Sometimes during my travels I see something that just stands out a little bit for some unknown reason. Quite often I’m not sure that I can really tell you why I took that snapshot other than that it caught my eye. Today’s image from 2008 certainly falls within that category.
Here’s a snap from Schiedam in the Netherlands…
The literal translation of the text on the Marlboro sign is ‘smoking is deadly’. Regardless, the tobacco shop has the rather upbeat, perky name of ‘Dandia’; sounds like it’s all dandy like a dandelion! Part of the reason for this shot was that my father was a life-long smoker, who always maintained that he could stop smoking at any time. Of course, he never mentioned the restart less than an hour later…