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, February 26, 2026

Gorse and Gold....

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As Winter was drawing to a close, I idly pondered over the question as to why so many early Spring flowers seem to be yellow in colour - and...

Fishwives and Folk from Newlyn Past...

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On display at the Penlee House Gallery and Museum are many of the works of the Newlyn School artists from the late 19th century, depicting...

The Magnificent Magnolia...

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Back in Cornwall, the grand magnolia tree that I have known for a large part of my life was out in bloom, its imposing saucer-sized flowers ...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Scenery in Silk... Cryséde.

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I always find it difficult to associate quaint, picturesque Cornish fishing villages today with the hardships of the past, when life was f...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Models, Mistresses and Muses...

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https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/304063412316555654/Wikimedia Commons With the inexorable passing of time, the history of the subjects, muses an...
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