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....

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...

The Marvellous Maison Marrou...

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Traipsing through the train station at Rouen after a day’s work meeting, I quickly went outside, hoping – naively and of course fruitlessl...

Blooming Blossom...

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The season of blossom is here with branches of trees and bushes weighed down with vast accumulations of papery petals that will soon flutt...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Swans...

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This incredible painting is in the William Morris Gallery at Walthamstow. Painted by Frank Brangwyn in 1921, the work appears very modern...
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