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Summer Places – Camping

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Photos of those places that make summer. Very iconic, the Campsite. The French love camping – though we’re […]

July 25, 2020 Camping, Culture, drifting, France, Holidays, nostalgia, photography, summer

It’s Grim In Arbroath

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“Summertime and the living’s not easy.” Covid sweeps the nation and I’m recovering from a heart attack.  No […]

July 16, 2020 Art, Beach, Britain, Holidays, Landscapes, Mobile homes, nostalgia, photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

Image Reinterpretation

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Collages – The making of original images by  taking  elements of existing images. Is collage really making an […]

July 15, 2020 1960s, Art, Culture, Fun, nostalgia, photography, Time Travel

Something for the Smokers

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Cigarette advertising – great thing for 60’s themed-collages. Here are a couple for the smokers out there.   […]

March 1, 2020 1960s, Art, collage, France, nostalgia, photography, Sixties, Smoking, Time Travel

Just Good Friends

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Took time out to make some new collages. Big exhibitions up and coming in August and September, so […]

February 28, 2020 Art, collage, France, History, nostalgia, photography, politics, Sixties

Tour de France

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It is that time of year, when a line a cyclists pedal their way across France in pursuit […]

July 20, 2019 Art, Culture, deepest france, France, nostalgia, Provincial France, Road trip, Sport, Time Travel, TRAVEL

TV à la Lune

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50 years since a giant leap and a small step. Less nostalgia than I thought.  For your “visual […]

July 20, 2019 Art, collage, Culture, History, nostalgia, Robot, TRAVEL, TV

Choose 3 Men

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Spending more time on pictures and less on words these days. Perhaps I just have nothing to say […]

April 15, 2019 Art, collage, nostalgia, underwear

Vinyl Virgin

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Marking the first fifty years of Heavy Metal. My first true rock moment  Vinyl Virgin Prelude It was […]

March 22, 2019 back to school, Culture, Heavy Metal, Music, nostalgia, Rock and Roll, Saturday, Time Travel

Messing Around With Vintage

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A way with words, but away from words and messing around with pictures. Vintage adverts from old magazines […]

February 14, 2019 Art, collage, nostalgia, photography, Smoking, Time Travel

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