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Debbie Smyth

Hanging on the Telephone

Hex colour reference: #cda4de A colourful note: wisteria, a light lavender colour, entered the Crayola family in 1992, as an unnamed new shade in their big naming competition. Teenager Lisa MacIldoon […]

-Kent

Hearty Phonecall

-Scotland

Wild

The handsome Forth Bridge looks bright and stunning in sunlight; rather more hazy and atmospheric on a wet and windy one. In the shot above, it is a perfect match for […]

Odd Ball

Spring Morning

Colour Challenges

Wild Flamingo

Hex colour reference: #ff43a4 A colourful note: as we approach the end of the alphabet and the end of this brilliant colour challenge, I felt an urge to include a flamingo again. […]

-London

Pure Spring

-Hertfordshire

Bluebells Yonder

Hex colour reference: #a2add0 A colourful note: Crayola celebrated its 100th birthday in 2003 and held another of its now popular naming competitions as part of the party. They released four […]

California

To See or Not to See

To see, or not to see… These six words are, of course, inspired by the famous April birthday boy: “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler […]

-Hertfordshire

Blank Sign of the Past

The pub beneath this sign is one of a tiny number that claim to be the oldest hostelry in the UK; maybe its almost blank sign is to help emphasise its age. […]

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White Peak

Hex colour reference: #ededed A colourful note: this colour without a hue is a mixture of the frequencies of all the colours of the visible spectrum. It has represented purity and innocence over the […]