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-London

Mistress of the Unexpected

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an incredibly prolific English writer, known best, of course, for her crime novels (66 in all).  She also wrote short stories and plays, plus six romances under the […]

-London

Tower Reflection

The weather here in England is freezing, but we are still getting plenty of sun, surprisingly for late November.  Witness this almost perfect reflection of Tower Bridge taken late afternoon […]

-London

Hay’s Galleria

Hay’s Galleria is a popular shopping and eating venue on London’s South Bank. Originally a warehouse and associated wharf (Hay’s Wharf) for the port of London, it was redeveloped as a […]

California

Spiky Leaves of the Joshua Tree

As its latin name, Yucca brevifolia, shows, the Joshua Tree is really a Yucca plant, but its tree-like stature gives it its common names of Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree […]

-Botswana

Intangible World

“O world invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, O world unknowable, we know thee, Inapprehensible, we clutch thee” -Francis Thompson, “In No Strange Land” Linked to […]

-Kenya

Horseback Safari

If you’re a competent rider and you want to get up close to animals in the wild, then I urge you to do a horseback safari. I did that in […]

-Paris

Window with a View

Wouldn’t it be marvellous to live here, high up in Montmartre, with views across Paris? If you’re tempted, there’s one for sale! Linked to Lingering Look at Windows and Whimsical Windows.