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Golden Face

  A colourful note: goldenrod colour is named after the goldenrod flowers, a plant that has had a variety of health uses.  In many areas it has acted as a traditional […]

Golden Morning

A colourful note: use of the word gold is sometimes replaced with golden, to help distinguish from metallic gold.  The first recorded use of golden as a colour name in English was […]

Toast on Legs

This reclining toast with green boots appeared a few times on the walk along the beach into Margate from Broadstairs. Linked to Monday Murals Copyright Debbie Smyth, 8 February 2016    

A Fuchsia Night in London

 a A colourful note: fuchsia is a purplish-pink colour named after the plant of the same name.  The plant was discovered in the late 17th century and was named in honour of […]

Night Sky over Horatio

Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is commemorated by Nelson’s Column that towers over London’s Trafalgar Square.  It was constructed between 1840 and 1843 at […]