French Mail
Hex reference: #FDFC74 A colourful note: laser lemon landed in Crayola world in 1990. Strangely enough, this was another crayon in disguise! Exactly the same colour formulation had been a Crayola […]
Royal Arrival in Stockholm
This nineteenth century statue depicts the arrival of Crown Prince Karl XIV into the city in 1810. Born in Pau in France, in 1763, Jean Bernadotte became King of Sweden and […]
Jazzy Princess
Ffestiniog Railway’s first steam locomotive to pull passenger trains was this Princess, who was constructed in 1863 by George England & Co.in London. As time passed, both needs and technology grew and […]
Indigo Mosque
A colourful note: the colour indigo was named after the indigo dye derived from the Indigofera tinctoria plant. India is believed to be the oldest centre of indigo dyeing in […]
King Dumplings Available
A colourful note: from a colour psychology viewpoint, green brings equilibrium, it balances the head with the heart; it is the colour of growth, spring and renewal; it renews and restores depleted energy. And […]
Golden Face
A colourful note: goldenrod colour is named after the goldenrod flowers, a plant that has had a variety of health uses. In many areas it has acted as a traditional […]
Golden Morning
A colourful note: use of the word gold is sometimes replaced with golden, to help distinguish from metallic gold. The first recorded use of golden as a colour name in English was […]
Old Time Telephony
This is a fine old telephone box dating back to the 1920s, I believe. The first official street box was the K1 kiosk, that appeared in 1921. The design wasn’t […]
Scottish Design in Kent
The Sun Foundry was established in 1858 by George Smith in Glasgow. It was an important company in the iron industry of the day, expanding quickly and moving to a larger site […]
A Glimpse of Orange
I’m back in Copenhagen today, enjoying the colourful architecture, though this photo is from April last year: it’s not so sunny today, and there’s a fair bit of snow here now! […]
Travel with Intent 