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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 […]

California

Faces on the Street

Street artist Dirt Cobain is particularly well known for his works that feature the face of Sade, often just half a face in fact, but he does produce a wide variety […]

-Sweden

Up Close and Shiny

This week I got to spend a whole day, albeit grey and cold, wandering around Gothenburg.  I particularly enjoyed the streets of Haga, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city.  I’ll take you […]

-Paris

French Mail

Hex reference: #FDFC74 A colourful note: laser lemon landed in Crayola world in 1990.  Strangely enough, this was another crayon in disguise!  Exactly the same colour formulation had been a Crayola […]

-Edinburgh

Sunny Scottish Sky

As you head into Edinburgh from Haymarket Station, the busy main road passes between two crescents, where the splash of green garden and bright trees lighten your walk and prepare you for […]

-Denmark

White Stuff or Wet Stuff

It was a great joy to find snow in Copenhagen when I arrived in mid-January this year.  After a mild, wet winter at home, the white stuff was a pleasure, […]

-Sweden

Royal Arrival in Stockholm

This nineteenth century statue depicts the arrival of Crown Prince Karl XIV into the city in 1810.  Born in Pau in France, in 1763,  Jean Bernadotte became King of Sweden and […]