Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

The open air 'solar heated' Jubilee Pool is the jewel in the crown of Penzance promenade.  Originally built to fulfill the town's need to clear some slums and help make Penzance a bona fide seaside resort, it recently opened its doors for the 2010 season.  As the largest Lido in the country, it is marked out by the sweeping white lines of its design, and the serried ranks of changing cubicles along the terraces above the waterline. This year being the 75th anniversary of the first opening ceremony in 1935, it was celebrated with Art75, where local schoolchildren and artists turned over 90 cubicles into mini art galleries, each one with something new for the viewer to experience. With painting, animation, sculptures or film and archive installations as well as live music to choose from, there was a lot to please the crowds.  The stand out part of the show was the Synchronised swimming display from St Austell Synchronised Swimming club, and, stunningly attired in glam p

Just been processing some pictures from recent shoots,  in this one enjoying the abstract patterns of light on the sand floor.  Then I noticed two things - the shoal of fish/sand eels she is poining at, and that someone is daring to go in the sea, without a wetsuit?  Does this mean that summer is finally here?  Nine days before 'Midsummer'. Return to Ocean-Image.com

I like a cup of tea.  I like a cup of tea and a good read.  A good read with a cup of tea and a decent biscuit for preference, since you ask.  And since the latest edition of PitPilot magazine hit the doormat just before elevenses, planning for my immediate future became rather a pleasant task. Kettle boiled, teabag slightly stewed, add the perfect amount of milk and I'm set. The article about artist / surfer/ shaper  Jonty Henshall  provided the good read, with Alex Wade's words capturing the essence of the man himself.  But what really took the biscuit was the quality of the printing of the right hand side photo in the spread below . . . . . . . I must say,  it was exceptionally well printed, I would say Mint. And crisply presented. Mint. Crisp.  Coincidentally one of my favourite biscuits.  Nice. Return to Ocean-Image.com