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Debbie Smyth

-London

Purple Patch

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Purple, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, I Heart Macro and Macro Monday.

-Edinburgh

K is for … Kilt

Highland dress was initially associated with the Gaelic north and west of the country and, coinciding as it did with the emergence of an elite warrior culture, it became associated […]

-London

Enlightened Inspiration

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” –Thomas A. Edison Thomas Alva Edison was awarded 1,368 separate and distinct patents during his lifetime, inventing many devices that are still […]

Florida

Dog Eden

This stunning mural is by Murals for Mutts, a non-profit organization that raises money for animal welfare by painting pet portraits and pet murals in communities. The mural features Dunedin Doggie Rescue, a body […]

-Turkey

Istanbul’s Traditional Houses

Istanbul has a long tradition of wooden house construction.  The majority of its wooden houses date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but these buildings are deteriorating […]

-Turkey

Alive Alive-Oh!

Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! She was a fish-monger, but sure ’twas no wonder For so were her father and mother before Molly Malone, the […]

-Turkey

True Blue

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is not named that without reason… Linked to Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside and Blue Monday.

-Barcelona

Segway Shadows

This always looks such a fun way of seeing a city and I haven’t tried it yet.  The tours in Barcelona don’t do this part of town anymore though; I’m […]