Mystery photo: Where in the World?

A woman rocks her granddaughter to sleep in a hammock, where all children sleep with their parents until the age of 2. Here in this region of the Caribbean there are 365 tropical islands, some so tiny a single coconut tree sprouts and nothing more. All islands are owned and operated by these native people...

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Approaching an Ice Age???

Say what?!  Snow, in MAY?? An unprecedented snowfall blanketed my home town of Rochester, Minnesota yesterday–15 inches! And it didn’t stop there. According to my Dad and brother-in-law, who were up by 5am snow plowing out the parking lots of their respective businesses, the snow continued throughout the day and piled up to an incredible...

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Astronomical Clock in Prague, Czech Republic

It’s time! April 30 marks the end of winter, and Prague’s annual Paleni Carodenjnic celebration commonly known as Witches’ Night. Locals dress up in costumes like our Halloween, and parade down the street burning paper witches. The Astronomical Clock, in the picture above, is an iconic sight in Prague’s Old Town. Visible to all who...

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Ocean Baptism, Cape Town, South Africa

Later that same morning (see last blog entry Reflection of Lion’s Head) as we were about to leave this ocean pool, we saw a group of people gathering on shore, some with drums and some wearing red religious robes. So of course we stuck around.  It soon became clear that a baptism was going to take place. We...

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Reflection of Lion’s Head, Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

One of those magical mornings when the clouds were amazing and added such interest to the landscapes! Love that lenticular cloud! f22, 1/45 SS, 400 ISO Lion’s Head reflected in the ocean near Camp’s Bay. Table Mountain National Park, south of Cape Town, South Africa.

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