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A Family, Monkeys, A Special Meal and A Recipe

On our walk today, we were overtaken by a young family that we know, all out on their bikes, the littles one being towed. They were off to do the whole Great Flat Lode. We walk just a small section. It isn’t flat, by the way. This section is quite a steep hill.

In between showers, we have managed to plant up the Monkey planter and it looks lovely against the newly painted wall, which is cream rather than white but looks white in the photo. A local artist, Jeremy Beswick, made this precious basket for me many years ago.

We are ‘going out’ for dinner again tonight, collecting a Confit Duck meal from The Royal Oak in Perranwell. Here is this week’s menu.

I have put the recipe for Strawberry Freezer Jam on my recipe pages today. It’s very easy and totally scrumptious.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 13, 2020 in art, Cornwall, environment, Food, nature, Photography, Postaday2020, sculpture

Tags: Flat Lode Trail, Jeremy Beswick artist, Three Wise Monkeys

Castle, Monkeys and John Clare

28 Jul

Walking home from town today, we suddenly caught an unusual view of Carn Brea Castle from just near our house.

Carn Brea Castle

Our Three Wise Monkeys are now in charge of a floriferous Begonia which was yellow when we bought it, changed to pink soon after and is now this lovely peachy colour.

Begonia

This morning on Radio 4, I heard this beautiful poem by John Clare being read but I missed the introduction so don’t know why it was chosen. The summer has not been ‘beaming forth’ today as temperatures have plunged from 30C to 15C and the skies have stayed grey though the last many weeks past, we have had the most glorious sunshine.

Sonnet by John Clare

I love to see the summer beaming forth
And white wool sack clouds sailing to the north
I love to see the wild flowers come again
And mare blobs stain with gold the meadow drain
And water lillies whiten on the floods
Where reed clumps rustle like a wind shook wood
Where from her hiding place the Moor Hen pushes
And seeks her flag nest floating in bull rushes
I like the willow leaning half way o’er
The clear deep lake to stand upon its shore
I love the hay grass when the flower head swings
To summer winds and insects happy wings
That sport about the meadow the bright day
And see bright beetles in the clear lake play

Looking it up, I discovered that ‘mare blobs’ are marigolds – what a delightful name!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 28, 2018 in Carn Brea, Cornwall, environment, flowers, Photography, poetry, Postaday2018, sculpture

Tags: carn brea castle, I love to see the summer, Jeremy Beswick artist, Sonnet by John Clare, Three Wise Monkeys

Autumn Dawn, Painting and Scrumping

05 Oct

Waking up too early, I was lucky enough to catch a lovely dawn sky.

I have painted the small wall near the kitchen over the last couple of days and today we have put back the Three Wise Monkeys which I planted up with little Spring flowers the other day. I tried to clean the copper monkeys to make them shine again. As you can see, neither the copper cleaner nor the lemon juice worked bit we rather like the effect that has been left.

My lovely neighbour and I did a little scrumping today! Now I can make an almost free Blackberry and Apple crumble, having gathered the blackberries the other day.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 5, 2016 in Beauty

Tags: photography, Three Wise Monkeys

Monkey Planter, Grandparents and Truro by Drone

19 Feb

The little Tete a Tetes are in flower in my beautiful Three Wise Monkeys planter made especially for me by local artist Jeremy Beswick.

Three Wise Monkeys planter by Jeremy Beswick

Everything is too quiet now that our lovely Live-wires have gone home. Happily, they will be back for Easter.

Being a Grandparent

I came across this photo of Truro (I showed you the Cathedral yesterday) which was taken by a drone. I love how the Cathedral seems to grow right out of the middle of the city. Sorry, I don’t know whom to credit for the photo.

Truro by drone January 2015

Buttons, Drills Bits and Wise Words

06 Nov

I love how these buttons look like a box of chocolates. They are looking for a new home so if you are local, do ask!

Leather buttons

The lovely Mr S is working on our stairs, eliminating some of the squeaks and creaks in our more than 100 years old house. These drill bits please me!.

Drill kit

Three wise monkeys here with some timeless advice………

Don’t see everyone’s flaws

I just received an anniversary message from WordPress. I have been blogging, in Kath’s memory, for four years today!

anniversary 4 years

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 6, 2015 in Beauty, photography, Postaday 2015, Words

Tags: diy, haberdashery, Three Wise Monkeys

Clover, Colour and Clouds

05 Jul

1 Walking through the park into town this morning, the honey scent of the clover was quite heady.

Clover in the park

2 I am delighted with how my Three Wise Monkeys planter is filling with Summer colour.

Three wise monkeys planted up with fuchsias

3 It’s been so warm today we were able to have our evening meal outside and to appreciate the beautiful evening clouds together.

Evening clouds

As I’m writing this I’m looking out of the window into the field at the back and there’s a young fox chasing magpies, rabbits and his own tail!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 5, 2013 in animals, flowers, nature, photography, Postaday2013, senses

Tags: clouds, clover, fox, Three Wise Monkeys

Clock, Three Wise Monkeys and Hungry Caterpillar

11 Apr

1 When I was doing the aforementioned Spring cleaning yesterday, I polished up this very old and lovely clock of my Granny’s. It just sits on the shelf in the kitchen stuck at 7.20. But, a beautiful thing happened yesterday. I tried winding it and reset the hands and it is working again! It’s been going for 24 hours and is still ticking!

Granny’s clock

2 The miniature daffodils in my Wise Monkey planter are blooming even though crows and sparrows alike are stealing the coconut liner material for their nests!

Tete a Tete in my Monkey Planter

3 I have finished the yards of blanket stitch around the Hungry Caterpillar pram blanket. I am very pleased with it.

Finished off

Made with love especially for you

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 11, 2013 in embroidery, embroidery, flowers, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: photography, postaday 2013, Three Wise Monkeys

Sockets, Local Allotments and Three Wise Monkeys

23 Mar

1 Spotted in a tool box – aren’t these just beautiful things to work with?!

Tool box and sockets

Multi-coloured sockets

2 I walked down to the local allotments this afternoon to find my neighbour enjoying a cup of tea with other alottmenteers. All the following photos were taken around the plots.

Neat paths at the allotments

Beautiful ruby chard

Frog spawn

Calendula at the allotments

3 Back at home, my Three Wise Monkeys planter (made for me by local artist, Jeremy Beswick) always makes me smile, never more so when the miniature daffodils are coming into bloom.

Tete a Tete in my Three Wise Monkeys planter

P.S. One of my blogger friends is applying for the Big Blog Exchange and I would love her to win! If you haven’t any one else you are voting for, would you please consider voting for Noeleen? Thank you!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 23, 2013 in community, environment, flowers, garden, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: allotments, calendula, Jeremy Beswick, Postaday, postaday2012, ruby chard, Tete a Tete, Three Wise Monkeys

Three Wise Monkeys, Othello and Bubbles

12 May

1 My Three Wise Monkeys sculpture, made in copper especially for me by the artist, Jeremy Beswick, some years ago, has today been put up on the wall by Mr S. I grew up with three carved wooden monkeys but they didn’t end up with me so I had some made! The Three Wise Monkeys “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”

‘Three Wise Monkeys’ by Jeremy Beswick, Artist

2 What a treat! Shakespeare’s Othello has been on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon and I’ve been planting up my monkey sculpture with the radio close by. Lenny Henry was brilliant as Othello in this Northern Broadsides production.

3 Beautiful bubbles have been blowing over the fence from next door’s 5 year old having fun. 🙂 Click on the photo to enlarge and see the bubbles clearly.