If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. ~ Glenn Clark
Tramore, Ireland: Fenor Bog
22 Sept. 2010 According to a helpful and informative sign (shown a few pics down), “Fenor bog is a place of peace…” I must say, it was quite lovely and peaceful when we stopped by that afternoon. The sign goes on to say that “…21 out of the 31 Irish Butterfly species occur here.” Gosh! …
Quote: …keep yourself clean and bright
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright
Tramore, Ireland: Beach and Surroundings.
22 Sept. 2010 According to https://www.tramoretourism.net, Tramore is southeast Ireland’s “leading holiday resort.” It seems that people love beaches everywhere you go. And no matter what the temperature, there is always someone who will give you a funny look if you say, “Are you daft? Swimming? Here?!? It’s COLD!” But then, I grew up in …
Quote: Humor is an affirmation of dignity…
“Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.” ~ Romain Gary (1914-1980) French Writer
Drilling into a volcano
Naples, Italy: “Scientists to drill 13,000ft into active volcano in test that could cause earthquake…” Coincidentally, I hear that Ireland is lovely in October. Ahem.
FULL! IRISH! BREAKFAST!
…in one handy package. Sweet!
Ultra English
A fellow travel blogger recently asked how she could modify her content to better address British readers. I advised the following: "Add "u" and extra syllables to words like "humor" and "aluminum." Put your quote marks inside the final punctuation. Talk about football a lot. ;)" I love Drew's comics. He also writes …
Rosemary & Olive Oil Almonds
Napa, USA When Dario and were in Napa visiting Emily and Charlotte, we stopped at the Robert Sinskey Vineyards for some wine tasting. The tasting was pretty overpriced, frankly, and there was only 1 wine — the 2008 Pinot Gris — that we all really liked. I will say that although we tried several other …
Pith helmet + cheetah = AWESOME!
Pith helmet + cheetah = AWESOME! Dario and I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park today. They were selling pith helmets. We simply had to buy a matching pair. Now our tour is truly absurd. ps: this cheetah is nearly as close as the one in Tanzania. ;)
Road construction stop
Construction on the road to the Giant Forest delayed our trip down for a perfect 15 minutes. We stopped with a great view of Moro Rock and several distant mountain ranges. Thanks, Park Service and construction folks!
Mysterious bee creature
Mysterious, hovering, bee-like creature. We found several of them holding still in formations in scattered patches of sunlight. They were striped like bees, and not wasp-ish (well, I didn’t ask them about their politics or religion), but a passerby suggested that bees don’t hover, flies do. So they may have been faux-bees!
Find the Fish!
Need polarized filter for lens… In the meantime, how about a nice game of Find The Fish? :D
Tharp Log
Tharp Log near Crescent Meadow, Sequoia National Park. The very large sign at the site clearly stated the name sans apostrophe or "s." Yes, I know. It's so unnatural!
Purple lupine.
Taken near Crescent Meadow, Sequoia National Park.
Burl-esque.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA It's rather Burl-esque, wouldn't you say? Get it, get it? Wow, tough crowd. How has nature been amusing you lately?
Coneflower.
Coneflower along trail. Much more cooperative than deer. Stupid deer.
Oh, deer!
Mule deer (I think) along the trail. Oh, we were SO excited! Too bad the deer wasn’t as excited to see us. Absolutely refused to pose. Drat! We should have remembered the go-to call for would-be wildlife photographers: “MONKEY!”