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Happy Nowruz!

It’s the start of Spring in the northern hemisphere, and it marks the Persian New Year, known as Nowruz. The Iranian calendar is a solar calendar, so Nowruz always coincides […]
Happy Nowruz!

Up on the roof

Diri Baba Mausoleum, Azerbaijan, April 2017  I said I might be back with more rooftop activityAnd here is a more recent version of Up on the roof, featuring its composer, […]

Labour of love

Coppersmith at work in Lahic, Azerbaijan, March 2017 Perched in the southern foothills of the Great Caucasus, sits the ancient settlement of Lahic. As long as you visit slightly out […]
Labour of love

Mud-luscious

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful” – E. E. Cummings Mud volcano, Azerbaijan, March 2017 It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. If the quote inspires a pictorial or wordy […]
Mud-luscious

Eternal firelight

The Eternal Flame Monument, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 2017 Flame Towers, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 2017   – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 29 January 2020 Posted as part of January Squares

Looking upward

“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” Charlotte Bronte It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. If the quote inspires a pictorial or […]
Looking upward