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Challenges

-Canaries

Green Tenerife

Although there is plenty of green in England at the moment it’s hard to find a dry, bright moment to take a decent photograph.  So I have resorted to an […]

-Kenya

Kazuri Beads – a gift from Kenya

It’s always pleasing to bring back a gift from your travels – be it for yourself or for others. However, finding something truly representative and authentic, whilst being responsible and supporting local trade […]

-Barcelona

Windows galore! – in Barcelona

The building next to Gaudí’s Casa Batlló was under renovation a while back, but they gave it a fancy cover of brightly coloured windows. This is part of the Thursday Lingering Look […]

-Japan

K is for… Kazaridaru

Kazaridaru means “decorated barrels” and refers to the sake barrels donated to Japanese temples.  They serve a practical use, in that the sake is used at festivals and ceremonies  but they […]

-London

The Meeting Place

The details of the base of  Paul Day’s “The Meeting Place” statue in St Pancras station was taken with my iPhone 4, cropped slightly using Picasa: In case you were […]

Challenges

Tunisia in Black and White

Ksar Hadeda, an ancient berber village in Southern Tunisia is looking great in black and white. I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge […]

-England

Hats Off to the Queen Mother

Walking down the Mall recently, I came across  two bronze reliefs by Paul Day (the man responsible for the statue of two lovers at St Pancras Station).  They are part of […]

-Arizona

J is for… Javelinas

Arizona has a cute but smelly inhabitant: the Javelina, or Collared Peccary.  Though it looks a bit like a pig, it is not  from the same family.  It belongs instead to the Tayassuidae […]

-Manchester

Australasia – down under in Manchester

The term “potluck” originally referred to what was on offer to unexpected guests: if you arrived unannounced you took your luck with whatever was in the pot!  That is the theme for this week’s Sunday Stills […]

-Norway

Captivating Bergen

Bergen is an enthralling city on the west coast of Norway, Norway’s second largest city in fact.  On a clear, sunny day you’d be hard pressed to think of anywhere […]