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Debbie Smyth

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Blue Boy or Doctor Who?

The Exeter Free Grammar School opened in 1633, on the upper floor of the medieval buildings of St John’s Hospital, which had stood on the south side of the High Street […]

-Salzburg

Summer Greens in Salzburg

Hex colour reference:  #30BA8F A colourful note:  Mountain meadow appeared on the Crayola crayon labels in 1998, a truly descriptive name for an actual shade that had appeared as a True […]

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Blue Night for Juventus

Hex colour reference:  #1A467B This rich, dark blue dates back to the original Crayola crayons in 1903, when it had two names, Dark Blue and Prussian Blue.  The Dark Blue […]

-London

Hope and Anchor – week 4

My edit for the final week of the March challenge has gone vintage again.  I have used a tight crop to focus on the hexagonal lamp, and have toned down the red […]

-Sweden

Gothenburg Cat

This agile-looking cat is the work of artist and tattooist Christofer “Sagie”, who lives in Gothenburg and can be found at Unikum Tattoo.  His works cover a wide range of topics, but he has a particular passion […]
Gothenburg Cat

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Melons in Rye

  Hex colour reference:  FDBCB4 A colourful note:  it is amazing how many shades of orange colour are named after fruits and vegetables; the colour melon is apparently named after the […]
Melons in Rye

-London

Succulents on Cue

The cacti and succulents at Kew Gardens seemed to call out for a spot of monochrome treatment. Linked to Monochrome Feb, Macro Monday and B&W Weds Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 February 2016 […]