Stretching our legs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver. Stepping down to the stage is hard on zee knees but you really know you’re alive when you climb back to the top! Colorado. The balmy weather we have experienced in Colorado looks like continuing in DC. Maybe I packed that heavy coat in vain. […]
Out & About
Bodega Birds
The hamlet of Bodega LOOKS like a movie set with a gothic school house and church located high on the hill; a general store and a road winding through town: In fact, Bodega and environs is the setting for the Alfred Hitchock horror movie The Birds. The [long gone] farmhouse used in the film belonged […]
Prevailing wind
I am back online after a weekend at Salmon Creek near Bodega Bay. This is wild country. Can you tell which way the wind blows?! While I was out walking, I spotted a deer:
Escaping
The painters have moved inside and now seems like a very good time to escape for a few days. I will be one of three judges for the Festival of Quilts presented by the Auckland Quilt Guild. I will also be at the awards ceremony on Saturday afternoon/evening. Please say hello if you see me […]
Sparkling Sydney
I lived in Sydney for fourteen years and worked downtown for all of that time. I don’t miss congested week days jostling with people in suits but on a sparking spring Saturday, the city is beguiling. With US Twelve Karen Rips and her husband Ted staying in town to visit their son, the Laundry King […]
Feeding Time
One of my favourite activities when we have little people visit us at Copacabana is to make an excursion to The Entrance where they feed the pelicans each day at 3.30pm.