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    • Art
      • Crafts
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    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
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  • Art,  England,  Photographing Public Art

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021 / 39 Comments
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    At first glance the land formations of this small country park look quite natural, if a little manicured – some small hillocks with ponds at their base. They are anything but, however! This is not nature, but art – art on a very large scale.

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    Man and dog on a bench

    Recycled Spirits of Iron (Ex Nihilo)

    May 20, 2021
    Garden with statue and gold dome beyond

    A visit to the Musée Rodin in Paris

    January 26, 2022
    Bronze sculpture of two young elephants

    A little bit of Nairobi in London’s Spitalfields

    January 22, 2022
  • Coast & seascapes,  Deserts,  Mountains,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021 / 53 Comments
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Some years ago the Wanderlust magazine used to have a regular feature in which it asked contributors and readers: What are you? Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

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    Ruins of a castle

    Kippers and castles: a walk from Craster to Dunstanburgh

    April 13, 2021
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022
  • Lens-Artists,  Street photography,  Travel galleries,  Vietnam

    Gallery: street photography in Hoi An, two ways

    June 27, 2021 / 41 Comments
    Lady in conical hat on a small boat

    For most photographers the old town of Hoi An is a riot of colour, as it was for me too. The beautiful lanterns adorning the streets; the rich ochre of its buildings; the traditional costumes worn by many Vietnamese visitors; the boats bobbing on the river … But I also took a lot of street photos there, and traditionally most street photographers work in black and white.

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    Clothes hanging on a white wooden door

    Gallery: the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden in St Ives

    April 4, 2021
    Giraffe eating

    Giraffe Manor: getting up close and personal

    January 11, 2021
    Modern white building with moat

    Gallery: cool architecture, cool colours

    May 24, 2021
  • Animals,  Friendly Friday,  Tanzania

    Elephant encounter: flashback to our first safari

    June 26, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Large elephant walking towards camera

    The bull elephant seemed to glower at us from just a short distance away. Reginald eased the jeep door open a few inches, not for the first time. The elephant stomped his feet and advanced a little, and Reginald hurriedly shut the door again. Clearly the elephant was not going to let him out of the vehicle without charging. Sitting in the back seat Chris and I looked at each other nervously. Would the first day of our first ever safari end in disaster?

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    Two elephants among trees

    Elephant encounters on elephant terms

    September 13, 2020
    Three lion cubs

    Gallery: emerging into life

    April 12, 2021
    Dead tree and long grass

    A walk on Sausage Island: it’s all about the elephants

    May 25, 2021
  • Food & drink,  History,  New Mexico

    A pit stop in pioneering Pie Town

    June 24, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Sign saying Pie Town

    When I saw Pie Town on the map I knew we had to go there! Any town named after food has to be worth a visit, yes? And while getting to Pie Town involves a long drive across the empty plains of western New Mexico, for us the effort was well rewarded.

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    Limestone building in garden among trees

    Special treats: The Black Swan at Oldstead

    February 2, 2021
    Elaborately decorated table

    Eating like honoured guests in North Korea

    December 30, 2021
    Restaurant with pavement terrace

    Bologna la Grassa: a foodie’s delight

    March 20, 2021
  • England,  Gardens,  Life in Colour,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle

    June 23, 2021 / 22 Comments
    White flowers in front of an old house

    When we think of gardens and garden flowers we usually think of colours - lots of colours. But there is something particularly restful about a garden that has nothing but white, and shades of green. And by limiting the colour palette, texture and patterns of light and shade come to the fore.

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    Mist hanging over a lake

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021
    Stylised female statue head

    The art on the Tyne

    December 11, 2021
    Close up of peeling white bark

    Gallery: barking up the wrong tree?

    July 9, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Japan,  Photographing Public Art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the humble manhole cover as public art

    June 22, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Colourful manhole cover

    The Japanese seem to take pride in making everything look the best it possibly can; even the humble manhole cover is an opportunity for some decorative design. Each town or city has its own unique styles, and many are not only intricately moulded but also colourfully painted.

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    River through a city with several bridges

    Gallery: ‘Coming home Newcastle’, a football anthem

    August 9, 2021
    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
    Street of adobe houses

    Acoma Pueblo: a place prepared

    January 13, 2021
  • Botswana,  Sunday Stills,  Wildlife and nature

    The sun sets and the sun rises over the Chobe River

    June 21, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Orange sunset with water reflections

    The wide waters of the Chobe River form the northern boundary of the national park of the same name. They divide Botswana from its neighbour Namibia to the north. But of course the wildlife that teems on its shores, in its waters and in the skies above knows no national borders. And nor does the sun, which sets and rises on all.

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    Wetlands in low sun

    Gallery: mokoro rides in the Okavango Delta

    February 3, 2021
    Dead tree and long grass

    A walk on Sausage Island: it’s all about the elephants

    May 25, 2021
    Bed decorated with leaves and seeds

    Wherever I lay my hat … (continued)

    January 6, 2021
  • Lens-Artists,  London,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: welcome to my wonderful world

    June 20, 2021 / 35 Comments
    People sitting on a bench looking at a city view

    I love to travel and see other lands; I love to spend time in the country, time by the sea, time among mountains or deserts. But I am a city girl. I was born in London and this is where I belong.

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    Blue flowers with a blurred green backdrop

    Gallery: playing with bokeh

    April 13, 2022
    River view with modern city buildings

    Gallery: city living in London

    February 15, 2021
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
  • England,  Friendly Friday,  War

    Cracking the code at Bletchley Park

    June 19, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Wartime sign about spies

    The first computer my husband and I bought had a memory of around 500 MB. The second seemed a huge advancement at a whole gigabyte! Today I have 32 GB in my phone, i.e. 64 times as much, and 64 GB (128 times as much) in the memory cards I use in my cameras. And yet that first computer of ours was of course a massive advance on the earliest computers.

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    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Large red poppy

    Gallery: is it wild if we plant it?

    July 2, 2021
    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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