WHITE

May 3, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Shoreditch, London, 2023 FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY

Far from the Madding (Bangkok) Crowd! The Summer Palace of Bang Pa-In…

April 30, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

Picture the royal barge making its way along the Chao Phraya River from Bangkok to the summer palace at Bang Pa-In. It’s 1880 and the boat is carrying Queen Sunanda – the 19 year old first wife of King Chulalongkorn – and their daughter, princess Kannabhorn, not yet 2 years old. The boat runs into […]

HIGHER AND HIGHER!

April 28, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

Something that took me higher – for Dan’s CFFC this week…. I decided on a cable car – and then found more than one! Quality isn’t great but I certainly got higher… Albuquerque (2007) Dubrovnik (2016) Porto (2019) Cape Town (2024) La Paz (2024) Queenstown (2025)

FASHION

April 26, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Spotted in a waiting room in Dublin – March, 2022 FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY

Far from the Madding (Bangkok) Crowd! Thailand’s Old Capital of Ayutthaya…

April 25, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

Ah – How peaceful is this – and, stunning as Bangkok’s monuments are, I like the absence of gold and bright colour for a while! This is what’s left of the once great city of Ayutthaya. Founded in 1350, it would flourish between 14th – 18th centuries into a major urban centre of commerce and […]