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Challenges

-London

Music Icons in Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street in London is always a fun and vibrant place to be.  At the moment it is celebrating ten decades of musical history with murals of  iconic musical  figures […]

-London

Pumpkins Galore!

Pumpkins are a much loved member of the squash family, Cucurbitaceae. There are actually only four species of squash but many cultivated varieties have been bred from these four.  Here […]
Pumpkins Galore!

-Paris

Sunday in Paris

One photo, no words for Silent Sunday. Linked to Sundays in my City, Weekly Top Shot and Photo Friday.  

-London

Giant Jelly Baby

Those with a sweet tooth may be somewhat disappointed to learn that this jelly baby is not edible. It is, instead, a polyurethane exhibit at the Wellcome Collection on the […]

Cityscape

Bath Reflections

The Georgian spa town of Bath, in south west England, looks beautiful from all angles and in all lights, but early evening adds a wonderful golden glow that can be […]

-Botswana

P is for… Palm Nuts

The palm nuts, the fruit of the palm tree, is a much coveted food item for many of the animal inhabitants of Africa, especially during the dry season, when grasses […]

-London

WANTED – Giant Custard!

I adore rhubarb and custard. You would certainly need a giant portion of the yellow stuff to go with this Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata).  The leaves can be as much as […]

-Paris

Deep Blue over the Grand Palais

The sweeping curve of the stone facade and  the bronze quadriga by Georges Récipon are framed beautifully by the deep blue sky and fluffy clouds (I always seem to be […]