Shadows of today meet story of the past
Outside Haydarpaşa Station, Istanbul, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 February 2021 Posted as part of Shadow Shot Sunday …
Dreaming of summer
Spring has been kind to us this year, and summer is on its way. Many of us had plans of places to be, things to see, people to meet up […]
Coffee in Istanbul
Coffee with The Bastard of Istanbul Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 April 2020 Posted as part of #acoffeeandabook series
Beauty in the shade
Suleimanye Mosque, Istanbul, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 March 2020 Posted as part of Shadow Shot Sunday
Murals galore
This week I thought I’d share a selection of my mural findings from the last few years, starting with Alice Pasquini, one of me favourite street artists. (Hover over an […]
Rooftops of Istanbul
Istanbul’s long history of mixed cultures and ethnicities is clearly visible as you wander its streets, but the most satisfying way to view this melting pot is to clamber up […]
Dawn Sky
I fell in love with Istanbul and its people when I visited last year, and I’m missing it. It is a beautiful, walkable, historical, modern, photogenic and very welcoming city. […]
Vivid Beauty
Hex colour reference: #8f509d A colourful note: vivid violet appeared as a new Crayola shade in 1997, a vary busy crayon year. The company introduced a fair number of new names and […]
Welcome!
Apologies to the very welcoming Istanbul, but the clouds on this dreary morning made a tempting editing exercise for a forbidding challenge! Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 April 2016 Linked to Thursday […]
Purple Majesty in Istanbul
Hex colour reference: #9d81ba A colourful note: the Purple Mountain’s Majesty crayon was named by 89 year old Mildred Samson from Minneapolis, as part of Crayola’s 1993 naming competition. It was run as […]
