Bright ribbons
Dancing with ribbons on Oxford Street, London, March 2021 Bourne & Hollingsworth was a large department store in an 1894 building on Oxford Street. It was remodelled in the late 1920s in […]
Picnic time
Picnics are extremely popular in England at the moment, despite the changeable weather – relaxing of lockdown means that picnics are now allowed. And this couple were making the most […]
Admiring the view
Stockholm, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 February 2021 Posted as part of Weekend B&W …
Salvation of a statue with a story
This statue was maliciously decapitated in 2016 by some not-so-merry locals, who felt that wrestling with a Victorian statue made good nighttime entertainment. The next morning, the head and shoulders […]
Body
Angel of the North, Gateshead, August 2020 – Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own body post.To join the challenge, please […]
Erasmus in green
This green Erasmus is a faithful copy of the bronze statue of Desiderius Erasmus by Dutch sculptor Hendrick de Keyser, that first stood in the Grote Markt in 1622. You […]
Singin’ and dancing’ in the rain
Gene Kelly in Leicester Square, London, August 2020 This statue in Leicester Square remembers Gene Kelly, the director, choreographer and performer of Singing’ in the Rain. The people behind the set […]
Men in bronze and stone
I’m kicking off this post with a London sculpture that caught my eye earlier this year – a man in his everyday rush to grab a taxi. Cee has a […]
He plays sea shells at the green door
Getting close and personal outside the house at Angelsey Abbey: A musical welcome at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, June 2020 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 July 2020 Posted as part of […]
Severed
I showed this woman a couple of weeks ago, in her GRL PWR sunglasses. But I wanted to share her again, as this low and close photographic point of view […]
Renowned rabbit relishing a carrot
Bugs Bunny in Leicester Square, London, June 2020 Do go and share a carrot with him if you can, as he’s celebrating his 80th anniversary this year Bugs was one […]
