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....

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Timeless Forms...

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For a number of years now, Reims city centre has been occupied by rather spectral figures that tower above the hurried citizens that rush ...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Pale Purple Petals...

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I am not particularly interested in Halloween, but at the moment there are some beautiful displays in the florist's in my street, with...

Windows Looking In and Out....

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The following is an extract from Baudelaire's work Les Fenêtres in Le Spleen de Paris .... Celui qui regarde du dehors à travers ...
Friday, September 30, 2022

19th Century Mourners - Grace and Beauty in Paris...

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For the last days of a hot summer, I visited the Parisian cemeteries of Père-Lachaise and Passy , looking for - and finding - beauty, pe...

Hidden Histories...

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Now that it is getting cold and very wet, it is hard to is believe that on a trip to Paris just a few weeks ago, the glare of the sun and ...
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