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California

Spiky Leaves of the Joshua Tree

As its latin name, Yucca brevifolia, shows, the Joshua Tree is really a Yucca plant, but its tree-like stature gives it its common names of Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree […]

Landscape

Views over Cape Town

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 15 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

-Kenya

Between the Ears

This week, Ed has asked us to post one photo of our favourite subject.  That’s difficult! I love Africa, animals and horse riding, so I chose this photo, take on […]

-Italy

Beguiling Pompeii

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.

Landscape

Shadows in the Sand

Ripples and shadows make the Sahara look more hospitable than it is in reality. For more from the Sahara see Is there a Dentist in the House? Linked to Shadow […]

Landscape

Alluring Mirage

“The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage” -Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, Supreme Buddha The two shots above are taken in […]

Adventure holiday

African Horizons

The views from the verandah of my tent at Toka Leya Camp in Zambia were simply breathtaking. There was nothing between me, the mighty Zambezi and Zimbabwe out on the […]

Landscape

Vibrations of Beauty

“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty” -Christopher Morley The beauty of the English landscape is shown off at its best […]