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Warm Colours on a Cold Day

Hex colour reference:  #ffbd88 This very light orange colour became an unusually named Crayola crayon in 1993.  One of the 16 winners of the 1993 naming competition created a lively impression […]

-Sweden

Moomins Light up the Evening

My favourite characters were waiting for me as I strolled through Stockholm’s old town.  Well, I say strolled but actually I was whizzing down the snowy street to grab my bags […]

-Sweden

Up Close and Shiny

This week I got to spend a whole day, albeit grey and cold, wandering around Gothenburg.  I particularly enjoyed the streets of Haga, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city.  I’ll take you […]

-Paris

French Mail

Hex reference: #FDFC74 A colourful note: laser lemon landed in Crayola world in 1990.  Strangely enough, this was another crayon in disguise!  Exactly the same colour formulation had been a Crayola […]

-Denmark

White Stuff or Wet Stuff

It was a great joy to find snow in Copenhagen when I arrived in mid-January this year.  After a mild, wet winter at home, the white stuff was a pleasure, […]

-Sweden

Royal Arrival in Stockholm

This nineteenth century statue depicts the arrival of Crown Prince Karl XIV into the city in 1810.  Born in Pau in France, in 1763,  Jean Bernadotte became King of Sweden and […]

-Turkey

Indigo Mosque

A colourful note: the colour indigo was named after the indigo dye derived from the Indigofera tinctoria plant.  India is believed to be the oldest centre of indigo dyeing in […]