A few more Florence photographs

The Arno on a deliciously storm-threatening afternoon. Everyone knows that I like pigeons! All the guidebooks say that you keep catching glimpses of the Duomo round corners or at the end of narrow streets. This is my take on the subject. We kept seeing this one lone...

. . . and yet some more Florence photographs

Just a composition I was quite pleased with. Shows that, even in early March, the sun can be quite strong in Florence . . . quite hot enough for me! This fun object was to be found in the Santo Spirito flea market. I think it was on this stall to amuse and draw...

Florence. A flat with a view

Everyone knows that the McDowalls (and especially the Nicolas half) almost never go away for holidays and so forth as other folk do . . . so, if they do actually get on the move, it is quite a event. The fact is that Frances spent time in Florence as a student and one...

A Tiny Piece of Printed Ephemera

Frances had a very good (if totally exhausting) time at the Royal Academy Exhibition. I went up on the last day, met some great people and scooped her up with all the stuff and drove back home. I would love to say she could then rest but there was (and still is as I...

Thomas Hardy: Green Blades from Her Mound

We now have in our hands the first copy to be bound of our latest book so that we could photograph it and give its details before it goes into our website. The Fine Bookbindery have pulled out all the stops to get copies ready for our visit to London to show at the...

Thomas Hardy: Green Blades from Her Mound

We now have in our hands the first copy to be bound of our latest book so that we could photograph it and give its details before it goes into our website. The Fine Bookbindery have pulled out all the stops to get copies ready for our visit to London to show at the...