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Violets, Seville Oranges and Batique

1 The other day on the way home from Mylor, we saw Violets for sale at the roadside. I have my little bunch and they are very beautiful.

Growing Daffodils and cut Violets for sale.

Tiny bunch of Violets

2 I was thinking I had left it too late to get Seville oranges for this year’s batch of marmalade but we found some today. I’ll freeze them for a marmalade making session when I have time.

Seville oranges for marmalade

3 This fish is in the middle of a big wall hanging that we bought in Swaziland many years ago. I see it every day and just love it. It stirs a wish in me to return to Africa………………

Beautiful batique, small section

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 21, 2014 in Beauty, flowers, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, Uncategorized

Tags: African craft, batique, marmalade, seville oranges, Swaziland

Photo Journal of our London Days including A Wall of Poetry and The Book Maze

15 Aug

After a beautiful train journey (with no photos!) we had three delightful days in London with KJ and family. Lucy was there too for some of the time which was lovely.

First, Saturday, the long tube ride to Waterloo Station, then the walk to the South Bank along which we found a wall full of poems! I so loved them, found them very moving and have chosen just a few to share with you. Then there was the Building of the Ark, the Rainbow Park, and the Festival Hall and lunch from the amazing multi-cultural food market. Sunday afternoon in the park was yet another delight.

Click on any photo for an enlargement.

: Tabitha in the tube train

: Concentrating

: Free Mivvis for all at Waterloo Station

: Poetry Parnassus

: From Exile by Mvula Ya Nangolo of Namibia

: Nayibamba Bophezu Kwemkhono by Msandi Kababa of Swaziland

: This Morning at Joy by Emelihter Kihleng of New Zealand

: The Daffodils From a Native’s Perspective by Sia Figiel from American Samoa

: I missed who wrote this one and have been unable to find out. Anybody know?

: No Regrets by Bryan Thao Worra from Laos

: Desire by Abdurahman A. Waberi from Djibouti

: Building the Ark for Ark-Ive by Wildworks

: Playing together in the Rainbow Park

: Blue, yellow and red sand in the Rainbow Park

: London Plane Tree bark

: Two of our lovely daughters

: ‘What do you think is in here, Granny?’

: Baklava and more tasty goodies

: Please read this – it’s brilliant!

: Enjoying a ‘Joy Car’

: Explaining the Book Maze

: Book Maze at The Festival Hall

: Where now?

: False trail

: Overview of the Book Maze

: Sunday afternoon walk in the park

: Sunday afternoon tree climbing

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 15, 2012 in art, family, literature, poetry, sculpture, Wildworks, Words

Tags: AmazeMe, American Samoa, arts, Djibouti, Festival Hall, Kenya, Laos, Namibia, New Zealand, Poetry Parnassus, Postaday, postaday2012, rainbow park, sunday afternoon in the park, Swaziland, Wildworks

Words, Bathroom Art and Knitting

20 Mar

Today has been on of those days when finding the beautiful has been harder than usual. I’ve been laid up with Yellow Fever vaccination reaction, feeling completely worn out and achey, as we were warned could well happen a week after the event. So…..

1 “The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.” Hortense Calisher. I, too, am an avid collector of words.

2 Another piece of bathroom art that I love. We brought this beautiful sculpture home from Swaziland.