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One Word Photo Challenge

-Sweden

Queen Bee

This 3D-looking mural is a cheerful door decoration in Gothenburg, part of the ArtMadeThis project.  Created by Mimmi Andersson and Merete Lassen, the bright colours and architectural design are typical of […]

-London

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 […]

One Word Photo Challenge

Invincible Sun

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer” – Albert Camus Sunny Stockholm, January 2016, linked to Backlit and Vibrant Copyright Debbie Smyth, […]

-Singapore

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

Hex colour reference:  #1cd3a2 A colourful note:  there’s a touch of caribbean green at this Singapore Temple.  It was a beautiful contrast to the warm orange and gold shades.  And this colour […]

-Hertfordshire

Gathering Lavender

A colourful note:  Blue violet became a Crayola colour in 1934.  Interestingly, they use a plant name for most of their shades of purple Copyright Debbie Smyth, 14 January 2016

-London

Tower Reflection

  Hex colour reference:  #199ebd A colourful note:  the bright blue green shade joined the Crayola colour offerings in 1930.     Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 January 2016    

Graffiti and Street Art

No Feeling Blue

I’ve shared a walk around part of Vienna and its canal before, but I thought I’d show you some more of the murals that decorate the walls alongside the Donau Canal. Hex […]

-Scotland

Black Castle

Black Castle stands on South Queensferry’s High Street.  The sea-captain who had the house built in 1626, was lost at sea. His maid was accused of paying a beggar woman to cast […]

-London

Bitter and Sweet Pillars

These bittersweet pillars supported the 1864 Blackfriars railway bridge across the Thames.  They came in threes, and the third of each set has been used to help support the new […]