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On This Day, Worm Moon and Kindergarteners

Four years ago on this day we had snow – yes, snow in Cornwall, enough to build a Suffragette Snow Woman to keep Welly Dog company for a few hours. Today the garden is full of Spring flowers and Welly Dog has moved to the slate patio.

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2022

It was a full moon last night but we missed it. Kris Meadon didn’t and took this amazing photo which he is very kindly letting me share with you all.

Worm moon rising above St Michael’s Mount. Photo by Kris Meaden

My dear Sister-in-law sent me a link to the most delightful site where those in need of a lift can ring up kindergarten children to get advice! The hotline, called PepToc, was created by students at West Side School in Sonoma County, and was the idea of art teacher Jessica Martin. Read all about it and if you are in USA, perhaps try it and let me know how it goes.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 19, 2022 in Children, Cornwall, garden, nature, photography, Postaday2022, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

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Full Moon, St Michael’s Mount and Fledglings

23 Aug

Last night was a full moon, a very special one. The full moon in August has many names as told to me by my SIL -Green Corn Moon, Drying Up Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Black Cherries Moon, Fruit Moon, and Flying Up Moon (the month when baby birds fledge.)
It is special because the full moon on August 22 is a seasonal blue moon. Unlike the well-known calendrical blue moon, the second full moon to occur in a calendar month, the seasonal blue moon occurs when a season has four full moons in it instead of the usual three. In that case it’s the 3rd full moon (not the 4th as you might expect) which is the seasonal blue moon. After this month’s, the next seasonal blue moon will be August 30, 2023.
A local photographer with a very special talent has given me permission to share his photos of the night before and of the full moon last night, both taken from Long Rock overlooking St Michael’s Mount. Thank you, Kris Meaden, for allowing me to show my readers these remarkably beautiful photos.

My favourite, and that of my dear SIL, of all the many names for this month’s full moon is Flying Up Moon especially as our feeders have been full of young fledglings.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 23, 2021 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2021

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Sunrise, Ladybird and A Bee

16 Mar

It has been a glorious day and a local photographer caught the sunrise over St Michael’s Mount. With his permission, I share it with you here.Thank you, Kris.

We have spent most of the day outside in the sunshine which was actually warm on our faces – gardening, reading and soaking up the rays. A Ladybird joined us.

Our Pak Choi is still going strong and we are using the leaves. Does anyone know if we can eat the buds and flowers as one does with Purple sprouting broccoli ? The bees have been busy all over the garden today.