Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Sculpted Intricacies... The Nigg Pictish Cross

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My last visit to the V&A museum found me back in the Cast Court , gazing in wonder yet again at these incredible 19th century plaster ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bonnard... Japonard

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My visit to the exhibition Bonnard et le Japon in the Villa Caumont , almost a year ago, left a strange and lasting impression on me. The...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Life and Loss...

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The beauty of Nature often seems to be a shield or support against the natural events of life, with the integral facets of the living proc...
Monday, April 28, 2025

A few Hedgerows, Walls and Walkways...

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I love peering into the old hedgerows on morning walks towards Mousehole, and looking across the bay to St Michael's Mount - weather p...

Light, Leaves, Twigs and Glass...

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I love spindly, wizened, dried twigs, branches, leaves and flowers - my very favourites being those presented under glass so that they are...

Beautiful Abutilon...

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During a typically rainy morning in Cornwall, the abutilon flowers in the garden seemed to bow their wet, drooping heads with an air of de...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Fitzroy's Barometer... in Mousehole and Beyond.

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As I was wandering around Mousehole, I noticed the barometer inset in the granite wall of the Ship Inn pub by the harbour. This was one of...
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