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Debbie Smyth

Inside Mercat Santa Caterina

Most visitors to Barcelona will recognise and admire this colourful, flowing roof. It is, of course, the roof of the Mercat Santa Caterina, designed by husband and wife Enric Miralles and […]

Looking Down in Yokohama

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 31 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

All Roads Lead from Istanbul

The Million was a mile-marker erected in the early 4th century AD in Istanbul (then Constantinople). It marked the starting-place for measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine […]

Purple Patch

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

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 […]

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 […]