Friday, February 27, 2009

Family Outing


A family of Canada Geese go for a morning paddle on Harrisville Pond. Photo by my Dad.

That Darn Duck!


Tjörnin, the city pond in Reykjavik is home to a lot of waterfowl and Olivia wanted to feed them all! She got a little too comfortable with one big gray goose though and he bit her finger while eating out of her hand. "That darn duck bit me!" she wailed.



Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Early one morning late last year.




Jack Frost does his thing, outlining the edges of Kalmia, Azalea, and Rudbeckia seedheads.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Hera Returns

Lixus was part of a chain of Phoenician- Carthaginian settlements along the northwest coast of Africa dating back to the 7th century BC. When Carthage fell to Ancient Rome, Lixus became a Roman imperial outpost.

Supposedly the location of the mythological garden of the Hesperides, Atlas' daughters, was Hera's orchard in the far western corner of the world, where the immortality-giving golden apples grew.

Tree Goats




A goat-herd chatted with us while we watched his goats grazing in the Argan Trees by the side of the road from Tafraoute. Morocco 2000

Deep in the Todra Gorge



Keeping our eyes peeled for Sleestaks as we explore.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sang in Ecuador 1974



Joana's Dad sent this tough-looking picture of himself to her Mom in Korea in an effort to entice her to move to South America and marry him.









She did.
Brazil, 1979