Kiss Kiss
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Linked to Life Imitates […]
Join the Party
Linked to Weekend in B&W Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 February 2016
Toast on Legs
This reclining toast with green boots appeared a few times on the walk along the beach into Margate from Broadstairs. Linked to Monday Murals Copyright Debbie Smyth, 8 February 2016
Wind Your Way to the Sea
“It was a funny little path, winding here and there, dashing off in different directions, and sometimes even tying a knot in itself from sheer joy. (You don’t get tired […]
Isaac Newton: Bigger than Life
This is an imposing depiction of Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726), an English physicist and mathematician whose achievements are many and varied. He shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of […]
A Balanced Alien
I have featured this massive upside-down alien previously. He landed on his head in a London garden in early 2013, and was a feature that I would make a detour […]
Downtown Los Angeles
Wordless Wednesday and ABC Wednesday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 February 2016
Martin Luther King and a Musician
The highly recognised face of Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) seemed a great background to a small musical group who entertained the crowds in Ljubljana. A good combination of a […]
Bye Bye to the Goat!
Twelve days to go until Chinese New Year, when it will be out with the goat and in with the monkey. New Year comes along on 8 February this year and, […]
Thorvaldsen’s Return
In central Copenhagen, next to Christiansborg Palace, there stands a museum dedicated to a single artist, to the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), a Dane who spent most of his life in Rome. The outside […]
Danish David and his Shadow
Many full-sized replicas of Michelangel’s marble David are on display around the world; the one above is a bronze cast that stands in front of the Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, the Danish Royal […]
Travel with Intent 