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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
Hey, come closer! No, closer! That’s it, right up to the door. No, even closer. Yes, bend down and put your eye right up to the keyhole, as if you were looking through a telescope. Can you see what is beyond these imposing doors now? Amazing, isn’t it?! This is the view one sees when looking beyond…
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Ailsa’s Weekly Travel Theme: Up
A person cannot help but look up when standing at the base of the classic icon of Paris – the Eiffel Tower! Join in Ailsa’s Weekly Travel Theme at Where’s My Backpack? with this week’s theme of “Up.” Details on how to participate and other responses to this week’s theme can be found here. Ciao!…
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New York’s Public Library as a Travel Destination
Given the interest in the New York City Public Library’s Rose Reading Room (see response to the Weekly Photo Challenge “Illumination” theme), I thought you might enjoy a further look at what this building has to offer the traveler. While the building with the stone lions gracing its entry at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination
Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines “illumination” as “the action of illuminating or state of being illuminated,” going on to provide several additional examples of this definition: a : spiritual or intellectual enlightenment b (1) : a lighting up (2) : decorative lighting or lighting effects c : decoration by the art of illuminating A library is…
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When Winter Gets Long, Celebrate the Snow and Ice: Book Across the Bay
While global warming may be a reality, it does not make the winters seem any shorter some years. By mid-February, the winter doldrums can set in, and a lack of snow actually can make those doldrums worse by revealing the dull shades of gray and lifeless brown for much longer than we care to see. …
Travel. Garden. Eat. 