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Debbie Smyth

Happy 40th Birthday, British Library

The British Library celebrated its 40th birthday today. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom.  It is a legal deposit library, and as such it receives copies of every book produced in Britain, […]

Cacti up Close

Cacti make a great subject for macro photography.  These still life subjects were in Scottsdale, Arizona. . Posted as part of Macro Monday.

Bulgarian mural

Veliko Tarnovo (Велико Търново) is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, dating back over five millennia. Traces of human presence dating from the 3rd millennium BC have been found there, it […]

Mellow Yellow on the Green

The June weather in Dublin was what you would expect in April.  Between showers, I was able to admire these yellow blossoms floating in the water in St Stephen’s Green […]

Joshua Trees

Stunning Joshua Tree National Park.  This park is so photogenic, I have hundreds of photos.  Hopefully, this picture shows you why. . Posted as part of Sundays Stills’ The Next Challenge: […]

Bicing in Black and White

  As with Barclays Bikes in London, Barcelona has Bicing Bikes to hire. Here they are, lined up and harmless – not so once they are hurtling down a path […]

Allies

Look at this companionable couple: “Allies”. F.D. Roosevelt and Churchill sit chatting on a bench in Bond Street, London in Lawrence Holofcener’s 1995 bronze sculpture, erected to mark 50 years […]