Art Unexpected: Driftwood
My dad used to take us kids wandering along the beaches of the Pacific West Coast where there was driftwood galore. Every often he’d find something the reminded him of […]
My dad used to take us kids wandering along the beaches of the Pacific West Coast where there was driftwood galore. Every often he’d find something the reminded him of […]
A ‘cocodrilo‘ (crocodile) lurking amongst the flower petals in very pretty pond in Costa Rica.Also in Costa Rica, this tiny green and black patterned frog known as the Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates auratuz. Its […]
In Hanging Bridges a loop trail takes you through the Costa Rican jungle where you can view some rather strange-looking plants. Three different types of Heliconia, also known as the Lobster […]
Iguanas are perhaps my favourite lizard! The big old iguana we called El Jefe, The Boss. He lived in Franklin’s backyard in Ostional, Costa Rica – Franklin protected him from […]
In this day of the internet and bucket lists is there any place left in the world that can be described as ‘Off the Beaten Path’? Certainly back in the […]
Let me say that several times I have been in situations that were against all the odds. But when they happened my last thought was to pull out my camera and take […]
A collection of things that are smooth from around the world. silky smooth… (a silk-weaving workshop in Myanmar) the lake was smooth as glass… (found in the BC Interior) goes down smooth as a […]
Cerveza bien fría, por favor. After a hot, hot hike through Santa Rosa National Park, where we stupidly hadn’t brought along enough water, nothing was more inviting than this tiny little bar […]
A blur of golden jaguar in the jungles of Costa Rica. The first assignment from my Mixed Media Painting classes was to do a painting inspired by the phrase, “And […]
In order to find an unusual view of any trip, all I have to do is to look through my husband’s photos. Even though we have taken dozens of trips […]
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