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-Netherlands

Mosaic Benches

I have featured these benches before, but they are worth a second look.  They stand outside the Peace Palace in The Hague. Linked to Bench Series Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 August 2015

-Singapore

Rest a while on Orchard Road

Bright coloured, single person benches are sprinkled along Orchard Road, providing a welcome respite from a bout of retail therapy, or an early morning phone and cigarette break for the local […]

-Singapore

Exotic Bench

This exotic little bench was standing invitingly on a street in Kampong Glam in Singapore.   Linked to Bench Series Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 August 2015

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You Are Here

This beautifully illustrated map of the walk along the River Ver isn’t one you can easily carry in your pocket… Linked to Bench Series. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 July 2015

-Slovakia

Sitting in a Flower Pot

Wondering why these people are sitting in a giant flower pot? … I did think it strange as I walked along the river front in Bratislava – until it dawned on […]

-East Midlands

Dragonfly Bench

This unpresumptuous bench looks quite ordinary at first glance, but the dragonfly detail is delicately engraved.  It celebrates the hard work of the Dragonfly Project, which is now based at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. […]

-Manchester

Manchester Bench

For the final week in Jude’s art effects bench challenge, I have modified a photo of a brand new, curvy bench in Manchester, using the emergence effect in FotoSketcher.  I am very […]

-Salzburg

Salzburg in Technicolour

This month, Jude wants us to have fun with our benches.  This bright bench in Salzburg was fun already, but to further emphasise the colours I desaturated the background in Lightroom, then […]