Our very first glimpse of Brittany

We’re in Nantes for the weekend. Catching up with friends from Sydney! For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

A lovely invitation to sit down

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It was My First London March

‘Come to your squares, make yourselves visible and heard, say that people matter’ President Zelensky It was a beautiful day for a walk. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Spring is here. Magnolias are blooming.

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It was a big sky day

It was a warm day. I could feel spring coming. I walked out to the Common, sat at a bench, and had an early lunch while enjoying the view. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Flowers of support outside the embassy

It was a dreary day. Rain drizzled down from grey London skies. I asked my manager if I could visit the Ukrainian embassy to offer a small gesture of support. She gave me some time away from work to do so. It took about an hour to get there. And it was nice to see […]

Patron saint of bridges and confessors

You’ll see this statue of John of Nepomuk on Charles bridge if you visit Prague. Legend has it he was chained and thrown into the Vltava river to drown for not divulging the confessions of the Queen of Bohemia. The image was taken with the iPhone and edited using the Hipstamatic App. For Debbie’s Six […]

Blooming Odd

This masterpiece is by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. Called A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, it was painted around 1609! It hangs in the National Gallery, London. It’s a beautiful vase of flowers. There’s nothing odd about that, you may say. But you’d be wrong. These flowers could not exist together in […]

A working clock from the 1400s

It’s the third oldest clock and oldest working clock in the world. Found in old town square, Prague. We walked past it many times, but kept missing the hour when the clock would chime! Just around the corner is the place where 27 Bohemian Protestants were executed for their part in a revolt against the […]

So this is Magic the Gathering…

It was fun! I think… What I understood of it anyway. I think I got about 80% of what was going on. It was a close first game with our boy hanging on by his fingernails to win. He’s now asking for another match, but I think I need some time to recover! 😁 For […]

An odd little duck

Some may say a duck in uniform is a little odd. But we think he’s charming. Spotted the soldier in Edinburgh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We were walking along the Royal Mile when my husband stopped at a shop window and pointed him out. He’s been ours ever since. For Becky’s Odd Squares Challenge

Monday Portrait

Image captured on my iPhone and edited using Hipstamatic. A red breasted robin perched on a hedge at Wisley garden. For Becky’s Monday Portrait