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Last Goodbyes, Loud Music and Family Tree

The last family have left today and so we are filling the unwelcome silence with music that our kids organised for our Golden Wedding. They sent an email to people they could find on our Mac and received back lots of wonderful messages from family and friends from our 50 years together including a song from each to make two cds and a third in the making as we contact some who were missed for some reason. The lovely messages have all been printed in a booklet.

CD cover

Cover of the booklet

Our beautiful ‘children’ made us wonderful gifts – the cds, a family portrait up-dated to include the new Grandbabies also used as the cd picture disc, a hand printed Family tree and there was a poem from GrandsonJ. We are overwhelmed by the love in these presents.

Family Tree

Poem written for us by J, LiveWire 2

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 29, 2017 in Beauty, family, friendship, Grandchildren, Happiness, Photography, poetry, postaday2017

Tags: family, love

A Very Special Wedding

23 Jul

Here is a gallery of photos from last Monday when Mydd and Josh celebrated their marriage at Godrevy Beach, Cornwall. Click on any photo for detail. It was a day so full of love that it was tangible. The air was alive with love and laughter, smiles and serenity. May their life together be long and happy and full of beauty.

A young guest

Flowers and Godrevy Beach

Flowers for everyone

Creating small bunches

In the afternoon

Six Spot Burnet Moth found on the rocks

All coming down to the beach for the Ceremony

Guests

Pete

Sue

Marquee full of food and drink

We’re on our way down!

Coming down carefully

Coming down onto the beach

Waiting for the Ceremony to begin

Now we have our garlands, we can begin

Love

Happy!

First kiss

Mercedes reading her ceremony poem

A small guest

Ceremony over

First swim

Beautiful Becca

Many guests in the water too

Coming out of the water

Rose petal confetti on the beach

Good friends

Coming back from their first swim

Special pot shards for the guests

Against the sunset

Sunset ending the best day ever!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 23, 2017 in Beauty, Celebration, Cornwall, friendship, Godrevy, Happiness, nature, Photography, postaday2017, Wedding, Wildworks

Tags: love, romance

Mothers’ Day, Treats and Love

26 Mar

Our lovely kids were all in touch today with cards, calls, chocolates and photographs and an extra rather special gift: Refuge_parcels_-_mother_s_parcel. Do click on the link to see the important work being done for women less fortunate than those in my family.

It has been another beautiful day so we popped down to Chapel Porth before the crowds! Join our walk at low tide on an almost empty beach.

Wheal Coates and the beach at Chapel Porth

Dog with ball

Shell

Drill

Cards

Ginger chocolate

I send my love to all my lovely readers, be you Mothers or not. I hope you have all had a good day.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 26, 2017 in Beauty, Celebration, Chapel Porth, Cornwall, family, Happiness, Kindness, Mothers Day, Photography, postaday2017, Sea

Tags: beach, http://www.refuge.org.uk/, love, Wheal Coates

World Sleep Day, Sea Otters and A Poem

17 Mar

My lovely Sister-in-law sent me a message from America that today is World Sleep Day. Along with the information, she sent me a photo of a glorious couple of Sea Otters sleeping together. Not my photo of course!

The following poem was published in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago and suits today’s theme. I have some special people in my life for whom this poem is particularly apt and I include myself on occasion here too.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 17, 2017 in Beauty, nature

Tags: Grace Nicholls, love, One Night Comes Like a Blessing, World Sleep Day

Love, Bosses and A Warmup

15 Dec

The world is in such great need of love – we can each do our bit and be willing to practise.

This evening my choirs have sung in a very beautiful building, The Alverton Hotel in Truro which was a convent in a previous life. I loved the bosses on the ceiling.

We did our warmup in The Great Hall, another beautiful room.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 15, 2016 in architecture, Beauty

Tags: love, The Ingleheart Singers, The Suitcase Singers

Family Fun and Angels in Paris

13 Nov

A few hours of fun with our Live Wires and we were off to catch the Eurostar to Paris!

J is here showing his little cousin how to slide down the banisters!

We have come to Paris on an Angel hunt. We were introduced to this idea by two people we met earlier this year who had just returned from the city having scoured the streets and buildings looking for Angels and had loved their discovery of streets and lanes where the traveller rarely goes. To help us in our quest we have Rosemary Flannery’s little book, ‘Angels of Paris’.

Can you just imagine our delight when we emerged from the Metro, having walked maybe 50 yards when we came across our first Angel serendipitously on our way to our hotel . Our first so typical view as we came out of the Metro……

….was followed closely by The Lighthouse Angel, a huge and beautiful creature, smiling graciously over the street below. To quote from Rosemary Flannery’s charming book, “Its tassel earrings, beaded necklace, ribbon sash and embroidered bag make him a beacon for the passemonterie, or trimmings trade, for which the neighbourhood was known.” Watch this space for more Angels of Paris over the next few days.

We are also here to mark our 50th Anniversary of first falling in love in October 1966.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 13, 2016 in architecture, art, Beauty, environment, Grandchildren, Happiness

Tags: Angels of Paris, love, photography, postaday2016, Rosemary Flannery, The Lighthouse Angel

Friendship,Wupatki and Sunset at Sedona

12 Sep

We arrived in Flagstaff in time for a delicious lunch and a tour of their enchanting ‘yard’ and didn’t stop talking and catching up until after 6pm when we left our friends whom we hadn’t seen for 35 years! J gave us a wonderful afternoon tour of the Wupatki Ruins sharing his love and knowledge of the history and archaeology of the area.

As we drove to Sedona the sun was setting on the red rocks and yet again I was moved to tears by the beauty, already emotional as I was leaving our friends and not knowing when we might meet again. We had no idea when we planned this trip that P lived near enough for us to visit – beautiful serendipity!