Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Alaska on Alfonz's R1200GS! Check out the youtube link! http://youtu.be/_-4n9BafM_c
White Rock is a beautiful place to visit. Mom is here visiting from 100 mile house, and the must dos are always the same. Moby's fish and chips on the beach, homemade tartar sauce with french fries from special grown local...

Strawberry Moon

                    These photos were taken up by Sunnyside Park the night of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, here in White Rock, BC. The strawberry moon turns up 3 times in 100 years. It lasts 100 minutes, and the central eclipse, when...
  Venice is remarkable. It has a romantic allure that tops the charts for places to see in the world. The idea of a city on top of water, with canals for roads and little cobblestone footpaths lined with window displays, and festivals like Carnevale and...
  "Faith in oneself is the best and safest course. The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short: but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." Michelangelo.  Some say stones...
My favourite things in life don't cost money. It is really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. - Steve Jobs Time Currencies In economics, a time-based currency is an alternative currency where the unit of exchange...
"I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered." Anthony  Bourdain I drove along the winding dirt road outside our village. The busy street disappeared behind me, and...
      Those are flamingos! I was captivated by my many subjects on Peyriac de Mer, different varieties of birds, landscapes, mercury rippling waters. The children hiked through the trails, the sun shone down on us, it was a cool day, bundled...

The King’s Cake

Our hairdresser Hughes, from Twin's Hair Design here in Capestang France, gave me my new French-looking hairdo, honored us by inviting us to his home for the King's Cake tradition. Like many people of the South of France, Hughes...
Daniel and his team had their second handball match against neighboring towns and villages. Now that he understands more of the language, he has been improving with passing and scoring. Although the team as a whole lost to some pretty...