Dune Grass, Blackpool, England

Greetings from Blackpool, where holidaymakers come for the cabaret shows and omnipresent threat of street crime, and stay for the world’s largest kinetic sculptures. Known as Dune Grass, this quartet of superb seedpods are prominently positioned on the princely promenade. They measure an astonishing 35 metres from ravishing roots to gorgeous glass-fiber heads. They say a picture plants a thousand words and, as you can … Continue reading Dune Grass, Blackpool, England

Alice in Wonderland, Llandudno, Wales

The inimitable Bigs Bardot was beginning to get very tired of hanging around the quaint Welsh seaside village of Llandudno, and of having nothing to do. Once or twice he had clambered to the peak of The Great Orme, and he had availed himself of the reasonably-priced goods at the local Aldi, but neither activity truly set his heart aflutter. “What is the use of … Continue reading Alice in Wonderland, Llandudno, Wales