Bucket Lists
I’m not great at making New Year’s Resolutions – or at least, not good at keeping any that I do I make. But I do have a travel bucket list […]
Theme Day
For today, the City Post Theme day is calling for our Photo of the Year. But how to choose? In the end I used the good old WordPress stats to […]
-Madrid
Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it.
Languages
Happy New Year to all my friends around the world! In recognition of the multilingual and muliticultural nature of the world of blogging, I’m bringing you an interesting article on […]
-Barcelona
This flirtatious giraffe is one of two sculptures by Josep Granyer i Giralt (1899-1983) that grace Barcelona’s Rambla de Catalunya. This one is La girafa coqueta or “Coquettish Giraffe”; the other will be featured […]
-Botswana
These bright little birds were almost as cheeky as the local monkeys. The lure of sugar, honey and porridge proved a greater force than their fear of clapping and stamping […]
Ruby Tuesday
Well, that’s it; Christmas is over for another year. I hope the presents you gave were greeted with as much joy as you anticipated, and that in return you received […]
-Botswana
These beautiful water lily leaves contain so many different colours. The colours are enhanced slightly by increasing the amount of shadow in post processing. Linked to Daily Prompt: Bright.
-Botswana
“I have been sitting watching that ever since I came back, the continuous variations of light and shadow.” –Laurie Lee Laurie Lee (1914-1997) was an English poet, who wrote much […]
-Day Trips from Madrid
This is just one of Toledo’s magnificent, knobbly doors – processed here in HDR to bring out the detail of the weathered wood. Linked to I Heart Macro, Macro Monday and Delirious Doors.
-Belgium
I spotted these colourful little fellas in a shop in Brussels. They are, of course, multi-coloured versions of the famous Brussels landmark, the Manneken Pis (which translates as Little Man Pee in Marols, a […]