Europe

Working in Venice

Real life in Venice, 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 30 July 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s B&W Challenge …

A country ending in K

Denmark, April 2015 And a small gallery of photos from Copenhagen in April 2015 and January 2016: Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 July 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness […]

-Spain

Beneath the jacaranda tree

And the wind blew through the boughs, Of the jacaranda tree. Raining purple like it still does now, – from Underneath The Jacaranda Tree by Juan Olivarez read more Bloom […]

-Sweden

Trees along the city street

The trees along this city street, Save for the traffic and the trains, Would make a sound as thin and sweet As trees in country lanes… – from City Trees […]

-London

Among the lemon trees

The little path that winds down along the slope plunges through cane-tufts and opens suddenly into the orchard among the moss-green trunks of the lemon trees. – from The Lemon […]

-Turkey

Where dark shadows lie

Bright is the earth where the dark shadows lie, Cast by the beams of a glittering sky. Praise for the shadows when earth days are done; For the darker the […]

-France

Seeking respite

Has he grown sick of his toils and his tasks? Sighs the worn spirit for respite or ease? Is it a moment’s cool halt that he asks Under the shade […]

-Corsica

Welcome to the clouds

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. – from The […]

-Greece

Street art in Athens

Ribbon display outside VV Rouleaux haberdashery shop, London, November 2020 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 July 2021 Enjoying street art has become a regular event on my travels around the world: […]

-Brittany