https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2010/09/
Beach-Combing Magpie: September 2010
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...
beach combingmagpieseptember
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2022/05/butterfly-ball.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Butterfly Ball...
End of the month, and this project has certainly not taken flight yet! Having being grounded for the last few months, I now hope that thes...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2020/02/
Beach-Combing Magpie: February 2020
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...
beach combingmagpiefebruary
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-tale-of-little-dog.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Tale of a Little Dog...
My computer is about to give up the ghost, so before it does, here's a painting of a little dog that became a star in her own right l...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2018/02/city-snow.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: City Snow...
Little did I know that the blue skies at the beginning of February would give no indication to how the weather would change over the week...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/10/autumn-leaves-les-feuilles-mortes.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Autumn Leaves - Les Feuilles Mortes...
The autumn leaves are littering the ground here, their beautiful colours offset by the berries in the hedges. The wind has picked up toni...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2015/02/amazing-mazes-of-labyrinth-master.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Amazing Mazes of the Labyrinth Master...
Well, I wrote a post a few years ago, about labyrinths and mentioned my son's art, wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how he c...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2015/04/ecoute-la-fin-davril.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Ecoute - The end of April...
Poor April - the month I always neglect, without fail. And I never fail to regret this neglect as April is when the most impressive buds ...
beach combingthe endmagpieecouteapril
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/12/lovely-lichen-in-mounts-bay.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Lovely Lichen... In Mount's Bay.
Even on the greyest of Winter mornings, there is always something to catch the eye when meandering along the coastline path that borders M...
beach combingmagpielovelylichenmount
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2013/07/on-children-kids-and-caterpillars.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: On Children... Kids and Caterpillars...
I saw this butterfly on the way to work and thought it seemed quite an appropriate reflection of things at the moment; Life with Teenager...
beach combingon childrenmagpiekidscaterpillars
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/12/les-grands-boulevards-and-animal-magic.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Les Grands Boulevards of Paris... and Animal Magic!
Au Printemps - Haussmann - Paris This year saw us spending the dusky part of Christmas Eve visiting the Grands Boulevards of Paris to lo...
beach combingles grandsmagpie
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2020/11/first-frost-for-last-of-month.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: First Frost For The Last of The Month...
The bracing cold night air of the final days of the November caught everybody's breath, as did the sight of the beautiful cathedral stand...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-nine-lives-of-cat.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Nine Lives of a Cat.....
Nine years ago today, our big. bad, batty Siamese cat died: almost as many years without him now as with him. At the time, the children...
beach combingthe ninemagpielivescat
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/06/where-time-goes.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Where Time Goes...
Although wisdom is supposedly accrued with the passing of time and life's lessons learnt, the more the years go by, the less tenuous is my...
beach combingmagpietimegoes
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2023/01/sunrise-and-sea.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Sunrise and Sea...
Whenever 'home', I instinctively know that whatever the weather, the view over Mount's Bay will be so spectacular that I am beauty-bound t...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-search-for-sphinxes.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Search for Sphinxes...
My last trip to Paris turned out to be a half-hearted attempt at hunting down the enigmatic sphinx in its varying forms. This was the...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/05/blog-post_93.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Beautiful Beasts and Beings at Sainte-Chapelle...
On a bright Spring day, light flooded into Sainte-Chapelle through the blindingly beautiful stained-glass windows in a myriad of dazzling ...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2019/08/seasons-endbeginning.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Season's End/Beginning....
Last day of my holiday, and with horse chestnuts conkers already visible on the trees it feels as if Nature is slowly slipping towards a ...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2023/12/blog-post.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Art Nouveau Hair Adornment...
This little sprig of Art Nouveau mistletoe that is beautifully intertwined around the carved horn of the hair comb above is not, as I had...
beach combingmagpie artnouveauhairadornment
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2016/04/snake-dance_16.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Snake Dance...
The Snake Head Fritillary has grown back, and this time I was able to see it emerging from the pot on the balcony; quite mysterious and e...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2014/01/bewitched-woods-for-new-year.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Bewitched woods for the New Year...
Despite the title of the post, the woods didn't actually look particularly bewitched, or dark for that matter but having heard The ...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_48.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Long-Winded Project....
Sometimes you consider something finished, but finally you come to the conclusion that there is still a considerable amount to do before y...
beach combingmagpielongproject
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2020/01/visual-catnip.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Visual Catnip...William de Morgan and William Morris...
Design for printed fabric - Honeysuckle - William Morris - 1874 Over the new year period, on a trip to Birmingham I went back to the B...
beach combingmagpievisualcatnipwilliam
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-house-of-george-sand-universe-of.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The House of George Sand - A universe of marionettes...
I finally managed to see the vast collection of Maurice Sand's marionettes, all housed in a large annexe of the Sand family home at...
beach combingthe housegeorge sandmagpie
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2017/06/retreat-in-sun-near-aix-en-provence.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Retreat in the Sun near Aix-en-Provence...
I made the most of a fluke gap on my timetable to take a flying visit to the South of France - in the area surrounding Aix-en-Provence, t...
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https://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2017/07/beach-combing-fun.html?m=0
alisaburke: beach combing fun
The last couple of weeks have been amazing for beachcombing here on the Oregon Coast. And if you know me, you will know that I am a hap...
beach combingalisaburkefun
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-spice-of-life-project-with-feline.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Spice of Life Project... with a feline touch.
The two separate Spice of Life projects As I have always wanted to crochet, but just couldn't get to grips with it despite several attem...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/05/bonnard-japonard.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Bonnard... Japonard
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...
beach combingmagpiebonnard
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2020/06/dance-dance-dance-poppies-and.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Dance, dance, dance... Poppies and Cornflowers...
Poppies and Cornflowers Over lockdown, this poster below graced an ugly, non-descript electrical enclosure in the town centre and ...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2010/06/pretty-lethal.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Pretty Lethal
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2014/06/
Beach-Combing Magpie: June 2014
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...
beach combingmagpiejune
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/05/life-and-loss.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Life and Loss...
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...
beach combingmagpielifeloss
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2021/11/
Beach-Combing Magpie: November 2021
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...
beach combingmagpienovember
https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/04/carpe-diem-1643-beach-combing-shiohigari.html
CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #1643 beach combing (shiohigari)
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the place to be if you like to write and share Japanese Poetry.
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2022/09/harvest-season.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Harvest Season...
Hmmm, here we are at the very end of September and the only thing that I seem to be 'harvesting' is a rather impressive and daunting backl...
beach combingmagpieharvestseason
https://alchymyst.blogspot.com/2016/03/beach-combing-jewellery.html?showComment=1458908953991
The Alchymyst's Study: Beach-combing Jewellery
Naomi and I went to a workshop yesterday on making jewellery from sea-found objects. It was great fun. Here are a few of the pretties I made...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-pocket-of-provence.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Pocket of Provence...
I headed South a few weeks ago, and arrived in the Provence region to find fields of poppies in a vegetation that was surprisingly green ...
beach combingmagpiepocketprovence
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-wishes-2012.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Dandelion New Year Wishes... 2012
A 'snowy' dandelion clock First day of 2012! There are no bright snow flakes to cloak the darker moments of last year or to help us make ...
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https://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2017/07/beach-combing-fun.html
alisaburke: beach combing fun
The last couple of weeks have been amazing for beachcombing here on the Oregon Coast. And if you know me, you will know that I am a hap...
beach combingalisaburkefun
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-good-bad-and-uglyscreens-and-street.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly... Screens and Street Art...
The old wall at the local Lidl was 'upgraded' some time ago, in line with the refurbished store itself. While that was all well and good...
beach combingthe goodmagpie
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/01/blog-post.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Papery Petals
Every year, without fail, I get drawn to the same types of flowers on display at the garden centre, and the perfect 'tissue paper' ru...
beach combingmagpiepaperypetals
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-post_44.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Purple and Grey... Mount's Bay.
In terms of early morning walks, there is nothing more 'agreable' - for the want of a better term - than the stroll over from Penzance to ...
beach combingmagpiepurplegreymount
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/12/dusty-unworn-yet-treasured-my-kinky.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Dusty, unworn yet treasured... My kinky boots!
My kinky boots and dress! I dedicate this post to my beautiful kinky boots that I bought late this summer, with great delight and withou...
beach combingmagpiedustyunwornyet
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/03/brumes-et-pluie-baudelaire.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Brumes et Pluie... Baudelaire
Spring is finally here and the bright afternoon sun and relatively warm temperature certainly reflect this right now. However, the early m...
beach combingmagpiebrumesetpluie
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/04/blog-post_67.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A few Hedgerows, Walls and Walkways...
I love peering into the old hedgerows on morning walks towards Mousehole, and looking across the bay to St Michael's Mount - weather permi...
beach combingmagpiehedgerowswallswalkways
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2010/07/from-doulton-to-deyrolle.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: From Doulton to Deyrolle...
While in London at the start of our holiday, we visited a favourite haunt of my children - Harrods! Reaching the Knightsbridge area via H...
beach combingmagpiedoultondeyrolle
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-fabled-hare.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Fabled Hare...
The other day, I was listening to one of my favourite 'Christmas' songs - Gaudete sung by Steeleye Span - coined an 'Electric Bea...
beach combingmagpiefabledhare
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/06/blazing-blue-skies-in-bordeaux.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Blazing Blue Skies in Bordeaux...
A very brief work trip to Bordeaux saw me, and the others attending, criss-cross this extremely large, beautiful city by tram and bus in t...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2012/12/purrfect-christmas.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Purrfect Christmas...
Contemplative calm before the storm... Here's Christmas again, and it has to be said that Oggie has become more sensible with all things...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog-post_80.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Fine Beast on a Facade...
As I come back home on the same old route, stuck in the traffic going in the opposite direction to the morning trip, I likewise look out ...
beach combingmagpiefinebeastfacade
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/02/blog-post.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Simplicity and Authenticity...
This time last year, I had no notion of how artificial intelligence could be relevent to the everyday life of the average being. However, ...
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https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2017/10/sunlight-in-cemetery.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Sunlight in the Cemetery...
On the eve of La Toussaint , my daughter and I walked through the local cemetery before the traditional sea of chrysanthemums is laid o...
beach combingmagpiesunlightcemetery
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2016/05/linear-cathedral.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Linear Cathedral...
Despite the sunlight pouring onto the flowers in the last post, the weather here has been incredibly wet! Everything seems to be drippi...
beach combingmagpielinearcathedral
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2010/12/holly-and-ivy.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: The Holly and the Ivy...
Not actually holly, but beautiful nevertheless... The holly and the ivy,...
beach combingthe hollymagpieivy
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2014/04/
Beach-Combing Magpie: April 2014
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...
beach combingmagpieapril
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-quiet-morning-in-medieval-town-troyes.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Quiet Morning in a Medieval Town... Troyes!
A few weeks ago, I returned to the beautiful Medieval town of Troyes, having kept such pleasant memories of this incredible site. Unli...
beach combingquiet morningmedieval townmagpietroyes
https://alchymyst.blogspot.com/2016/03/beach-combing-jewellery.html?showComment=1458844839331
The Alchymyst's Study: Beach-combing Jewellery
Naomi and I went to a workshop yesterday on making jewellery from sea-found objects. It was great fun. Here are a few of the pretties I made...
s studybeach combingjewellery
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-boars-maw.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: A Boar's Maw...
One curious image that I had kept of a piece of art seen in my childhood, but retained only as an unidentified haze in my mind, finally t...
beach combingmagpieboarmaw
https://beach-combingmagpie.blogspot.com/2024/06/blog-post.html
Beach-Combing Magpie: Alcove Oratories... in Aix-en-Provence.
With its majestic Cours Mirabeau , and the countless streets and alleys that criss-cross a beautiful historic centre punctuated with centu...
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