a visit to jupiter

Hi there! Firstly, housekeeping... I had a lot of fun reading your number 1's from the previous post - now I have a sort of image of each of you, bopping away to your birth tunes!  We even took it a step further by finding out what was no.1 in the US at the same time - mine was Windy by The Association.  This tickled N, as he thought 'windy' and in 'need of love' was very apt for me...ahem... moving on!... 

Anyway... the winners of a set of cards each are the 2 Vanessa's  (guess who put 2 slips of paper with 'Vanessa' in the hat, and then had to decide again which Vanessa! - so they both win.. ) and Susan C came 2nd and gets the set of postcards.  

Thank you all for taking part, it was fun.. and I kind of wish I could send cards out to all of you.  However, the remaining card sets will be available through the shop for a while longer, for anyone who would like some.

Last week mum and I had a daytrip to Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh.  I first heard of it through Jane's blog, and have wanted to visit ever since.  

We were met by a very friendly spacecat, who checked our credentials.. we could proceed.  Perhaps it arrived in the silver spaceship below, fueled by cappuccino.

I cannot stress how unusual and well executed the whole site is - I won't spoil by posting too many pictures - so much of the charm is the element of discovery... but there are artworks by Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Antony Gormley, Charles Jencks and Nathan Coley to name but a few.

 

(Gormley's sculpture looks out across to a similarly structured Forth Rail Bridge - just glimpsed with white hoardings in the distance)

It's a little tricky to find, so take directions - but once there you will feel part of a different world... Jupiter perhaps?

 

Comments

[Vanessa]

Hi Caireen,

I like the fact that both Vanessa's benefit from your mistake. I am not bothered which pack I get as I like them all.

Thank you very much

Vanessa x

[Rebecca]

wow! never heard of this place!need tp pay a visit. love goldsworthy x x

[vanessa oakes]

Thanks so much for the beautiful cards - a lovely addition to my usual boring postal delivery. nessx