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-Hertfordshire

Please Don’t Feed Me!

I love the involvement of local school children in the design of these new signs.   Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 March 2016     Linked to Odd Ball Challenge and Wild Bird Wednesday

-London

Nude Eros at Night

This nude statue on top of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain caused a fair bit of controversy when it was erected in the 1890s in the centre of Piccadilly Circus.  The […]

Black and White Challenges

Low Key at Noho

In Manchester’s bubbling Northern Quarter, the shutters at NoHo are attractively decorated, with a real hint of promise as the sun sets. The shutters of this independent bar soon open […]

-Kent

Let The Heavens Dance

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it […]

-London

Tall Paul

At 111 metres in height, the current St Paul’s Cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, when it was overtaken by the Post Office tower (now known as […]

-London

Plum Carousal

I admire this little beauty every time I walk past St Pancras Station – joy, with a touch of jealousy! Hex colour ref:  #8e4585 A colourful note:  in 1958, Crayola […]

-London

Big Ben

Linked to Wordless Wednesday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 March 2016    

-Kent

Piggy Pink for a Viking of the Day

  Hex colour reference: #fdd7e4 A colourful note: piggy pink is a Crayola name, introduced in 1998 as pig pink, but later softened to “piggy pink”.  And it seems a very close match […]

-Manchester

Ultimate Power

Hex colour reference:  #c5d0e6 A colourful note:  this pale blue-lilac shade, known as periwinkle, is named after the flowers of the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb. The first recorded use of […]