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Sea Views, Art Galleries and Music

14 Dec

This was another day designed to drive away despondency so – sea views, art and music. There was to be earring shopping but we couldn’t find any with the wow needed in any of the galleries we visited. We visited a small and very beautiful gallery, Morvah Schoolhouse in the tiny village of Morvah in Penwith.IMG_1096

View from the cafe

The beautiful stained glass  back door in the cafe of the Schoolrooms, artist Debbie Martin

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Morvah Church

Window in the church

From there we went into Penzance to browse the galleries starting at Penlee where in the garden is the charming piece by Kurt Jackson , Broccoli Juggler. Later, in the town, after lunch at Mr Billy’s, we happened upon Femmes de la Mer singing in the street – what delight!IMG_1114

Our treat in the Schoolhouse cafe was a piece of Hevva cake to share.

 
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Posted by on December 14, 2019 in art, Cornwall, environment, glass, Photography, Postaday 2019, Uncategorized

 

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Remembering Bill Mitchell 1951 – 2017

14 Apr

Our Dear friend and neighbour Bill Mitchell died on this day last year and we have been remembering him today in various special ways. Firstly, here is my Welly Dog, left to me by Bill, seen here with Tulips.

Welly Dog with Tulips

Bill was an artist as well as a theatre director and painted a particular area in West Penwith most weeks. Each of his friends was invited after his death to choose a painting which was a very lovely thing. Today, many of his friends came down to Botallack where the paintings were made and we walked all around in Bill’s footsteps, following his paintings through the landscape, all the while sharing memories of this lovely man.

The Crowns at Botallack
The start of the walk
Gorse under a blue sky
Taking in the view
C contemplating
A view
Striding out
Some more walkers
A metal bow decorating a gate

Click on any photo for a bigger version and the caption. To read more about our lovely friend and neighbour, click here to read my post dedicated to him last year.https://mybeautfulthings.com/2017/05/03/bill-mitchell-our-friend-next-door-2121951-1442017/

 
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Posted by on April 14, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, friendship, Photography, Postaday2018, Wildworks

 

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Seagull, Cows and Sea Views

31 Jan

A seagull looked quizzically at me as we looked at St Michael’s Mount in the distance.

Seagull with St Michael’s Mount behind

We watched as a herd of cows made their way from field to farm to be milked.

Friesian cows going for milking

Such a blustery day, there were white horses as far as we could see either way along the coast.  It has also been very cold here in West Penwith.

View from Gurnard’s Head Hotel

View from behind Gurnard’s Head Hotel

The next episode of the Suffragette Diary is published –

https://suffragettediary.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/friday-16th-july/

 
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Posted by on January 31, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday2018, St Michael's Mount

 

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