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    • Colour
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  • History,  Washington State

    Old Mission, one man’s dream

    November 10, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Log cabin with sign 'Shoes, Boots, Saddles'

    In the quiet Washington State town of Cashmere is a rather special place, the realisation of one man’s dream. The pioneer village, known as Old Mission, brings together a collection of around twenty historic buildings assembled from the surrounding area. It and the attached museum owe their existence to the way that man’s dying wish inspired a town.

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    Stone statue on a plinth on a grassy hillside

    Admiral Lord Collingwood, a forgotten hero

    April 25, 2021
    Grassy mounds and statues of sheep

    Around the world in ten photos: day three

    December 19, 2020
    Street of adobe houses

    Acoma Pueblo: a place prepared

    January 13, 2021
  • Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: the street art of Pioneer Square

    October 13, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Brick wall with assortment of paintings

    Pioneer Square was once the heart of Seattle, home to the city’s first permanent white settlers. But in 1889 their wooden buildings burned in the Great Fire of Seattle, to be replaced by imposing brick and stone ones in the then-fashionable Romanesque Revival style of urban architecture. Today it is a vibrant district with plenty of street art.

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    Sign saying Kapana in Cyrillic letters

    Gallery: a walk in colourful Kapana

    December 18, 2021
    Tiles painted with a bull's head

    Gallery: Majolica, the ceramic tiles of Seville

    November 27, 2021
    Wall painting of a blue hummingbird

    Gallery: spotting street art in Sant Elena

    February 26, 2022
  • Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: the Anacortes Murals Project

    August 1, 2021 / 21 Comments

    Anacortes struck me as an easy-going and slightly quirky small city. It's the sort of laid-back place where a brief stop can easily turn into a couple of hours as you stroll its downtown streets, pause for a leisurely coffee, pop into a shop or two.

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    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday,  Washington State

    Purple Haze: remembering Jimi Hendrix

    July 30, 2021 / 21 Comments
    Close-up of head sculpted in bronze

    When we realised that our route back into Seattle at the end of our Washington State road trip would take us through Renton, just to the north of the city, there was one detour we just had to make.

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    River through a city with several bridges

    Gallery: ‘Coming home Newcastle’, a football anthem

    August 9, 2021
    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
  • Mountains,  Squares,  Sunday Stills,  Washington State

    A day in the mountains: driving the North Cascades

    July 19, 2021 / 37 Comments
    Pine tree branch with out of focus mountains behind

    Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway, is recognised as one of the most scenic drives in the North West, possibly in the entire US. It is the only real road through this vast wilderness of mountains, glaciers and lakes which constitute the North Cascades National Park.

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    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
    Road through mountains with snow and pine trees

    Gallery: on the road to the future?

    January 10, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Animals,  Coast & seascapes,  Lens-Artists,  Washington State

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    As we left Friday Harbor’s jetty, Captain Ken prepared us for disappointment. The only resident orca pod which had been in the area recently, had last night been seen heading west, out to sea. However, we still hoped to see some of the transient orca who visit these waters.

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    Dead tree and long grass

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

    May 25, 2021
    Cheetah head and shoulders

    With the beautiful Africat cheetahs in Namibia

    May 16, 2021
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  England,  Galapagos Islands,  Themed galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: a Grey Heron at Osterley Park (and friends)

    July 4, 2021 / 10 Comments
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    The elegant Georgian house at Osterley Park was once home to the wealthy banking family, the Childs. Queen Elizabeth I visited the manor house that once stood on this site, and the present house, designed by Robert Adam, has seen many other wealthy and important visitors over the years. The view of the house from the far side of the large lake is particularly pretty, even on the November day when we last visited.

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    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
    Two birds with turquoise feet

    Blue feet, red feet, any coloured feet …

    May 18, 2021
    Two flamingos feeding

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021
  • Art,  Friendly Friday,  Just One Person,  People,  Washington State

    Recycled Spirits of Iron (Ex Nihilo)

    May 20, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Man and dog on a bench

    Dan Klennert is on a one-man crusade against today’s throwaway society, creating beauty out of objects others have rejected as no longer of use: ‘I do not form shapes, I collect shapes to create my forms.’ He works with junk metal and driftwood to create amazing and fantastical sculptures.

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    Garden with statue and gold dome beyond

    A visit to the Musée Rodin in Paris

    January 26, 2022
    Street with low houses and woman carrying a basket

    Weird and wonderful: forbidden culture in Cuenca

    October 24, 2021
    Manipulated photo of cornflowers and moon

    Gallery: playing around with effects from Enlight

    November 29, 2020
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  Themed galleries,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: Bald Eagles, American Robins and more

    May 12, 2021 / 30 Comments
    Bald Eagle on a wooden jetty

    We travel to see things we cannot see at home: different cultures, different landscapes, different wildlife. It’s easy to think that because we share a common language, Britons visiting the US might find it too much like home. But I've never found it so.

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    Two bright green birds in a dead tree

    Bird weekly #52: birds with long tail feathers

    June 18, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
    Two flamingos feeding

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Misty sea stacks and river

    As one of the rainiest places in the US, the Olympic Peninsula coast is notorious for bad weather. So we counted ourselves fortunate to experience slightly damp but by no means unpleasant conditions.

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    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
    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
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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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