These photos, taken over two seasons in Spring, of the coastal city in the southern tip of South Korea is a wonderful reminder of the rhythm of the city as the seasons pace themselves through the year. Busan is neither metropolis nor a village, and its roots as a seaport is revealed by the dotted…
The Caesalpinia pulcherrima or Dwarf Peacock never fails to delight the parakeets as they harvest the pods and seeds. While the strict gardener will remove the pods to preserve the beauty of the bushy canopy and profuse flowers, I will leave the pods for the birds as they noisily munch on the seeds and scatter…
1 There is a bad time to rebuke someone. Those who keep silent are the prudent ones. 2 How much better to investigate than to be angry! 3 And those who confess openly will be kept from loss. 4 Like eunuchs desiring to violate a girl, so are those who make decisions by force. 5…
This is the house that Frank Lloyd Wright built over a waterfall at Bear Run, Fayette County, in rural southwestern Pennsylvannia for the family of Edgar J. Kaufmann, owner of Kaufmann’s department store, as a weekend home. It is regarded as one of the architect’s most beautiful masterpiece, building over the falls instead of…
Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it; but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it Photo note: Taken at mid-day on Hill Street at the mouth of the Singapore…
For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is a good thing., but if salt has become insipid, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another. (Mk 49-50) Photonote: May 2016, at Badwaters, Death Valley National Park, CA. GM1
The paved desert road in modern times, is like an air-conditioned carpet through a presently desolate but geologically recent and verdant past. But it’s not lifeless.
(Mid-Week 47) After a morning of restless cacophony and chorus that ascended into an ethereal crescendo, amidst the hustle and bustle of parents…….. silence, serenity and peace. And the world was indeed a better place that day. (Week 47) A week after the weak chicks cried without a voice, the industry of the parents (and the…
We visited the ancient city of Lijiang in Yunnan Province in 2009 and were privileged to partake in a Qing Ming meal in the ancestral home of a Naxi family. The simple but hearty countryside fare was served unceasingly and generously, after which the folks gathered to reminiscence and watch television. The dim dankly room…
(Week 47) A week after the weak chicks cried without a voice, the industry of the parents (and the scale of the grub) and the size of the nestlings have increased exponentially. The parent looks a little worn around the edges, but the pace of creation hurtles along towards the next major milestone – the…