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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Karori Churchyard: the stones tell stories

This small Anglican churchyard has stones that date from the earliest days of New Zealand's European settlement, mid-1800s. Wandering around reading them is like a walk through a particularly poignant story book. But the stories are incomplete: hints, suggestions, a glimpses of lives and deaths, of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Views from the house

the morning of the day I arrived--you can see the tide is low and the shallow flats and sand bars are starting to be exposed. The next morning, the sky was unaccountably clear, and the sun --which is extraordinarily sharp and bright here--glowed on the hills to the west, and made the quiet patches... Sign in to see full entry.

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The House In Porirua

The house looks small from the approach--in fact, it looks like a garage. To the left is a moderately high white stucco wall with a modest iron gate. Trees and vines overhang everywhere like the Gardens of Babylon. But come through the gate or the garage, into a little garden--no lawn anywhere--and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Photos coming...

I have begun to load photos onto photobucket, though it may be a slow process. Computer speeds don't seem to be very fast here. But anyway, if you will pardon me an assumption here, these are some of what you're looking forward to: Inside the house, and the views from it--It's a wonderful house,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

The sun seems brighter...

shining out between the clouds of the New Zealand sky. The first leg of the flight, from Seattle to San Francisco, was from drenching rain to sunshine over the clouds, and down into a pleasant enough California afternoon. With a layover of a couple of hours, I walked a good long way to get to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

my husband's hovering near the door... I stopped to take a breath, and say goodbye! It will be at least 24 hours before I am here again--but I will be a day ahead of most of you, and writing from the future... sort of! Got 3 cameras, including the old Minolta 35mm film camera, and an 8 gig card in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Last Days...

On Wednesday, I'm off on the biggest trip yet... the most exciting, the one I'm thinking now will be the easiest of my overseas adventures. For one thing, the language of the country is English. That will help--though the idiom may make for some interesting moments. On only one trip--Italy--I went... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

a photo of memory

This was taken with a film camera in 1970 or thenabouts... The subject is the reflection of the Flora Stone Mather Memorial Building which housed the Dean's Office of Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. By the time I attended, WRU had hooked up (so to speak) with Case Technical Institute,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Trying something new...

Davy and I walked around the McClane Creek pond a couple of days ago, and I wanted to share the sound of it with you, so finally tried out the video function on my camera. After viewing the results, I can assure you, I need considerably more practice. But there is one clip that you might enjoy... If... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

It was a very long day with lots of walking... woke up this morning 3000 miles from where I woke up yesterday. Walked around in Maryland, a mile or so in the morning, then around the Baltimore airport, sat all the way to Denver then walked around the Denver airport a considerable distance, and for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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