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Murdoch Day, Halo and Mum’s Lemon Curd (and Goal No 3)

1 It has been Murdoch Day in Redruth, celebrating the inventions of this Redruth man.It was lovely to see our small town so busy and vibrant.

: The Murdoch Flyer

: Replica Flyer being fired up

: William Murdoch

: Plantain with halo

: Lemon Curd

2 Walking home I saw the halo around this plantain – so beautiful!

Plantain with halo

3 I spent the afternoon making more of Mum’s lemon Curd. I’ll put the recipe up soon.

Lemon Curd in little jars

and I just have to add another beautiful thng I was too late for yesterday…..

….Danny Welbeck’s goal! I watch the football with Mr S, often reading or knitting at the same time. I do enjoy a good game and just loved the amazingly deft footwork and the beautiful back heel that resulted in England’s 3rd goal last night!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 16, 2012 in baking, community, Cornwall, flowers, Food, nature

Tags: cornwall, Danny Welbeck, deft footwork, England, football, football match, goal, halo, lemon curd, Murdoch Day, plantain, Postaday, recipe, Redruth, Sweden

Fur Elise, Fairies and Fish’n’chips

09 Mar

1 I’ve practised on the piano so hard today – Fur Elise is beginning to sound right!

2 I’ve been collecting Fairies made by the talented Samantha Bryan for many years. This one, I commissioned for my retiring from teaching after many very enjoyable years. Fairies don’t instinctively know how to fly,you know. They need to learn and to be taught! I’ll show you more of my Fairy collection in the weeks to come.

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3 We had fish’n’chips tonight from Mac’s in Redruth – fantastic and a rare treat that was much appreciated by all.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 9, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tags: arts, Fairies, Fairy, fish and chips, Fur Elise, Mac's, piano, Redruth, Samantha Bryan, sculpture, teaching

Snowdrops, Shells, Swans and Wigeons

12 Feb

1 Cold and grey here in Redruth so we headed West towards a bit of blue sky and had a brilliant sunny stomp through the dunes and along Porth Kidney. Beautiful snowdrops in the hedgerow where we parked.

2 Collected several little treasures for my ‘washed-up’ collection.

3 In the estuary at Hayle we saw lots of swans and saw Wigeon for the first time.The males are very pretty – grey with a pink breast, orange head and a yellow forehead; the females, rusty brown.

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Radio 4, Redruth and the Present of a Pheasant

03 Feb

1 I just love Radio 4! Today, we’ve had the delightful David Attenborough on Desert Island Discs, the inimitable Samuel Pepys and his very entertaining Diary and this afternoon, John Steinbeck’s ‘The Pearl’ beautifully dramatised. Tomorrow we are promised Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Private Peaceful’. Brilliant!

2 We shopped in a very busy Redruth this afternoon, beautiful sunshine, a lovely busker and everything we needed. I am so glad we moved back to Cornwall and especially to Redruth! I just love David Kemp’s Tinners’ Hounds!

Tinners' Hounds by David Kemp

3 Lucy came home from her trek-training on Dartmoor on Monday with a ready jointed pheasant for us, sent by Brenda with whom she stayed over. I’ve cooked it in cider as Brenda suggested and used Delia Smith’s recipe serving it, as she suggests, with caramelised apples.Lucy took homemade marmalade and Cornish Daffodils.