PLANET OF THE APES OR JAWS – YOU DECIDE
Before I describe the scene above, there is a bit of backstory. Our airplane row-mate on the long Amsterdam to Cape Town leg of our trip was a South African man who offered to show us around the area. We asked each other if we should accept the offer. Other than being robbed, beaten and […]
WELCOME TO SOUTH AFRICA
After a long absence from travel and photography blogging, we are back on task. There has been plenty to report, and I may get to some backlogged items later, but Marcy is getting ready to display her work at an art show and we have been more than fully occupied with that effort. The issue […]
CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT WINDSOR CASTLE
Our winter trip to London included a day trip to Windsor Castle. We took the District Line from our hotel near the High Street Kensington Underground Station to the Paddington Train Station. From Paddington, we caught the train to Windsor, with an easy change at Slough Station. Windsor was still decorated for the Christmas holidays […]
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Here at 51.5 degrees north latitude, on this day of the year, the sun rises at 8:06 am and sets at 4:00 pm. By 2:30 in the afternoon, you can already sense the sun beginning its low-angle wane into the golden hour. I read that the short days of winter can reduce levels of melatonin […]
Number 9
We are in London, thanks to an invitation by one of the granddaughters to be here for her high school band performance in the New Year’s Day parade. I was reminded of the “Number 9” song from the Beatles White Album when we were told to take the Number 9 to get to Harrod’s Department […]
Faces of Lisbon, Portugal
Nossa Senhora da Saúde Procession – Lisbon Portugal This is the story of a public procession honoring “Our Lady of Health” in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday, May 6, 2018. I see that my blogging has been silent for over two months now. Marcy and I have been working on our image galleries day and night and with […]
