Out of service
Alexandre Monteiro aka Hopare, born 1989, is a Paris-based street artist. His strong use of geometric shapes and lines is often used to create striking faces such as this […]
Elephantine Feline
– . Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 July 2017 Posted as part of Thursday Special
Towering colours of spring
Gaudi’s curvaceous architecture and its natural pastel colours simply revel in the spring sunlight. The colours change as you wander around the roof and as the light adapts with […]
Car approaching
– Hex Colour reference: #fc2847 A colourful note: the scarlet crayon joined the Crayola family in 1998. It started its life the year before as part of their True Blue Heroes […]
Views from Montjuic
It’s a grey day here in London today, so let’s go and follow the sun in Barcelona. We’re setting out from the Magic Fountains and taking the grand staircase (or helpful escalators) up […]
Pareos for Sale
– – Hex reference: #de5d83 A colourful note: the Crayola interpretation of the colour of blush is surprisingly robust, an unusual choice for a name that is normally associated with […]
Shutters Down
They love to decorate the shop shutters in Barcelona. I found some excellent examples of this in the Sant Antoni area of the city, where the designs portrayed the services […]
Walking in the Dark
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light” – Helen Keller Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 November 2016
Dancing Fountains
When fountains originated, they were practical structures providing water for drinking and bathing, and relying on gravity to bring the water down to a container, natural or constructed, within reach […]
Strategy and tactics
“Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it.” -Frank Muir Neither tactics nor strategy […]
Travel with Intent 