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Housel Bay Holiday

We are having three nights away on a 3 for 2 deal for the lovely Mr S’s birthday. We are only 40 minutes from home in a hotel overlooking the sea and with the coastal path moments away. Today we did a circular walk of a couple of hours on the path around The Lizard. Our room is lovely, we have watched boats go by, seen the sunset and the lighthouse light become brighter and now it’s time for dinner!

I think this house along the path may well feel the spray!

The view from our room!The Lizard Lighthouse from our room. Let’s hope for another glorious day tomorrow.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 15, 2017 in Beauty, Cornwall, Happiness

Tags: Housel Bay Hotel, most southerly point of Britain, photography, postaday2017, The Lizard

Stories, Plait and Puddles

31 Jan

We have a very precious twenty four hours with Not-quite-Littlest-LiveWire and we have had a lovely day, reading stories, playing hide and seek, rooting through the old toys and stomping through puddles.

Choosing the next story from the children’s story book shelf that used to belong to our four.

Getting ready for our walk, B happened upon a nearly finished hat and decided to wear it anyway. It fitted beautifully around her plait.

There were splashable puddles all along the path and I just managed to catch a reflection of B and her Grandfather’s legs!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 31, 2017 in Beauty, Grandchildren

Tags: childhood, joy, photography, postaday2017

Roasted Cauliflower, Vegan Meringues and New Buses

23 Jan

This was a wonderful new way to cook cauliflower, covered with a Romescu sauce and roasted, sitting on a bed of red onions and sun dried tomatoes. Delicious!

I made Avocado humus for lunch yesterday and usually throw the liquid from the chickpeas out but I had heard of making meringues with it so I looked it up and, hey presto, mini red fruit pavlovas for desert! Not an egg in sight but, as we are not vegan, we did put creme fraiche on top!

We have new buses in Cornwall and I really like following them as they all have different slogans painted on the back. This one was at the bus stop on the steep hill near the station, hence the angle.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 23, 2017 in Beauty, Food, Humour

Tags: photography, postaday2017

Dawn, Pin and Card

13 Jan

Winter dawns are often very lovely.

A most unexpected parcel was waiting for us on our return with a couple of delightful presents from our long-lost and recently found very special friend. I love this heart pin with its message on the back of love and peace – and the same to you P.

Today I received a belated birthday card from some more special friends. I love the sentiment expressed here which is just what N and G do! Thank you!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 13, 2017 in art, Beauty, environment, friendship

Tags: nature, photography, postaday2017

Home, Stonehenge and Sunbeams

11 Jan

We are home after almost three weeks away and it is so good! After delivering the children to school this morning, we set off on the route that would take us past Stonehenge and then enjoyed sunbeams as we drove West.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 11, 2017 in art, Beauty, environment, History

Tags: photography, postaday2017

Parking, Detritus and Himalayan Cat

09 Jan

We did the school run this morning though it was more of a scoot. I loved the scooter parking spot.

While the LiveWires were at school we cleared up the Christmas confetti and glitter all of which had been left up for our special family weekend. I liked the pretty collection in the dustpan!

One of the family cats likes to rest halfway up the stories and has to be carefully stepped over. Boris is very beautiful indeed and is a Himalayan. Here he waits with Piglet for the return of the children.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 9, 2017 in art, Grandchildren

Tags: cats, mosaic, photography, Postaday

Sharing, Scooting and Climbing

08 Jan

A quiet morning watching Brave and sharing a bowl of popcorn followed by a busy afternoon scooting and walking to the park where tree climbing was the best fun.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 8, 2017 in Beauty, environment, family, Grandchildren, Happiness

Tags: photography, postaday2017

Making, Roses and A Poem

04 Jan

Oldest LiveWire and I have spent much of the day making one of her Christmas presents, a wooden jewellery box that needed construction and painting. It is a present from her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin in Norfolk. N is remarkably careful and attentive to detail and all the construction is done. Tomorrow she will paint and decorate it when all the glue is thoroughly dry.

It is lovely to see yellow roses blooming.

New Year Resolve by May Sarton

The time has come

To stop allowing the clutter

To clutter my mind

Like dirty snow,

Shove it off and find

Clear time, clear water.
Time for a change,

Let silence in like a cat

Who has sat at my door

Neither wild nor strange

Hoping for food from my store

And shivering on the mat.
Let silence in.

She will rarely mew,

She will sleep on my bed

And all I have ever been

Either false or true

Will live again in my head.
For it is now or not

As old age silts the stream,

To shove away the clutter,

To untie every knot,

To take the time to dream,

To come back to still water.

I really do need to clear the clutter!

Balcony, Oranges and Knitting

03 Jan

The sun shone on the Geraniums on this colourful balcony in Canovelles.

We love to see oranges growing in gardens here in Spain. We don’t see this at home in Cornwall.

Oldest LiveWire has completed the first square for her blanket for her baby brother and sister whose arrival we are still awaiting!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 3, 2017 in Beauty, family, Grandchildren, knitting

Tags: Canovelles, Geraniums, photography, postaday2017, Spain

Winter Pansies, Jessour Agustson and Millionaires’ Shortbread

02 Jan

In Canovelles today we saw that the town’s gardeners had been out planting Winter Pansies to brighten up the area.

We found the fourth sculpture by Jessour Agustson today, a young man sitting on a bench with his laptop. We love the natural poses of these sculptures and feel sure there must be times when people speak to them!

Oldest LiveWire is going to write the next item as my Guest Blogger again.

This afternoon Granny and I made Millionaires’ Shortbread for my mummy as a treat. My mummy thought that it was so good, she called Billionaires’ Shortbread!