Vintage Pompeii
This week, Sonel asked us to take something old and give it a vintage feel. Above you’ll see some Pompeiian columns in sepia, and below in their original technicolour. Linked […]
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Debbie Smyth
Forming an Orderly Ewe!
Today’s post is a bit of a teaser for a longer post, which will follow in the next week or two, reporting on a great street art walking tour I […]
Buoy oh Buoy!
Linked to Monday Mellow Yellow.
Object of Touristic Desire
These trinkets, in a shop window in Toledo, are examples of the art of damascening. This involves inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate patterns. This is still practiced in […]
Sunday Stroll
One photo, no words for Silent Sunday. . .
Garden Tea Party
A garden tea party, Kew style. Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday.
Seeing Triple?
I often feature Shoreditch for its street art, but it’s a great place for a spot of shopping too. This trio of triplets is from the Boxpark designer outlet, close […]
Balamory or Harpenden?
Harpenden is a staid and affluent town in Hertfordshire, just 20 minutes or so out of London by train. But this row of houses could easily be in a Cornish […]
How Many Bottles Hanging on the Wall?
Linked to Weekend in Black & White.
Enter Here All Ye Wrens
The Church of St Mary-le-Strand, whose foundation stone was laid back in February 1715, is something of a hidden gem, standing on a small island in the middle of the Strand, […]
Doubly Delicious
Delicious cakes in a Montmartre show window look twice as good in reflection. Linked to Weekend Reflections.
Travel with Intent 