Thursday, 25 August 2016

Holehird Walled Garden Windermere To Islington London





There is a painting which will most likely now be known to PVB -  kind of doing the rounds quite a bit, so to speak. This is a particular painting is of Holehird Walled Garden which is a part of a set of gardens open to the public in Windermere, Lake District.. The postcards above show both Holehird Walled Garden and Islington which is an area of London.

The painting transported itself from Windermere and took up residence on the wall of an owned basement apartment in an Islington residence. The top part of the house which is also owned belongs to a joint consortium with the bottom apartment. Neither however appear on Craigslist but may be climbing up a gumtree if they were in Australia, for example.

I am not too sure what Peter would make of them really, but he could well approve or not as the case may be. I am not sure he entirely approves though if I am honest, I get the impression he feels all is a little too clinical and not really a part of the gouache of towns and cites generally.

York To Scarborough Fishing Boats


Peter V. Barraclough once went out in a fishing boat on the sea and actually quite enjoyed the experience. He also once went down a mine too, though not one of the Cornish mines,it was a northern mine he has to visit for some reason or another. Scarborough is very easily accessed from the ancient city of York - where all the other places called York in the world get their names from, including New York. Yorkshire has some lovely beaches that easily rival those found anywhere else in Britain.

Monday, 1 August 2016

Lammas Celebrations From Bradford To Penwith - Does Peter Barraclough Fly As A Seagull?


Peter V. Barraclough has been in spirit for over 12 years in earth time now - but he sometimes signifies his  presence as a bird. There appears to be a spirit bird in the top picture which was taken at a meeting of our coven during Lughnasadh - Lammas -  celebrations.. As there are a lot of seagulls in St Ives, Cornwall and the surrounding areas of Penwith. It could be that Peter sometimes sits on the roofs of the properties watching the tourists and then appears again back in Bradford. Peter Barraclough was a Bradfordian from Heaton who married a lady from Aireview Crescent in Lower Baildon, Shipley. He later moved to the Lake District where he lived at Windermere Park and worked for Kendal Customs and Excise in the VAT office.