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Love is Afloat in Kew

A question posed in Wordpress land this week was “is your current state of mind reflected in your photography?” Copyright Debbie Smyth, 27 February 2016     Linked to I’d Rather Be Birdin’

Raining Umbrellas

Hex Colour reference:  C8385A A colourful note: maroon is the term used for a dark brown-red , with the first recorded use of this as an English colour name in 1789.  The name comes from […]

Alfred Hitchcock at the Rovers Return

Back in 1964 Alfred Hitchcock was captured o camera as he peered through the doors of Coronation Street’s Rovers Return pub. In 2015, the TV Times magazine celebrated its 60th anniversary […]

Cats, Pharaohs and Tobacco

Carreras Factory (opened 1928), Camden, London, February 2016 These large black cats and Egyptian columns belong to a 1920s art deco building in north London; a cigarette factory, no less. […]

Hope and Anchor – week 2

Having discovered that this closed London pub dates back to the late nineteenth century, I decided on an antique edit for this version:  sepia-coloured monotone with a grainy texture added, […]

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 […]