Indigo Mosque
A colourful note: the colour indigo was named after the indigo dye derived from the Indigofera tinctoria plant. India is believed to be the oldest centre of indigo dyeing in […]
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Debbie Smyth
On a Smooth Slope
Linked to Fun Foto Challenge Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 February 2016
Kiwi in Istanbul
A colourful note: In 2003, to mark their 100th anniversary, Crayola asked the public to name four new colours and vote out four other shades. Inch Worm was one of […]
Flags Aflutter
Here’s a small selection of flying flags in a few of the places I’ve had the pleasure of visiting recently. Linked to Flutter Copyright Debbie Smyth, 15 February 2016 […]
Clandestine Captures
I have a couple of secretive, surreptitious methods of capturing people shots – cowardly, some might say! First of all, there’s the reflection And secondly, the shadow! Linked to B&W […]
Tonight’s Forecast
I’ll leave you to guess what this bar specialises in! And it has won awards too. Linked to Odd Ball Copyright Debbie Smyth, 14 February 2016
Queen Victoria’s Holiday Spot
Built in 1790 or thereabouts, Pierremont Hall was built to the designs of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, great-grand-nephew of Samuel Pepys the Diarist. In 1827, the widowed Duchess of Kent and her little […]
With a Castle On Top
Linked to My Sunday Photo Copyright Debbie Smyth, 14 February 2016
Rainy Day on the Water of Leith
A colourful note: this calm yellow colour, known as green yellow, became a Crayola crayon shade in 1997. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 February 2016
Kiss Kiss
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Linked to Life Imitates […]
Travel with Intent 