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-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 11 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

Music Icons in Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street in London is always a fun and vibrant place to be.  At the moment it is celebrating ten decades of musical history with murals of  iconic musical  figures […]

Pumpkins Galore!

Pumpkins are a much loved member of the squash family, Cucurbitaceae. There are actually only four species of squash but many cultivated varieties have been bred from these four.  Here […]
Pumpkins Galore!

Giant Jelly Baby

Those with a sweet tooth may be somewhat disappointed to learn that this jelly baby is not edible. It is, instead, a polyurethane exhibit at the Wellcome Collection on the […]

WANTED – Giant Custard!

I adore rhubarb and custard. You would certainly need a giant portion of the yellow stuff to go with this Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata).  The leaves can be as much as […]

Art and Craft in Manchester

Good art, craft and fabric shops seem few and far between in Britain this days.  Many department stores have ditched their haberdashery departments and not many high streets feature a […]

Better to be Drunk or Ugly?

“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” -Winston Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and […]