Weekly Photo Challenge : The sign says…

This week's challenge : The sign says... Last summer, wandering the streets of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, I suddenly recognized this heart painted randomly in the streets.  What a surprise to realize that my dear friend and artist Nicolina had come a few months prior to my discovery, to that very same [...]

Photo of the Month : we’re the proud owners of a beach house!

Photo credit : © Julie Klene. This is it!   After a few weeks looking here and there for our little piece of paradise near the beach in Progreso - Merida's beach resort and fishing village -, we've found a house some 660 ft. away from the light blue waters of the Mexican Gulf!  We signed [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge : In the background

This week's challenge : In the background Still unable to take new pictures, I rummaged once more among the archives and remembered one of my favorite pictures : in Luang Prabang, Laos, I tried many times to have a good shot of monks roaming the city in their colorful clothes.  That day, my camera was [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge : Escape

This week's challenge : Escape. Multiple escaping possibilities... that's my way! Some bloggers' escapes : Weekly Photo Challenge - Standing ovation, seated Weekly Photo Challenge - The Orient Nomad Weekly Photo Challenge - Piran Café Weekly Photo Challenge - I Work for a Jerk - Notes from a worker bee Weekly Photo Challenge - What's [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge : Pattern

This week challenge : Pattern. Upon visiting southern Vietnam in September 2010, Ethel and I went to Cao Dai Temple and assisted to a ceremony in the great temple.  Women sat on one side of the huge room while men were on the other; all wore the same kind of outfits and chanted in unisson. [...]