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Morning Stroll

Hex colour ref: #b4674d A colourful note:  brown, sometimes known as Van Dyke brown, was one of the original Crayola colours back in 1903, but became a lighter, warmer shade in […]
Morning Stroll

Old and New

In Havana, there are plenty of taxis available to both locals and tourists.  They range from classic American cars, through ladas to rickshaws. The most unusual is the yellow globe-shaped […]
Old and New

Flying Beetles

Elytra Filament Pavilion formed part of the 2016 V&A Engineering Season.  This overhead structure was inspired by the shells of flying beetles known as elytra. The result was an undulating expanse of […]
Flying Beetles

Che

This mural by Vin Sever (my interpretation of the signature) adorns a wall at the corner of San Ignacio and Santa Clara, very close to the Plaza Vieja in Havana. Many of […]
Che

Outrageous Orange

  Hex color reference:  #FF664E A colourful note: this red-orange shade is known in Crayola world as Outrageous Orange.  It was born in 1972 as Ultra Orange Fluorescent  but took on its more […]
Outrageous Orange

Brrr!

Over to all of you to join the theme with your own brrr! post, or with a post based on any single word that takes your fancy. And if you haven’t […]
Brrr!