Walking through a park on our way to the Heritage Museum, we were drawn by the sound of drums. Curious to know what was happening we followed the sound to the opposite side of the garden to find a Kung Fu ‘concert’ in full swing. Our first glimpse was of a long elegant dragon moving ...
For me, there is nothing more relaxing than waking up to the sound of birds singing or even taking a late evening break and hearing the birds chirp and call as they settle in for the night. Over the years I have owned various breeds of birds as pets enjoying their individual personalities and charactristics. ...
Seeing my food live in front of me is taking time to get used to. Truthfully, at this stage I have looked but not bought. The thought of choosing something that is living and watching it killed so that I can eat it, isn’t very appealing. I know, I know – when I buy meat ...
Catching the train 10 am in the morning on the MTR (Mass Transit Railway) and already the train is packed like sardines. We thought leaving mid-morning we could saunter down to the station, find a comfortable seat on the train and enjoy the half hour ride to town. Well, we did enjoy the ride – ...
Sometimes on a cold, wet and windy winter’s day it is good to be reminded of summer’s warmth and colour. Every spring, to celebrate the warming weather, the Wellington Botanical garden plants tulips of every shape, size and colour. The garden’s beauty causes the rushed to slow down, the stressed to take a deep breath ...
Tons and tons of ice moving, creaking, melting, changing. Franz Joseph glacier facinated me. The ice that I could see was old, stretching like a cats paw into the temperate forest. The information board showed how men in top hats and women in long dresses were rowed around the ice bergs to see the glacier. ...
Taking my camera for a walk while staying in Castle Point, New Zealand (on what turned out to be a great photography weekend) I came across this campsite. At first I didn’t think anything of it and was just about to skirt around when the ‘No Camping’ sign caught my eye. I wonder if the ...
Your Mission by Ellen M.H. Gates If you cannot on the ocean Sail among the swiftest fleet, Rocking on the highest billows, Laughing at the storms you meet; You can stand among the sailors, Anchored yet within the bay, You can lend a hand to help them As they launch their boats away. If you ...
There were always two things that were guaranteed when we went on family holidays - 1. We would have a lot of fun and laughter. 2. We would get stuck. A holiday without getting stuck just wasn’t a holiday! As per usual we had goaded my dad into taking sand roads to explore off the ...
Nine locks! Nine locks on a run down door that comes directly off the main pedestrian area in Lima, Peru. What is so valuable that the doors need to be locked, padlocked and then locked again for good measure? I wonder what tales these doors could tell us – the tourists stopped and inspected them, ...