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Dinosaur, Onions and Boots to Order

1 The post brought a small package this morning – a delightful present of a Growing Dinosaur from a friend for J our Grandson. He will love this which we will have great with on his next visit, maybe half-term or Christmas as he started school this term! Thank you very much L and B, so thoughtful and generous and much appreciated.

Present and card

2 We have harvested 18lbs of onions and I have plaited them all. They are now finishing off their drying-off in the window.

18lbs of onions

3 Three pairs of SallyBoots all finished for delivery tomorrow when we visit Grand-baby B and her parents.

Three pairs of SallyBoots

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 14, 2013 in Beauty, Food, garden, Grandchildren, growing, knitting, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: dinosaurs, harvest, onions, Sally-boots

New Growth, Suffragette Colours and Knitting

24 May

1. The trees have really greened up and make the loveliest living tunnel to drive through.

2. Grandbaby B is today wearing the purple, white and green that her Great Great Great Granny, the Suffragette, wore.

3. While here, I’ve just managed to finish off a new pair of boots for Grandbaby B as she has grown out of all her first size boots already.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 24, 2013 in Grandchildren, knitting, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: Purple White and Green, Sally-boots, Suffragettes

Lemon Cake, Baby Boots and Baby’s Head

23 Apr

1 I made a Lemon cake ……

Lemon Cake

2 and finished the new Sally-boots just in time…

Sally-boots for Grandbaby B

3 ….. to take up to see our new Grand-baby who is now in Exeter Neo Natal Unit, brought back from Bristol yesterday. We met our beautiful new Granddaughter and were able, at last, to give our beautiful daughter a hug.

Baby head

Poster in the Neo Natal Unit

Cross stitch in the Neo Natal Unit, Exeter

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 23, 2013 in baking, family, Grandchildren, knitting, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: baby head, Exeter Neo Natal Unit, Lemon cake, neo-natal care, Sally-boots

Greens on a Branch, Secret Garden and Cardigan

18 Feb

1 Beautiful moss, lichen and little ferns were growing on this tree at the Bodmin Herb Nursery where we went to get new herbs to refresh our herb wall. I love all the different shades of green against the vibrant blue of the sky.

Moss, lichen and ferns

Beautiful branch at the herb nursery

2 Over the wooden bridge is a secret garden, very overgrown and very enticing. I wonder if a troll lives underneath the bridge………

To the Secret Garden

3 I’ve finished the cardigan for the Grand-baby due in April, and used more of his/her Great Great Grandfather’s beautiful mother-of-pearl buttons.

Cardigan to match the boots

Second size Sally-boots for our Grandbaby due in April

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 18, 2013 in Children, craft, environment, knitting, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: Bodmin Herb Nursery, cardigan, knitting, photography, Postaday, postaday2013, Sally-boots, secret garden

Blue House, Blue Sky and Blue Boots

16 Feb

1 In Penryn today, this shiny blue drainpipe caught my eye, then the delightful folds in the shadow of the Belisha beacon so I crossed the street to get a better shot of the whole lovely house. The door and the pipe are almost the colour of the deep blue sky behind and the unexpected beauty of it all took my breath away.

Blue drainpipe and Belisha beacon shadow

Beautiful blue house in Penryn

2 The grey branches and the soft green leaves of the Eucalyptus tree looked so beautiful against the bluest of skies. How we have missed blue skies over these last few grey months!

Eucalyptus tree

Today’s sky

3 I’ve just finished some second size boots which should fit our nearly-due Grandchild in the Autumn as the weather is getting colder again. The matching cardigan is almost done.

Second size Sally-boots for our Grandbaby due in April

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 16, 2013 in Children, Cornwall, craft, environment, Grandchildren, knitting, nature, Penryn, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: beauty, Belisha beacon, blue, matching cardigan, photography, Postaday, postaday2013, Sally-boots

Thank-you Card, Wise Words and Pancake Day

12 Feb

1 The post today brought a thank-you card for the Sally-boots I knitted for the baby born on my birthday. He is so gorgeous!

Thank you card

2 I came across this cutting from a newspaper from the 50’s which I found in Mum’s desk when I cleared it for polishing. What wise and timeless words indeed, especially, for me, the last bit.

“Life with Father” Author unknown

3 It’s Pancake Day. First we had Savoury Pancakes stuffed with chicken in a white sauce and we followed that tasty course with Boozy Crepes Suzettes – utterly scrumptious!

Stuffed savoury pancakes

Crepes Suzettes

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 12, 2013 in Food, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized, Words

Tags: Crepes suzette, Life with Father, Pancake Day, Postaday, postaday2013, Sally-boots, savoury stuffed pancakes, Shrove Tuesday, thank-you card

Sea, Stoat and Sally-Boots

05 Feb

1 From our bedroom this morning, we could see that the sea on the North coast was very rough, white horses all along the horizon so we went down to Chapelporth to feel the wildness of the ocean and the wind, the roar of the waves crashing onto the rock and tried to take photos while being buffeted by the very fierce gusts.

Rough sea

Huge waves crashing at Chapelporth

From the cliff tops

2 On the way home I saw a beautiful creature running across a drive. I identified it when we arrived home and it was a stoat. No chance of a photo but I found this one on a BBC site.

Stoat – photo from the BBC

3 I posted some Sally-Boots to a young friend who had her baby girl four weeks early a few days ago. Happily, she’s doing well. As I was packing them up, I realised where the colour scheme had come from – the orchids that were part of Mr S’s birthday present.

Sally-Boots for Abigail

Sally-Boots and orchid

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 5, 2013 in animals, Chapel Porth, Cornwall, craft, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013

Tags: cornwall, environment, knitting, neo-natal ward, Postaday, postaday2013, Sally-boots, stoat, wild sea

Birthday Cakes, Blue and Sally-boots for a New baby

01 Jan

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS

1 Thank you so much to my dear friends who yesterday gave me such a lovely Birthday Party – to
J&M for inviting us all and for a fabulous dinner, to N for making the most delicious Chocolate Torte and to M for making a scrumptious Victoria sponge; that’s two birthday cakes! Thanks to G, too, for his clever sleuthing a week or two ago in finding out what my favourite birthday cake might be without raising any suspicions!

Victoria sponge made by Margaret

Chocolate Torte

Thank you to you all, D&T, P&J&J and J, as well as all the aforementioned beautiful people for making the evening such a special one for me. I’m just sorry that the lovely Mr S wasn’t well enough to be with us and that I had to leave early, being somewhat still under the weather myself. You are all very lovely friends!

2 Neither of us was up to a walk yet though the day has been so beautifully bright so Mr S drove us out to St Agnes Beacon where we had a three minute walk in the extremely strong wind and then were amused for some time by the antics of some model aeroplanes. If you look closely at the sea and sky photo you should spot three of them wheeling about. To see a full size picture, scroll down to the smaller version and click on that one. Both the sea and the sky were of the most intense and beautiful blue hues.

From the cliffs below St Agnes Beacon

Sea off St Agnes Beacon

3 This afternoon I have made some Sally-boots for the Roberts’ Grandbaby who was born yesterday. Welcome to the world, little one. We share a very special day for a birthday.

Sally-boots for A&T’s new baby boy

Sea off St Agnes Beacon

From the cliffs below St Agnes Beacon

I have to add another beautiful thing. I have just this moment opened an e-card from my dear Sister who lives in Hawaii. It is very beautiful and her words have moved me to tears – of happiness. She reads this blog every day and says it makes me feel not quite so far away. Thank you my lovely and much loved Sister.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 1, 2013 in Cornwall, craft, Grandchildren, knitting, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: aquamarine, birthday cake, blue horizon, blue sky, chocolate torte, HAPPY NEW YEAR, intensity of blue, model aeroplanes, Postaday, postaday2013, radio controlled aeroplanes, Sally-boots, St Agnes Beacon, Victoria sponge

Feather Marking, Wedding Cakes and Golden-boots

29 Jun

1 Mr S is fitting the trellis against the painted wall and found this beautiful feathery marking on the support pieces.

Wood for the trellis

2 Working on my Guest post for Choc Chip Uru, I was reminded of this time of year six years ago when I was having trial runs for making KJ’s chocolate wedding cake. I had enormous fun making several different recipes and taking them into school for the staff to test out for me. I also did a couple of different decorations so that the bride and groom could choose. The final version had beautiful real white roses on it.

Practice wedding cake

Practice wedding cake for KJ&L

3 Just for fun, I decided to make some tiny Golden-boots, based on the pattern I use for Sally-boots, with possible yarn bombing in mind. Then I thought, ‘Do I really want to lose these? Er, no!’ I’ll have to devise something less time consuming for the knitted graffiti!

Golden-boots with Sally-boots

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 29, 2012 in baking, craft, family, Food, knitting, Uncategorized

Tags: bride and groom, Postaday, Sally-boots, trellis, wedding cake

Young Magpie, Piano Practice and Sally-boots

27 Jun

1 We’ve been watching a family of magpies over the last few days. I know they are not very well-behaved but the iridescence of their feathers is very beautiful! This youngster is trying to find his place in the garden but the pigeon is having none of it!