One of my personal treats on every visit to Edinburgh is a walk along the Water of Leith, between Stockbridge and Roseburn. The red sandstone of Well Court is one […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hex colour reference: FDBCB4 A colourful note: the first use of the English word melon as a colour was recorded in 1892. The colour, it seems, is named […]
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Prime Minister then President until 2008, died on 25 November 2016. He reached the grand age of 90, despite many assassination attempts. It has been estimated that he […]
Hex colour reference: #fd7c6e A colourful note: the colour name bittersweet was first used in English in 1892 and became a Crayola crayon in 1958. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 January 2017 Part […]