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Dancing In The Streets

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Back to the world and how it was before. Street festivals are back down my street . Here […]

November 7, 2021 photography, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Saturday, Smoking, street photography

Julie Andrews and Bamboo Underwear and Non Essentials

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Is this as good as it gets in the afterlife??? On-line shopping for underwear. We’re in the middle […]

April 14, 2021 Covid, Death, depression, Health, Home, Shopping, Smoking, Wine, writing

Summer Places – Smoke break

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Starting a series of photos of those summer places I have drifted in France over the thirty years […]

July 24, 2020 Art, drifting, Life, photography, Smoking

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

Another Revolution?

More strikes, more demonstrations – this is France, but, it will all be over by Christmas. On Thursday […]

December 8, 2019 Christmas, Culture, Economy, Employement, France, French, Life, Paris, politics, Smoking, strike, Uncategorized, Work

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

What Beanz Meanz

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In search of photographic inspiration – and inspiration lurks everywhere, even at the back if the fridge and […]

October 6, 2018 Art, Culture, Food, gastronomy, photography, Smoking

MAN 68

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Looking back through old adverts from May 1968. Here are a few of those ads you could have […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Alcohol, Culture, DIY, France, French, Gardening, Heritage, History, Home improvement, Life, nostalgia, Revolution, Smoking, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear, Weekend

Rock In Spring and Thoughts on Bands

A Sunday morning stroll down the supermarket. God might give us this day our daily bread, but he […]

April 10, 2016 Barbecue, Bourges, Café, Culture, France, French, Life, Military, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, Smoking, Spring, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

Four German Maidens, Burnt Toast and Burt Reynolds

Avant Propos Yes, I have been away for a while, real life catching up with me, a touch […]

February 15, 2016 Alcohol, Café, Culture, Family, Food, France, French, Motoring, Music, Religion, Rock 'n' Roll, Sex, Smoking, summer, Time Travel, Toilets, TRAVEL, Wine

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