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Debbie Smyth

-Botswana

B is for… Baobabs

I adore these upside-down trees – there is something about their majestic, statuesque silhouette that appeals to me.  Plus, I remember them from my first reading of Saint Exupery’s Le Petit […]

Word a Week

Collage of Kitsch

They originally appeared in the following posts: Venetian guard dogs Hot Lips mask Hand me the menu Tintin in Edinburgh Manchester hair dos London shop assistant Spanish legs Stuffed crow […]

-London

Orange Pillars from a Former Bridge

Standing between Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, you can still see the orange relics of the original 1864 railway bridge.  No matter that there is no bridge above, these pillars […]

Mandarin Orange Monday

Old York in Orange

I have featured this flash of orange outside York Minster before, but in honour of Mandarin Orange Monday’s 101th anniversary, I am repeating it with some post-processing. The orangeness is […]

Odd Ball

Toilet Signs à la Tunisie

These Tunisian toilet signs caught my eye for their use of traditional dress.   What is more, you can easily tell the difference between the two, which isn’t always true of fancy […]