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Yikes. OK, we won’t feed them, but we’d like to see a few. This morning we awoke to silence. Our window had stopped rattling and thumping, the intermittent whistle of the wind forcing its way through the narrow slit we offered it that allowed some air flow had drifted off. The air hung silent, [...]  Here is an audio of the jackass penguins. I’d been told they were called this because of the noise they make. If you’ve ever heard the bray of a donkey, you’ll understand why. Have a listen! The Song of the Jackass Penguins
Our trip to South Africa is a pilgrimage of sorts, on behalf of [...] We made a drive the other day to Cape Point and to the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Point was crowded and foggy. Just to the West, the Cape of Good Hope was lovely. Besides, it is the name we all learned in school, anyway. Wildlife. A female ostrich. We hoped to see baboons, [...]
White Christmas Dreams, or fun on the beach. It is not that we’ve spent every winter holiday season at home. We even spent another white sand Christmas under the sun in Mexico. But, even in those years where we left home, we first had our own tree and our own decorations pulled out of [...] Cape Town from Bloubergstrand, a place popular with windsurfers and kite boarders. Table Mountain is covered with the clouds they call the tablecloth. Lions Head from the top of Signal Hill A hawker at one of the markets in Cape Town. We really liked this painting, but it might be a bit hard to [...] The colors and canal and lovers of Burano, Italy. OK- huggers, but I thought it made for a good shot. Burano Bicycle. A photo I took last spring when we were staying in Venice on the European part of our trip around the world. Someone recommended we make the water bus ride out to [...] We’re on countdown, again. One week today before our departure when we lose ourselves in wandering; resuming our interrupted trip around the world. I’ve been practicing some wildlife photography, and decided I really need a better lens. My Tamron super zoom with a teleconverter is just not very crisp. This time is different, a blend of [...] A Tom Turkey, Showing Off We sat as a family the other day, feasting on roast turkey and apple-sausage dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin pie and ice cream. The meal that whispers of family and tradition through the smells and tastes we’ve experienced in November of every year, for a lifetime. The scent of [...] A Gap Year Redux We are making our plans to head back out: South Africa in November. It has been nice sitting here for a time, surrounded by friends and family. Slowly, more things have been sifted out of storage, and we’ve been shopping, as well. Coming is the process of paring back down to the [...] We go by our house from time to time, picking up things and dropping off others. Mostly in the extra garage that is not attached to the house, but sometimes inside as well. We make arrangements with our tenants to let us in. We’ve left quite a lot of our things inside, hastily packed in [...] John’s dad passed away on the international day of peace, at least according to my pocket calendar. We were blessed to spend the last three weeks with him, staying in his home and focusing on his wants and needs for those few precious days. He departed this life surrounded by his four children, here in [...] Early morning light on the walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia and its small harbor. Things we have learned along the way As we are taking time out of our world tour to spend time with a family member who is approaching the end of his life, we also have time to reflect on the things we have [...] Marlie has been enjoying the time with Honey, her horse. We’ve been here two weeks, I apologize for the silence. Our days have been filled with those things missed from home: family, our dogs, our horses, our friends. Taking John’s dad for outings when he is up for it, or hiking in the Cascades when [...] Harris hawks named Twiggy and Sid, from the falconry demonstration and education company Walking With Hawks Their eyes have a brow bone that protects it over the top, turning down toward their beaks in a concentrated scowl. They are visual by nature, watching for prey with an intensity that makes them seem even more formidable. [...] The tide’s out in the Lower Town, Fishguard harbor. At low tide, the boats rest on the sand, floating again as the tide rises. The trail sign for the hike to Dinas Head, just east of Fishguard. The headland is almost an island, attached to the mainland by a narrow bit of land. The [...] |
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