Urban Agriculture
Cuba’s food and goods supplies collapsed when the USSR fell and urban agriculture (small areas in cities and towns used to grow vegetables an raise animals) became a necessity. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 […]
Youngsters in Cienfuegos
Hex colour reference: #76ff7a A colourful note: screamin’ green appeared in the Crayola family in 1990. It turned out to be a new name rather than a new shade […]
Driving in Havana
Hex colour ref: 1df914 A colourful note: The first recorded use of lime as a colour name in English was in 1890. Crayola introduced this electric version as a crayon […]
Well paired
Big splashes of aquamarine with a dash of asparagus in the corner! Hex colour reference: #87a96b A colourful note: the colour name asparagus green was first used in English in 1805. […]
Clean Start
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 February 2017 Part of Weekend Reflections
Hockney at Tate
“Sir, You state, … that cigarettes will be sold in “boxes decorated in an off-putting shade of olive green”. I don’t believe there are “off-putting“ colours … The colour will be quite […]
Early Start
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 8 February 2017 Part of Wordless Wednesday
Smokin’
Hex colour ref: f0e891 A colourful note: this calm yellow colour, known as green yellow, first appeared as a Crayola crayon in 1997. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 February 2017 Part of […]
Happy
Hex colour reference: #fce883 A colourful note: yellow was, of course, in the original 1903 set of Crayola crayons and still remains. In Crayola world, it has changed shade a […]
Aaaaah!
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 February 2017 Part of Solitude
Dramatic
One of the impressive buildings on Cienfuegos’ central square is the Tomás Terry Theatre, a structure where French and Italian influences are apparent. Its elegance is apparent even before stepping through the […]
Travel with Intent 