An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
If you are interested in conservation or animals, if you love Africa, or if you just enjoy a good love story, then read this book. “Africa has never been more […]
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Debbie Smyth
Tunisia in Black and White
Ksar Hadeda, an ancient berber village in Southern Tunisia is looking great in black and white. I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge […]
Hats Off to the Queen Mother
Walking down the Mall recently, I came across two bronze reliefs by Paul Day (the man responsible for the statue of two lovers at St Pancras Station). They are part of […]
J is for… Javelinas
Arizona has a cute but smelly inhabitant: the Javelina, or Collared Peccary. Though it looks a bit like a pig, it is not from the same family. It belongs instead to the Tayassuidae […]
Australasia – down under in Manchester
The term “potluck” originally referred to what was on offer to unexpected guests: if you arrived unannounced you took your luck with whatever was in the pot! That is the theme for this week’s Sunday Stills […]
Captivating Bergen
Bergen is an enthralling city on the west coast of Norway, Norway’s second largest city in fact. On a clear, sunny day you’d be hard pressed to think of anywhere […]
Tigers in the neighbourhood
Tigers have come to St Pancras! The tigers is the largest cat species, reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in length and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). This magnificent animal is endangered: […]
In the Pink
A selection of pink from around the world: Linked to Pink Saturday.
International Women’s Day: Woman Entrepreneur in a South African Township
As soon as I saw this challenge, my thoughts jumped […]
Jump to it!
Probably not what we would call dancing, but quite a spectacle. Photos taken in the Masai Mara in 2007. This is part of the Word a Week Challenge: Dance at […]
Windows from the Past in Jerome
Once a thriving copper mining town, Jerome is now a bustling tourist town. Set high in the Black Hills in Arizona, one of its many taglines is “America’s most vertical […]
Travel with Intent 