Corn, the Base of Mexican Life
Corn (maíz) was the basis of agriculture in all of Mesoamerica. The Aztecs had a corn god called ‘Centeotl’; the Mayan’s ‘God of Maize’ was called Yum Kaax. He was usually […]
Category Archives: Eat Drink Travel
a mish-mash of recipes, restaurant reviews, food photos to drool over and travel experiences from all over the globe
Interaction of Positive and Negative Space in Malaysian Silhouettes
When I’m working on a painting I’m constantly thinking about the interactions between positive and negative space. With my photos not so much… In fact, as I go through my […]
Vancouver Street Art in 2020
This week the Friendly Friday Challenge is Street Art. I figured I would find examples of illegal and unsanctioned Street Art from my early ‘safe’ COVID walks that took me mostly through […]
A 6 Km Petroglyph Walk Amongst Farmers’ Fields in Tanum, Sweden
Exploring the primary petroglyph site of Tanum was so much fun we opted to go on a second walk called Vandringsled. The initial part of a 6 km petroglyph walk among […]
Visiting Cap Fagnet, above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France
Mid-afternoon June 8, 2015. Today’s route took us from Rouen to Le Havre and then up the Alabaster Coast. Cap Fagnet, high above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France, offers […]
Red & Green Complementary Colour Harmonies in Mexico
Colour harmony is such a huge subject I was quickly overwhelmed with options. I eventually decided I was only going to explore Red & Green colour combinations, and only in Mexico, […]
Old Buildings in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark
Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. Whenever old buildings are torn down somewhere in Denmark, the […]
A Large Wooden Warship, the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft, Denmark
My cousins listed a number of sights we had to see if we went to Aarhus and one of them was the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft. Built to fight maritime battles […]
Royal Barge Procession in Bangkok, Thailand
On our route from our hotel to the river the usual gang of Bangkok tuk-tuk drivers vied for our attention. Al laughingly fended them off, pointing at the terminal, saying, […]
Tracking Down the Past: Making Ice Cream (Denmark & Vancouver)
In 2018 Al & I headed to Denmark and Sweden with the idea of meeting up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, and also to track down some of […]
