April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 10: Train suggested by @starrwulfe
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April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 9: Crispy suggested by @rom
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 8: Prevention suggested by @anniegreens
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 7: Well-Being suggested by @ridwan
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 6: Windy suggested by @Miraz
An overcast windy day on the Isle of Skye, as spied through the ruins of an old church.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 5: Serene suggested by @chiawase
My quiet spot, wherever I am in the world, by the River Wye at Tintern Abby
Looking out over Bristol tonight.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 4: Foliage suggested by @pratik
A remote valley on the north east side of Haleakala.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 1: Toy suggested by @pcora
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
I love this overcast, wet weather. I have the French windows open so that I can listen to the sound of the falling rain, and as it trickles down the down pipe from the gutters.
Cheeky Devil in China Town, Honolulu.
A Little Bit of Magic in the Air
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Maui has so many microclimates, and with that the weather can vary in a very short space of time. Yesterday from what I could see most of the island was covered in cloud. Where I live there was a lot of wind, but I had to run Upcountry and there the air was very different. It was still, so still. Even the landscape felt still. Being March there was a little chill in the air as well.
Graffiti faces seen around China Town in Honolulu.
Now this is something that I had not seen or tasted before. A green Matcha (green tea) IPA. We had been gifted a sushi meal at Islander Sake Brewery in China Town, Honolulu, and they served as this Matcha IPA from Kyoto. I think that this is the brew? Very tasty, and certainly a striking colour.
Yesterday we visited the Honolulu Museum of Art to see an exhibition of David Hockney prints, both old and new. I had wanted to see this exhibition and with my wife’s birthday a couple of days before the exhibition closes, it made for good timing for a reason to head over to Honolulu to view it.
In China Town, Honolulu yesterday evening.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 →
The Clean Up Crew - a flock of white egrets chasing the mower as the grass is cut.
The Wall that Heals
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
A little over two weeks ago The Wall that Heals, a touring replica of the Vietnam Wall Memorial hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, arrived in Maui. It was here for five days, and I went to visit it the day before it left. I saw the actual Memorial in Washington DC almost forty years ago, and although then I knew no one connected with the war and indeed little about the war, I found the Wall very moving.
A table outside set for dinner last night, with friends having just arrived from out of State. Although a fire was lit in the fire pit and chairs set around it, a stormy evening dissuaded anyone (apart from myself) from hanging out around it.
This afternoon’s rainbow, with a second very faint one just above it. 🌈
The Story Behind the Photograph: From the Roof of a Bus
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Road from Gaya to Bodhgaya from the roof of a bus Following my time in Patna, I continued my journey onto Bodhgaya by catching a train to the city of Gaya. I travelled to Gaya by train along with an American, Ray, whom I had met in Patna. I had an omelette for breakfast in my hotel room, settled up with the hotel owner and then caught a rickshaw along with Ray to the railway station.
Yesterday morning’s view at sunrise.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 →
My wife gave me two of these metal tumblers from Japan for Valentines Day. They are great at keeping drinks cold…, and look good as well.
Well there’s week 3 of the Watch to 5K program completed. The conditions were perfect today - overcast, barely a breeze, and a comfortable temperature. There was some stiffness, but I was feeling better with the longer runs.
A rainbow is never far away here, but the wet and windy weather is producing some good ones at the moment 🌈
On a roll at the moment. This evening’s rainbow 🌈
The Story Behind the Photograph: A View Over the River Ganges
Monday, February 5, 2024
Photo of a slide projected onto a wall. It was mid November, 1989. I was four months into my journey through Central Asia. With my visa expiring, my time in Nepal was drawing to a close. Not feeling ready to go home, indeed a deeper sense of purpose and exploration beginning to arise from the trip thus far, I decided to travel down to India. I had left home with a few vague goals of things that I wanted to see or do, otherwise I was following my nose and seeing where the adventures would take me.
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
We went to a birthday party on the south side of the island last night. It was an enjoyable evening. Just before sunset a whale and her calf swam by the house where the party was being held. As if to send birthday wishes, the calf waved it tail in the air a few times as it went by.
