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Hilary is a traveler, writer and coffee drinker.
Hilary’s first journey was at three months old when her parents emigrated to Canada. She became hooked!
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Polished Paris
Brass Effects Friends and followers know that Paris is my ‘wish I lived there’ city. I visit as often as I can. Each time, I get obsessed by the weighty brass doorknobs and knockers gracing the doors to apartment buildings and offices. They are truly works of art. Polished to within a centimetre of their probably…
Silver Trees and Wooden Angels
A visit to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens What comes to mind when you think of Penzance? Pirates, pasties, pilchards, pints? Perhaps, if you’re an art lover, you think – Penlee House Gallery, home of many Newlyn School paintings. You probably don’t think of Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens – twenty-two acres of rolling landscape, luscious sub-tropical planting, and…
Sunrise Shopping
Granville Island Market Vancouver BC Canada Granville Island is just waking up. The rising sun casts an orange glow on the former industrial buildings of Vancouver’s favourite market. Vendors, artisans, bakers and boatmen prepare for a busy fall Saturday. The ‘Island’ is an urban peninsula jutting into False Creek, a watery cul-de-sac in the shadow…
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