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Harbour Wall, Pop-up Art and St Ives

1. I love the pattern of stones in the harbour wall and the reflections in the empty harbour.

2. The Splash Festival is on in Falmouth and lots of shops have pop-up art in them – paintings and sculptures by local artists. I was delighted to find this gorgeous unicorn in the shop where I bought my ‘going away’ outfit 46 years ago! The artist is Suzanne Crooke. The beautifully decorated Beach hut is also hers.

3 We went to St Ives tonight to see the wonderful John Cooper Clarke and laughed all evening, though there were of course, moments of poignancy too. How he remembers all the words, I just don’t know. St Ives in the early evening light was very lovely.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 19, 2013 in art, Beauty, comedy, Falmouth, painting, photography, Postaday2013, sculpture, St Ives

Tags: John Cooper Clarke, Suzanne Crooke

St Ives, Turnstones, Alleyways and More

23 Jan

1 A lovely cold bright day so we went to St Ives on the train – a stunning coastal train journey which is a favourite of ours. The sun went in as we started the 9 minute ride but St Ives is beautiful in any light.

First view of St Ives from the train

2 As we were walking into the town we came across a delightful flock of little Turnstones who were remarkably unafraid.

Flock of Turnstones

Turnstone

3 St Ives is full of little alleys and byways – utterly charming. It’s where we had our honeymoon many years ago.

To The Keep

To Trecara

Blue Mist

Another alleyway

St Ives

St Ives’ Lighthouse

Porthminster Beach from the station as we’re waiting for the train

The train’s coming

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 23, 2013 in birds, Cornwall, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013, St Ives

Tags: alleyways, coastal train journey, lighthouse, Postaday, postaday2013, St Ives, turnstones

Barbara Hepworth, Graffiti Grannies and Driftwood Dragon

18 Sep

1 St Ives was our destination today, by train along one of the most beautiful coastlines. St Ives itself is very beautiful and one of the highlights for me is always our visit to the Barbara Hepworth Studio and Garden.

From the train from Lelant to St Ives, one of the best train rides ever

First view of St Ives

Buskers along the sea path

Barbara Hepworth garden

Shadows on a sculpture

Sculpture 28

2 By the time we went back along to catch the train home, some Graffiti Grannies had been busy yarn bombing the rails!

Graffiti Grannies’ handiwork

3 Two sculptures for you, one, on St Ives railway station by David Kemp who made the Tinners Hounds in Redruth town centre and this driftwood one which I’ve posted before but in case you missed it, here it is again, St George and the Dragon. I love it!

‘A School of Palletes’ by David Kemp

I just want to show you this extra photo from yesterday which delighted me. It was taken near the Lizard Lighthouse.

Bird on a bramble

If you have read this far, a question for you…. I’ve decided I don’t really like the Gallery way of presenting a series of photos as they cannot be enlarged as much to see detail. What do you think?

One from yesterday that I don’t think was served well by putting it into a Gallery.