Ailsa’s travel theme is Names of iconic places – please click on any image for a better view. The New York Salon on Erzsébet Street in Budapest The Moulin Rouge on the Boulevard de Clichy in Paris Guess where in the Czech Republic In London The Nobel Museum in Stortorget, Stockholm The end of Route 3 on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The Pan-American highway runs … Continue reading Travel Theme: Names
Click on any image for a better view. Ailsa’s travel theme is Words Long words … Nuremburg Short words … South Glengarry, Ontario Exciting words … Words of reflection … Bavaria Words of love … Proud words … Ottawa Moving words … Ottawa Funny words … at least to me … Salzburg Incomprehensible words … at least to me … St. Petersburg, Russia and words of … Continue reading Words
Click on any image for a better view Cee’s black and white challenge: signs of any kind Continue reading Black and White: Signs
Cee’s black and white challenge is store front signs so I dug into the archives and selected these. Please click on any image for a better view. Continue reading Black and White: Fun with signs
X?! I’m sorry but I had to take some latitude on this one and I do hope no one is offended. It is not my intent. These signs are all found on the Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre in Paris. The boulevard itself is quite a pleasant walk … The shops and signs are another matter …. Aaahhhh Boy in Blue on Bike Carousel … Continue reading Xamining Xamples of the XXX Rating
Pictograph symbols are a universal way of communicating pertinent information. Some are quite graphically self-explanatory without need for the written word …
… and some are not
Some symbols are particularly welcome when stumbling around foreign territory … Continue reading “Universal language of pictographs”
Happy Hallowe’en! Lingering look at windows week 42 Continue reading Windows with a message
It seems it’s time for another sign post, so from my extensive collection, we have:
Not comforting to see such a sign on the narrow lanes of England – taken in Dartmoor. Also in Dartmoor Continue reading “The Sign Post – Humourous”
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“A classic old fishermen’s boozer, complete with low ceilings, tankards behind the bar and a comprehensive selection of Cornish ales.” – one of the oldest inns in Cornwall, England, as evidenced by the sign.
My husband started it first and then, like door pictures, it has become a ‘thing’. He collects, I collect, they collect … dust. Well, they don’t really of course, but they languish within folders in my computer and it’s time they were given an airing. I’m not going to cubbyhole them into this or that ‘type’ – just going to trot them out.
Some signs are important and you definitely don’t want to miss them …
“Caution. Today this area will be covered by the sea. Please remove your vehicle before the above closing time.” Good to know.
Some signs are nostalgic …
Taken from Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps. Seems appropriate enough. I chose to obey it. Some did not.I’m going to do a post of signs … soon. Continue reading Stop Sign
Beyond the Brush 