I have already reported about the spectacular snowfall in Manchester, but here are the photos I took during the week of Winter Wonderland. These include portraits of several amazing snowmen and one sn...
During my journey to Liverpool in early December I went in Waterstones where I was instantly greeted by this display. Christmas time undoubtedly brings with it thoughts about both life and the end the...
“Big” events usually offer a great opportunity to various sites to add that “festive” touch to their logos. Google has been prolific for a number of years with Google Doodles, ...
All of us who love soul will know Gladys Knight. Midnight Train to Georgia, I Heard It Through the Grapevine… And a wonderful version of a traditional Christmas song, Do You Hear What I Hear? I ...
Do you remember this passage in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, chapter IX ‘Queen Alice’? Sir John Tenniel, A Leg of Mutton At last the Red Queen began. “You’v...
Over at People’s Almanac there are several impressive galleries of rare postcards. In a way, there is something for everyone, be it Soviet World War II posters, pin-up girls, or Picasso’s ...
El Greco, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1605 (Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain). A variation on this theme was painted by El Greco in 1610 and is now housed at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . &nb...
Liverpool 2009 – 8, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I took this photo on my recent visit to Liverpool, and it captures just about everything I’ve ever loved about sunsets ̵...
Tim Difford, Angels in Piccadilly Gardens Angels, originally uploaded by timdifford. Tim Difford who regularly blogs at One Greener Day has taken this lovely photo of angels in Piccadilly Gardens in M...
The Width of the Door, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I‘ve never done this before, but this summer during my trip to Wales I had this picture taken. It was quite spontaneous: it jus...