Continuing my meandering through Turkey’s Fethiye old-town, I chance upon another colourful display, this time of cushions, bolsters and wall hangings that demand my photographic attention. I just love the vivid colours that abound in the middle-eastern markets. I repressed my instincts to purchase half the stock from the shop knowing that it would be outrageously out of place back home… But at least I can feast my eyes!
With several days to spend in Porto, Jonathan L explores several aspects of local culture
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This iconic tree along The 17 Mile Drive is always a beautiful picture.
Of all the grand features of Paris’s Grands Magasins, Paul Heymont’s favorite is the stained glass dome at Printemps
DrFumblefinger shares images of a Lewis and Clark statue he spotted on the Boise State Capitol grounds.
After I wrote a few words about the floating fisherman’s villages in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, I was asked by
The sign of times soon to come! This was my first summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in England and I love the picture because it heralds the warm sunny days that are yet to come (please!) after the dark days of winter. The solstice sun-rises are the only occasions these days when the public are allowed to be within touching distance of the old stones that comprise ‘the Henge’.
From his shoebox, Mac pulls another incredible image of Tallinn
I had to put my sunglasses on just to gaze at that beautiful rainbow. It looks like silk — do you know that’s what these are made of?
I suspect that they are all offered as “silk” but I equally suspect that if they are any sort of silk it is a very distant relation!!