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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. […]

Watch for Manatees

  Hex colour reference:  979AAA A colourful note: this bluish grey shade appeared as manatee in Crayola boxes in 1998 and is currently available in the 120 packs. If you run […]

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 […]

Chinese Hillside in Scotland

n Hex colour reference: CD4A4A A colourful note: The first recorded use of mahogany, named after the wood of the same name,  as a colour term in English was in 1737, and of mahogany red was in 1843.  This […]

Quiet in Winter

The islands off Stockholm may look very quiet, and empty, now, but they’ll be back to life in summer.  It has been a very mild winter this year, by normal […]

Moomins Light up the Evening

My favourite characters were waiting for me as I strolled through Stockholm’s old town.  Well, I say strolled but actually I was whizzing down the snowy street to grab my bags […]

Shadowy Walk

This church sits on my walk into town and I often take the very short detour through the graveyard.  The mid-December sun managed to create a great selfie, hiding my textures but […]