Coffee in Istanbul
Coffee with The Bastard of Istanbul Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 April 2020 Posted as part of #acoffeeandabook series
Beauty in the shade
Suleimanye Mosque, Istanbul, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 March 2020 Posted as part of Shadow Shot Sunday
Rooftops of Istanbul
Istanbul’s long history of mixed cultures and ethnicities is clearly visible as you wander its streets, but the most satisfying way to view this melting pot is to clamber up […]
Dawn Sky
I fell in love with Istanbul and its people when I visited last year, and I’m missing it. It is a beautiful, walkable, historical, modern, photogenic and very welcoming city. […]
Vivid Beauty
Hex colour reference: #8f509d A colourful note: vivid violet appeared as a new Crayola shade in 1997, a vary busy crayon year. The company introduced a fair number of new names and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sweet Istanbul
Hex colour reference: #158078 A colourful note: this dark green, with a hint of blue, is known in current Crayola boxes as pine green. In fact, this shade of green featured in the original […]
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 […]
Travel with Intent 