Back Road Artworks, St Ives, Cornwall, Lots Of Art And Pippin Of Course ....

There must be loads and loads of people who go to world famous St Ives in Cornwall, to paint. Many of the offerings are very Andy Warhol-esque - with pop art houses painted in very bright soda pop acid colours.

There are paintings just about everywhere and many galleries, including an off-shoot of the famous London Tate Gallery.

I came across the Back Road Artworks gallery just the other day and thought Pippin might like to make some sort of astral visit there.

So to set the scene - to really get in to it - I made him a gallery backdrop to sit in front of. Pippin certainly seemed to enjoy himself, looking at pictures of the sea and lots of red rooftops.

Pippin's Ostara Adventures With The Ostara Hare And Another Little Friend

Pippin had a really good time at Ostara, the first day of spring, this week. He was out with his friend - the Ostara Hare - and - another little doggie pal who decided to tag along. They all had a great time posing for photos. Pippin gets all over the place. He is always in demand and very busy. Pippin even had his own necklace on this occasion - proudly spelling out his name. He is a totally gorgeous and well -  he is a natural at posing for the camera!

Pippin's St Patrick's Day Extravaganza

Pippin pulled out all the stops for St Patrick's Day, on 17th March. He tired on a shamrock covered hat but it was a bit too big for him. Never mind, he still enjoyed the shamrock decorations and the green glowing candle.
That is the thing about Pippin - he is a very curious little dog - always in to everything. He is not one to sit back and let the world go by as a rule - unless he is snoozing that is and then he might forget to look! However, generally he is always alert to the next new thing.

Pippin's Pottery Daze

Little Pippin has taken a liking to some St Ives original pottery, before the company who made it moved to Newlyn, or thereabout. Pippin has a particular liking for the late 60's and very early 70's designs.

To be honest, this pottery goes by a special name and was intensely popular back in the 60's. It used to be on sale in seaside towns - the kind of stuff someone would take home for a souvenir for the grandparents or something of this kind, after spending a week making sandcastles and visiting the local amusement arcades. It has gained popularity again recently and Pippin seems quite drawn to it generally.

Ghostly Poldark Mine And The Spectral Book

Round about 2009 - I bought an extremely interested book about Haunted Britain. it is divided in to sections and each section features different areas of the country. The Cornwall section features the Poldark Mine which was of course re-named and has been a tourist attraction. It is apparently Britain's deepest mine, according to the book.

I have a particular favourite photo in the book which I will probably use at another time. However it has nothing to do with Cornwall and actually features a place in Brighton. I was constantly drawn to a particular photo which caused me to research the family in the photo out of curiosity, but I will use that particular incident as a different post as it also features a little dog which is what drew me to the Brighton photo originally.

Something else happened when I read the book - which is a large one with expressive photos and drawings.I kept smelling flowers and floral scents as well as pipe tobacco and other things. It felt like the ghosts from some of the places were coming through the book - either that or I was picking up on them - so I put it away and only get the book out very occasionally now.