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The Knight Adventurer Reaches Brussels

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza stroll cheerfully through the Place d’Espagne in Brussels.  In the late afternoon sun their so-easily identifiable silhouette reminded me of Picasso’s famous black and white drawing of […]

Funny Faces

  Okay, so I may be cheating a little by using this photo for the unusual portrait challenge, but it just had to be shared.  It lures you  in with […]

National Relaxation Day

The wall-to-wall information on the worldwide web tells me that today, 15 August, is National Relaxation Day. Its origins are unclear: one source tells me that it was established around twenty years ago […]

Carpet Creation

This woman was hard at work in the window of one of the massive carpet studios come shops in Istanbul.  I can only marvel at how they manage to create pieces […]

Dawn Reflections

Cee’s challenge topic this week is water and winter. I’m trying not to think about winter just yet so I’ve gone for water, which takes me back to my Venice […]

Cream Tea Anyone?

26 June 2015 marks National Cream Tea Day and in August each year there is  National Afternoon Tea Week (it was 11-17 August in 2014). If you’re like me, you need no […]