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Grandbabies, Reading and Crossing The Tamar

1 We played with T in the morning and collected J from school, a rare treat – for all of us, before catching the train home.

Scooting home from school

2 This book is a wonderful read with Harold, on his Unlikely Pilgrimage, noticing all the beautiful things around him. If you haven’t yet read it, do! It is tender and touching, funny and sad and is full of life’s lessons………

Reading this took me two train journeys

3 The journey home was, as always, lovely especially riding into the sunset, here reflecting in the Tamar as we cross into Cornwall.

Sunset over the Tamar

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 4, 2013 in books, Children, Cornwall, environment, Grandchildren, I've read, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: beauty, photography, Postaday, postaday2013, Rachel Joyce, reflections, River Tamar, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Olive Oil, Angel and School Concert

10 Dec

1 The Spanish olive oil in its beautiful bottle reflected in the granite work top caught my eye this morning. What a rich and gorgeous colour it is.

Olive oil and a reflection

2 Another Angel from the shop displays in our small town. They were all made by local school children working with local artists in their schools. I love this one, made by Ken.

Ken’s Angel in a shop window

3 Our Choir has sung at the school Concert tonight. It was an absolute delight to see the little ones, only 12 of them, performing their songs and being so pleased with our applause.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 10, 2012 in art, Children, Cornwall, environment, gigs, music, photography, postaday2012, sculpture, singing

Tags: angel, Carol Concert, colour, local artist, olive oil, Postaday, postaday2012, reflections, school concert

Birthday, Pink Pompoms, Accordion and Reflections (Weekly Photo Challenge)

06 Dec

1 We had the most delightful phone call with J who is 4 today. He sounded so grown-up and listened all the way through Happy Birthday and then told us all about his cake and his Birthday Breakfast of croissants, a family tradition we’ve done for many, many years and which we are delighted is being carried on.

2 This delightful little plant was brought by our friends last night. I have yet to discover what it is but love its little pink pompom flowers.

Pompom flowers

3 Our choir baby loves it when Claire plays the accordion. We are learning Leonard Cohen’s ‘Dance Me To The End of Love’ and it’s fabulous! The harmonies are just lovely and the accordion accompaniment, perfect.

Choir-baby T admiring the playing of the accordion

4 It was a very cold, still morning and the reflections on the Penryn River quite beautiful. I love how the mist is just hovering above the water.

Silver reflections on The Penryn River

Colourful houseboats on the Penryn River

Colourful houseboats and their reflections in the Penryn River

Thank you to all the lovely bloggers who have given me awards. I will get going with them as soon as I can!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 6, 2012 in Choir-baby, family, flowers, Grandchildren, music, nature, Penryn, photography, postaday2012, singing, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: 'Dance Me to the End of Love', Birthday Breakfast, Leonard Cohen, Postaday, postaday2012, reflections, Weekly Photo Challenge)

1904 Etched Window, Nest, Two Humanist Weddings and a Bit More Babel

15 May

1 Something quite magical happened today that has not happened in the four years we’ve been here. There was a reflection from the windscreen of the car on the drive through the etched window of the inner front door and up onto the stair carpet at the top of the stairs – beautiful!

Etched window from 1904

Reflections

2 We went to Hardy Exotics this afternoon, in Whitecross, on the A30, to find a tree to survive the wind in our garden. We didn’t get a tree today but were shown this scruffy and very beautiful nest with the mother bird sitting in one of the staff-only greenhouses! What a sensible bird! It’s warm, dry, only Di goes in there to pot up new plants and she can listen to Radio 4!

Mother on nest

3 Had two meetings today with couples wanting non-religious Wedding Ceremonies, one to be on Little Fistral Beach (Carnmarth Hotel if the weather is bad), in Newquay in September and the other at Trevenna Barns, Bodmin in May next year. Both lovely couples with whom it was fun to start the planning.

4 An added extra for today – There’s a fabulous review of Babel here – this reviewer totally gets it, at last! http://teatimeinwonderland.co.uk/lang/en/2012/05/12/babel/