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Welcome!

Apologies to the very welcoming Istanbul, but the clouds on this dreary morning made a tempting editing exercise for a forbidding challenge! Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 April 2016   Linked to Thursday […]

Pink Flamingo

I thought it was time I featured a flamingo in the Crayola colour series.  We looked at Pink Flamingo a while ago but it was way to bright for this […]

Razed by the Snow

The beauty of Stockholm is undeniable on a sunny, snowy day, but as I wandered through the central park, Kungsträdgården, I was sad to see this poor, felled rabbit, overcome by wind and […]

Razzmatazz in Frankfurt

Hex colour ref:  #e3256b A colourful note:  the razzmatazz Crayola shade appeared in 1992 as an anonymous crayon to be named in the 1992 competition.  It was officially given its jazzy name […]

Radical Illumination in Vienna

    I always enjoy a walk along the Donaukanal, with its vibrant street art and a lively nightlife in the summer months.  This bright bridge is the Schwedenbrücke, close to the ferry […]

Not-so-White Horses

If you want to see the white horses looking white, you need to visit very early in the day.  I did wonder if they rolled so exuberantly deliberately to annoy the […]

Purple Majesty in Istanbul

Hex colour reference:  #9d81ba A colourful note:  the Purple Mountain’s Majesty crayon was named by  89 year old Mildred Samson from Minneapolis, as part of Crayola’s 1993 naming competition.  It was run as […]

Purple Heart

  Hex colour Reference:  #7442c8 A colourful note:  the purple heart crayon was another shade that played a part in 1997 in the True Blue Heroes contest in the US and the […]