Calgary's Field of Crosses Each year, from November 1 to 11, over 3400 Memorial Crosses are placed in a park along Calgary's Memorial Drive. Each cross represents a soldier from Southern Alberta who died in active duty during Conflicts and Peacekeeping Missions from 1899 to the Present. The Car Guy and I walked the length … Continue reading Lest We Forget
The Belchen (35 Km south of Freiburg) is a mountain in the Black Forest of Germany. The Belchen Cableway takes you up to scenic viewpoints and hiking trails.
When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world. - Eric Schmidt - The Belchen (35 Km south of Freiburg) is a mountain in the Black Forest of Germany. The Belchen … Continue reading Grass, Bees, Thistles – Half a World Away in Belchen Germany
Bamberg is an beautiful example of an early medieval town in central Europe. It has a large number of surviving ecclesiastical and secular buildings. It is crisscrossed by many rivers, winding canals, and bridges. Some of the bridges are old and famous and some, like this one, are more modern, but don't detract from the … Continue reading Arizona, BC, Germany – Looking at Bridges
'Post processing' or photo editing can not only slightly improve a photo, it can extensively alter it! Here are a few 'before' and 'after' examples I applied to photos of Bridges. Bamberg is an beautiful example of an early medieval town in central Europe. It has a large number of surviving ecclesiastical and secular buildings. … Continue reading Arizona, Washington, and Germany – An Artistic Look at Bridges
It is a WordPress Photo Challenge and the topic is Ornate. Man has challenged Mother Nature. Mother Nature presented this work by Jack Frost who embellished this Campanula flower with spikes of white crystals. Man replied with this intricate metal scroll work on carved wood at Residenz Wurzburg in Germany. Mother Nature fired back with … Continue reading Germany – Man vs Nature – Ornate Designs
Canada entered World War I as a colony and came out a nation... - Bruce Hutchison, Canadian Journalist - We've been to Europe a number of times. (I know that sounds like a big deal, but we were living in England at the time.) On one of our trips we visited a number of WWI … Continue reading Belgium – WWI Memorial – A Brooding Soldier
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages. - Dave Barry - America has solved the problem of foreign languages. Want to see the Eiffel Tower without the … Continue reading Nevada, Germany, Qatar, Egypt – Foreign Street Scenes
'Fifty Shades of Grey' - I wish I had thought of that title for my blog. Can you imagine how many visitors I'd get every day? Disappointed visitors, of course, when they discovered that fifty shades of grey described my hair colour and not my review of a hugely successful erotic novel - which I … Continue reading Texas, Washington, France – Fifty Shades of Grey in Photographs
How to eat spinach like a child - Divide into little piles - rearrange again into new piles - repeat. After five or six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full. - Delia Ephron - At a Saturday market in Bamberg, Germany - one vendor arranged his produce on elliptical shaped platters. Almost too … Continue reading Germany – Artistic Arrangement of Produce and Architecture
