Urban art in Detroit (4): Dequindre Cut
Nature’s Wrath (Malt), Dequindre Cut, Detroit. Photograph: © J. Ashley Nixon Detroit’s Dequindre Cut Greenway used to be a busyContinue Reading
Category: Cultural heritage
Machu Picchu by train
“It’s about the journey not just the destination” is a phrase that came to mind when I was looking atContinue Reading
Nazca lines hold symbolic messages for climate talks
Monkey from the Nazca lines. Photograph © J. Ashley Nixon Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateContinue Reading
Pun intended: a few poultry photos
Prize winning Black Bantam at Canadian Heritage Breeds 2014 Nationals. © J. Ashley Nixon “Never leave your camera behind”, itContinue Reading
Fall foods: Happy Thanksgiving Day Canada
Today, the second Monday of October, is Thanksgiving Day in Canada, a national holiday first proclaimed by Parliament in 1879.Continue Reading
Urban recce run 6: Baseball, monuments and a monkey in Washington DC
Unlike my last urban recce run (in NOLA), I went out on a busy evening for some #FastFraming. Washington DC wasContinue Reading
Caliente Expo Latino gets cold Calgary going
Calgary needed its hottest outdoor festival on this, an August day when the temperature was hanging down low aroundContinue Reading
Yorkshire bikes and beers in the Tour de France
I could sit ‘ere an’ drink it in all day! That Yorkshire saying comes to mind as I think aboutContinue Reading
Urban recce run: Liberation Day in Scheveningen, Netherlands
The evening of May 5th was spent in Scheveningen, a seaside town in The Netherlands, just north of the capitalContinue Reading
Urban recce run: One yellow welly in Boston Harbour
This resilient woman was out walking in the rain despite one compromised leg, looking fashionable in her one yellow wellie.Continue Reading
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