully and you can see it drinking from the spoon.

Bee sipping sugar solution

2 A fly settled on the tarpaulin I was working on this morning. I have never seen one like it with its orange patches on the wings and orange tipped feet. I have tried to look it up and would be delighted if someone could identify it for me.

Unidentified fly

Our lovely neighbour’s niece is expecting her first baby any day now and the first size Sally-boots are ready.

Sally-boots

I have mentioned Nepal in my last two posts. I just heard that our Cornish based charity, ShelterBox, is on the ground already and assessing how they can help. They had a deployment of boxes in the area so will be able to provide help quickly. They are a wonderful charity. Look them up here . I am so deeply moved by this tragedy having fallen in love with the place and its people on our visit in 2013. Here is the Durbar Square as we saw it and a photo from ShelterBox.

Durbar Square 2013

Durbar Square after the quake

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 27, 2015 in Beauty, knitting, nature, Nepal, photography, Postaday 2015, ShelterBox

Tags: Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Sally-boots, ShelterBox

31st October – Leaving Kathmandu, Young Mother and Sunset Over Europe

02 Nov

1 Leaving Kathmandu for Delhi very early in the morning, as people are going to work and the sun is coming up through the trees.

Sun coming up in Kathmandu

People off to work very early

2 This beautiful young mother was waiting to fly with her tiny three week old son.

Another lovely person willing to talk to me and happy to have her photo taken

3 As we flew West for eight and a half hours we were flying into the sunset for such a long time. The colours were so intense and so beautiful.

Above the clouds

Sunset over Northern Europe, the colour being caught in our vapour trail

And a 4th today – being met by our beautiful daughter.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 2, 2012 in art, environment, family, India, Nepal, photography, postaday2012, senses, travel, Uncategorized

Tags: Delhi, Kathmandu, nepal, sunset

Mount Everest, Durbar Square and Swayambhunath Stupa (Weekly Photo Challenge, Foreign)

26 Oct

1. Up at 4.45 for a flight around the Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest, an experience that was truly awesome. We were very lucky to have the clearest of skies, the flight was a delight and the views of the mountains just so beautiful with the early morning sunlight on the peaks. The first photo was taken from the cockpit, the second from the side, rather grubby windows.

2. Kathmandu’s Durbar Square was humming. It is still festival time so there were families in abundance again, the shrines were all decorated with marigolds and there were people chanting, playing bells and singing. Because of the festival, there were few shops open but there were still stalls in the square selling all manner of trinkets and things too heavy to bring home! There are innumerable magnificent medieval temples, pagodas, shrines and pavilions – it’s quite remarkable.

3. We took the most exciting bicycle rickshaw ride to our next place, the huge Swayambhunath stupa. Our driver found the journey hard and from being third in line out of 15, we ended up being last as all the others overtook us and we lost sight of them for a street and a half!

The stupa is one of Nepal’s most sacred Buddhist shrines and beneath the all-seeing eyes and the streamers of prayer flags, there were many pilgrims spinning prayer wheels, murmuring mantras and strolling around the stupa in a clockwise direction.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 26, 2012 in architecture, art, India, photography, postaday2012, travel, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Mount Everest, Postaday, postaday2012, Swayambhunath Stupa, trip of a lifetime

From India to Nepal, Our Welcome and Room Service

25 Oct

1. The flight was only 40 mins from Varanasi to Kathmandu but we were at the airport very early and on arrival in Nepal were two hours in the queue for our visas so we arrived too late for any sightseeing today. The good thing about this was that we all talked to each other in the queue and had lots of laughs! Our first sight of Kathmandu and the mountains from the plane was beautiful indeed.

2. Our welcome in the hotel was lovely as it had been in India. There were bowls of flowers throughout the lobby.

3. After such a long day which was tiring despite doing nothing, we opted for room service which we have never done before. Our very simple meal was so beautifully presented on a trolley which became our dining table. Tomorrow we get up at 4.30 am to have our flight over Everest! I can’t quite believe we are really doing this trip!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 25, 2012 in India, Nepal, postaday2012, travel

Tags: Everest, holiday, Kathmandu, nepal, Postaday, postaday2012, room service, sightseeing, trip of a lifetime, Varanasi

Kathmandu, Pendennis Castle and Castle Beach

09 Feb

Looking across to Pendennis Castle

1 We saw Lucy off at the station this morning on the first leg of her journey to Kathmandu. It’s going to be fun following her progress.

2 After singing, I met Mr S near the Gylly Cafe in Falmouth. We had a bracing walk in the winter sunshine, up to Castle Drive and past……

3 ………Castle Beach which is where Mr S put my engagement ring on my finger 45 years ago almost to the day! We had just bought it in an antique shop in Truro and came over to Falmouth on the train.