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-Cuba

Urban Agriculture

Cuba’s food and goods supplies collapsed when the USSR fell and urban agriculture (small areas in cities and towns used to grow vegetables an raise animals) became a necessity. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 […]
Urban Agriculture

Colour Challenges

Thistle

    A thistle depicted florally, in Crayola fern colour!     Hex ref:  71bc78 A colourful note:  Crayola went for this shade of green as one of their crayons […]
Thistle

-New York

Double Art deco

This Art Deco skyscraper opened in May 1930 and enjoyed the status of tallest building in the world, until the Empire State Building grabbed the title just eleven months later. […]
Double Art deco

-New York

Spiral Vertigo

For me, the oval spiral of the Guggenheim is both calming and exciting.  Its own artistic power is both a host and a competitor to the artworks on display here. Designed […]
Spiral Vertigo

-Cuba

Driving in Havana

    Hex colour ref:  1df914 A colourful note: The first recorded use of lime as a colour name in English was in 1890.  Crayola introduced this electric version as a crayon […]
Driving in Havana

-London

Oranges and Greens

Every February, Kew Gardens brightens our lives with a tremendous Orchid Festival.  This year the theme is India and there’s no doubt that the colours and shapes (including an orchid-filled […]
Oranges and Greens

-Cuba

Well paired

Big splashes of aquamarine with a dash of asparagus in the corner!   Hex colour reference:  #87a96b A colourful note: the colour name asparagus green was first used in English in 1805. […]
Well paired