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Truro Cathedral,Hospital Visit and Skype

1 Singing with the Three Choirs in Truro Cathedral was such a lovely experience! The acoustics were amazing and the audience really responsive.

We sang in Truro Cathedral

2 Visiting my friend in hospital was good because she was feeling so much better and expects to be allowed home on Monday. (Update -S did go home only to be re-admitted that night and has been in for 6 weeks)

3 Skype with the GrandBabies was lovely as always though Jake was far too busy to stop and talk to us! It’s just fun to be able to see him playing in the background while we talk to KJ. Tabitha clapped with delight when she realised we were there on the screen!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tags: acoustics, Claire Ingleheart, grandbabies, Inglehearts, KJ, Skype, Suitcases, Tabitha., Truro, Truro Cathedral

Trelissick, Raymond Blanc and Skype 28th Jan 2012

29 Jan

1 We went to Trelissick this afternoon, compensation for missing a Penzance outing this morning as we were helping Lucy get ready for her trek training on Dartmoor.

: King Harry Ferry

: Beautiful lichen

: Bark in Trelissick

2 I love this quotation – “I like a chef who smiles out loud when he tastes his own food” and was reminded of it when I heard Raymond Blanc talking on Radio 4 this evening. What a lovely man he is!

3 Skype with KJ and the Grandbabies – always a delight.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 29, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tags: Dartmoor, grandbabies, KJ, Lucy, Raymond Blanc, Skype, trek, Trelissick

Grandbaby Cuddles, Winter Sun and Banana Cake

14 Jan

1 Having two Grandbabies cuddle up in bed in the morning.

2 Walking in the winter sunshine with a sleeping Grandbaby in the pushchair.

3 Baking a banana cake with Jake, 3 years old. He loves baking and is an expert at cracking eggs and at ‘testing’ the mixture at all stages. He’s been well taught by KJ!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tags: baking, banana cake, grandbabies, KJ, winter sun

Happy Christmas, Porthtowan and Senegal Calling

25 Dec

1 It wasn’t an early morning! Jake slept until 8am and then rustled and chatted while his Mum and Dad listened at the door! Jake was pleased the oats had gone.

2 After present giving , we went for a very windswept and welcome walk on Porthtowan Beach and had a late lunch. Lots of help from Lucy and her friend Mobin (who is spending today and tomorrow with us) was very welcome indeed. We used some of Mum and Dad’s Wedding present china for the bread sauce and the gravy, as we do every year, so that they are with us for Christmas dinner.

3 Daniel called from Senegal and we all spoke to him and to Ami, which was lovely. We’ll all have to brush up our French before the wedding!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 25, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tags: Ami, beach, Dad, Daniel, grandchildren, KJ, Leo, Lucy, Mum, Senegal

Stuffings, Carols and Mr and Mrs Rice

24 Dec

1 I spent another happy morning cooking! I’ve made three stuffings, one with lemon and cranberry along with the sausage meat base for chicken no 1, the next with leeks, chives and garlic for chicken no 2 and a fat free one for Mr S whose gall bladder op is on 29th December so he has to eat very low fat until then – hard for him at Christmas.

2 I listened as always, to the 9 lessons and carols, as I always did with my Mum and Dad. Cheers to them and other absent friends this Christmas.

3 Mr Rice is a star. He takes over the cooking on Christmas Eve – smoked salmon and cream cheese for lunch and a wonderful baked ham for dinner leaving me free and ready for the morrow! The lovely KJ has sorted all the veg and any minute now we are in for a feast!

4 Our lovely neighbours called in at 4.30 for what is becoming a tradition. Happy times. And a Happy Christmas to all my readers – doubt I’ll be writing tomorrow!

5 I just have to add – the joy of seeing a 3 year old putting out the mince pie for Father Christmas and oats for his reindeer. An early morning awaits us I think!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tags: cooking, Dad, KJ, Mum, neighbours

Grandbabies, Baking and Baby News

22 Dec

1 Tabitha, 9 months has been waving at us all today and then looks at her waving hand as if to say, “What’s going on here?”

2 We’re doing a 24hour babysit so that KJ and Mr Rice can go away for the night to a spa hotel and it’s been great fun, if exhausting. Jake loves to bake so we made his Mummy’s Birthday cake (a stollen and a secret, hard for a 3 year old!) We also made and decorated Christmas tree buns.

Jake's Christmas tree buns

3 They are now asleep and I’ve come up to find a video of Jo and Tom’s 7 hour old baby daughter waiting for me. What joy indeed.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 22, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tags: baking, joy, KJ

Piano Lesson, Baking and Friends

16 Dec

1 My piano lesson went well! Despite being away and not practising as much as usual I am beginning to find that I’m remembering pieces and finding them fun to play. I’ve started on my next Grade 1 piece today.

2 Lucy has baked a Banana Loaf using Katheryn’s recipe on her blog http://shelikesherfood.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/four-seed-banana-bread/ Lucy used half coconut oil and half vegetable oil and it is divine!

Four seed banana bread

3 Lovely evening with friends whom we’ve not seen for far too long.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 16, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tags: baking, friends, KJ, Lucy

Singing, Spiced carrot cakes and Skype

17 Nov

1 Fabulous singing session with Claire this morning – so uplifting. It cured a headache and a touch of the blues. Just the best therapy ever.

2 The Spiced apple cakes went down well this morning; some people said, ‘Thank you,’ which was lovely.

3 Skype with the Grandchildren is such a lot of fun, just to watch Jake playing and Tabitha reacting is a delight and we get to chat with KJ.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tags: apple cakes, grandchildren, KJ, Skype, spiced apple, touch of the blues

Getting started / November 1st

06 Nov

Sometime ago, my lovely friend Sue from choir, shared a link to a blog called Three Beautiful Things. I loved it, and the idea, and resolved to record three things every day that have given me pleasure. I decided to start on November 1st but it’s taken me until now to get up and running – but I have been keeping notes so here goes:

Tuesday 1st Nov

1 Delighted that our phone and broadband have been mended today. It has been surprisingly hard to do without.

2 We had a walk up to Wheal Coates, in cold bright sunshine. The sea was turquoise, waves were crashing beneath us and the raw energy in the air put springs in our steps.

3 We Skyped with our Grandchildren in London. For the first time, Tabitha, 7 months old, recognised us and beamed and clapped her hands with delight. She kept looking from one to the other and grinning. That gave us both enormous pleasure as it does to have delightful conversations with Jake. KJ gets the odd word in!