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A Therapeutic Spa at the Pink Salt Lakes and Mud Pools in Burgas, Bulgaria

A Therapeutic Spa at the Pink Salt Lakes and Mud Pools in Burgas, Bulgaria

On the Black Sea just a few miles north of Burgas in Bulgaria there is an open air spa where people come to relax and recharge. Here you can enjoy the therapeutic qualities of bathing and floating in pink salt water followed by a sulphurous mud bath. The swimming pools with lye and healing mud are a completely natural spa experience. The Burgas Pink Salt Lakes and Mud Pools The Burgas salt…

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Jemaa El Fna in Marrakesh

Jemaa El Fna in Marrakesh

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All aboard the Moomin ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm

All aboard the Moomin ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm

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Midday prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

Midday prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

Midday Prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus The Great Mosque of Damascus, also called Umayyad Mosque, is the earliest surviving stone mosque in the world, built between 705 and 715 CE. In addition to being one of the oldest mosques, it is also one of the biggest and is the heart of Damascus old town and a hub of activity. When women enter the mosque they must remove their footwear and cover up…

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Silver Birch Trees at Night

Silver Birch Trees at Night

I live next to Västra Järvafältet, a nature reserve located to north of Stockholm. Like many of the forests of Sweden, the forest is a boreal (or taiga) forest and is dominated by species of evergreen conifers spruce, fir and pine, the deciduous conifer larch, and species of birch and aspen. There are lit paths through the forest so you can walk, jog or cycle when it is dark, whatever the time,…

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In the away end at Stockholm's Twin Football Derby

In the away end at Stockholm’s Twin Football Derby

Before I write anything in this blog post I need to confess that I am not a football fan. But I am a fan of events that have an exciting atmosphere. So this was how I was enticed into the away end at one of the biggest matches in Scandinavia. My husband had a spare ticket for the match and promised me that it would be an experience I would never forget. When Stockholm’s cross-town rivals…

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Helsinki and its white cathedral in the blindingly white snow

Helsinki and its white cathedral in the blindingly white snow

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A celebration of our natural world on Earth Day

A celebration of our natural world on Earth Day

Today is Earth Day and marks the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, 52 years ago. The day, celebrated annually on April 22, is a global celebration and a reminder to protect the environment, restore damaged ecosystems and live a more sustainable life. Every year people are encouraged to take part in activities like picking up litter and planting trees, to make the world a…

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Sparkles in the water

Sparkles in the water

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Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project

Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project

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'Ninety Miles Straight’ - crossing Australia's Nullarbor Plain

‘Ninety Miles Straight’ – crossing Australia’s Nullarbor Plain

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The Witches' Market in La Paz

The Witches’ Market in La Paz

Lacquered frogs, coca leaves,dried snakes, folk remedies,llama fetuses, aphrodisiacs, dried turtles, women in black hats. Not the lines from the witches song in Macbeth, but some of the things you can see if you visit the Witches’ Market in La Paz. On small a cobbled street in the old quarter of the Bolivian capital is one of the strangest markets in the world, El Mercado de las Brujas also…

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A room of my own - my new art studio (part 2)

A room of my own – my new art studio (part 2)

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Painting - Street Market in Dar Es Salaam

Painting – Street Market in Dar Es Salaam

Markets are a great place to people watch and to people sketch. Amid the hustle and bustle of a busy street market you can very quickly become invisible. And it is when you are invisible and unnoticed that people act naturally and you get to see snippets of real life. Busy, noisy, colourful and vibrant are the words I would use to describe the hustle and bustle of a street market in East Africa.…

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Painting - Abstract Salar Salt Flats 02

Painting – Abstract Salar Salt Flats 02

If you ever wondered what it feels like to walk on the clouds then you should visit the Salar de Uyuni. Located in the southwest corner of Bolivia, the Salar is a blindingly white salt flat, which stretches for more than 4,500 square miles. The landscape is punctuated by towering dormant volcanoes and is bright, endless and surreal. This is my abstract interpretation of it. Acrylic on Canvas 30 x…

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Painting - Women carrying water from Pushkah Lake - India

Painting – Women carrying water from Pushkah Lake – India

At sunrise every morning the people of Pushkah, in Rajasthan, India, and visiting pilgrims head down to the sacred Hindu site lake to bathe, wash or collect water. These women are carrying water from the lake up the 52 ghats, stone staircases, to the town. Watercolour on Paper 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Original Painting £200 Prints £80 Set of 3 gift cards £20

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Dadas at Kivokoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania

Dadas at Kivokoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam – Tanzania

The Kivukoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam is always busy. Both inside and outside the market walls there are scores of people; inside fishermen and traders huddle together around the many different catches of the day, outside house dadas (house keeper) dressed in brightly printed kangas effortlessly balance buckets of fish on the heads, while they navigate the Tanzanian traffic jams of bejajs,…