The van we ride, its door falls off, so it’s tied together by a rope. Eleven of us squeeze in there to travel to different orphanages, homeless shelters and churches.
Yesterday we visited a small village located next to a landfill. In one of the community buildings, we put on a puppet show. We’ve put on […]
One of the best things we did was to bring this nice camera. We’ve got over 2000 photos so far, so many so good. Paul will upload most of them on flickr when we get back, will sure to let you know!
It’s my first time waking up to a genuine cry of a rooster’s cokko doodle doo. The fact that I cannot snooze it is a reminder that nature has the upper hand. So I’ve come out here onto a semi-sheltered deck, where a table, a roof and its supporting stilts gently nest in the grey-blue […]
“Between 110-130 million years ago, ants descended from a wasp-like ancestor during the Cretaceous period and diversified with the rise of flowered plants. Scientists have found an ant-wasp specimen trapped in amber that dates back 80 million years ago.” (Quote and photo from here)
You’d think that flying would be an advancement, but no, they decided […]
WOW! They’ve got 3 hearts, blue blood, 8 arms and 2 tentacles that come out of it’s face, and the most advanced skin! I’ve never come across it until today; I stumbled upon it on PBS.
It’s called a cuttlefish, but it’s not a fish. It’s skin can change colour and texture instantly. It’s the king of camouflage. Not […]
The boy I nanny for came back from a birthday party, and brought home a bag full of M&M chocolates, with the birthday boy’s name and picture printed on them!
The convention was 7 blocks away from my home and admission was free. So I thought, ‘why not’.
Around 30,000 people gathered inside the dome. I was first struck by the equal mix of races; Black, White, Latino and Asian families, all dressed to the nine. Some young ladies wore surprisingly revealing outfits, greeting friends in […]
Ray escaped from Cuba when he was a child. In America, he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers; he became a professional baseball player in his youth. He then found Christianity and became a pastor. Somewhere along the line, he had his 6th child, which is Paul.
Paul and I take off July 22nd to go […]
Elena Filatova is Russian. She loves to ride her motorcycle. Her favourite site to visit is the dead zone in Chernobyl. She keeps a photo journal here.
On Friday April 26, 1986, a Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded due to a combination of human and mechanical error. 23 years later, animals and plants have started to take […]
In the quiet of a blissful nap time, with no chores to do, I sit here looking out at gently floating swan feathers on a flowing stream.
My grandfather used to say, “experience both ends of any spectrum, the calm, the chaotic, the poor, the rich, the best fish, and the worst fish, but make sure it’s […]
