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-Barcelona

Flirtatious Giraffe

This flirtatious giraffe is one of two sculptures by Josep Granyer i Giralt (1899-1983) that grace Barcelona’s Rambla de Catalunya.  This one is La girafa coqueta  or “Coquettish Giraffe”; the other will be featured […]

-Botswana

Stickybeak!

These bright little birds were almost as cheeky as the local monkeys. The lure of sugar, honey and porridge proved a greater force than their fear of clapping and stamping […]

Ruby Tuesday

All Wrapped Up

Well, that’s it; Christmas is over for another year. I hope the presents you gave were greeted with as much joy as you anticipated, and that in return you received […]

-Botswana

Luminous Leaves

These beautiful water lily leaves contain so many different colours.  The colours are enhanced slightly by increasing the amount of shadow in post processing. Linked to Daily Prompt: Bright.

-Botswana

Continuous Variations

“I have been sitting watching that ever since I came back, the continuous variations of light and shadow.” –Laurie Lee Laurie Lee (1914-1997) was an English poet, who wrote much […]

-Day Trips from Madrid

Knobbly Door

This is just one of Toledo’s magnificent, knobbly doors – processed here in HDR to bring out the detail of the weathered wood. Linked to I Heart Macro, Macro Monday and Delirious Doors.

-Belgium

Mannekens Galore

I spotted these colourful little fellas in a shop in Brussels. They are, of course, multi-coloured versions of the famous Brussels landmark, the Manneken Pis (which translates as Little Man Pee in Marols, a […]