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-London

Hope and Anchor – week 1

Only three weeks late! I have finally got myself organised and am joining Robyn’s February photo editing challenge.  I’ll post the first 3 weeks over 3 days and then get back to […]

-Sweden

A Colourful Snowdrop

Per Hasselberg (1850-1894) was a Swedish sculptor, known for his delicate plaster sculptures of naked women.  Born in Sweden, he moved to France as a young man and studied at the […]

-Germany

Brazilian Art in Berlin

The artistic twins, Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, known as OSGEMEOS (The Twins),  were born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1974.  Now famous and much admired street artists, they still live and work […]

-Sweden

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 […]

California

Faces on the Street

Street artist Dirt Cobain is particularly well known for his works that feature the face of Sade, often just half a face in fact, but he does produce a wide variety […]

-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 […]