Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Beloved Beasts of Present and Past...

I often wonder how a seemingly simple creature as the cat, of somewhat modest size and stature, should be doted with so much personality. ...

Animal, Insect or.... Orchid?

Although it may only be the end of January, the daylight hours are already starting to extend, and the birds sing... A few plants are even...

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Palais du Tau and Notre-Dame de Reims... Jewels in the Crown in the Cité des Sacres.

As time goes on, I find myself turning to time long gone by, as all the traces of centuries past seem to offer far more beauty, interest a...

Friday, December 31, 2021

To a Bright New Year 2022!

How appropriate to see in the New Year - bright skies! Set against a backcloth ranging between azur and rich royal blue, some of the hist...

A Noble Beast...

It appears that the freedom to indulge in any kind of travel or wandering - aimless or aimful - is coming to a momentary halt; Covid agai...

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Doors to the Past... And their Future.

I can no longer recall if I learnt of Spitalfields through Dennis Sever’s House - 18 Folgate Street - or vice versa, but in fact that is ...

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