2022 Highlights
As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » Read more
Birds
Brrrr! Back to British Columbia (September 2022)
Port Hardy is a small fishing village at the northern end of Vancouver Island, a one hour flight in a small plane » Read more
Namibia, June 2022 (Part 6, Etosha National Park)
The final phase of our Namibia trip was devoted to wildlife, centered on Etosha National Park, in northern Namibia. Etosha means » Read more
Namibia, June 2022 (Part 4: Walvis Bay)
Martin Bailey bills this photographic expedition as his Complete Namibia Tour and it is indeed comprehensive and very well organized. One week » Read more
Namibia: June 2022 (Part 3-Sossusvlei and Dune Dreams)
Thursday June 2, 2022 By four days into the first of our 2 weeks in Namibia, this trip had already exceeded my » Read more
Chile, March 2022: A chilly reception (Part 2, Lake District)
Wednesday, March 22, 2022 Our idyllic stay at Tierra Chiloé restored us to a blissfully relaxed state after our stressful insurance snafu » Read more
2021 Highlights
2021 was another doozy of a pandemic year. Pandemic year 2 started off well, Stump having being turned out decisively in November » Read more
2020: A year of clear vision?
Preamble How to sum up 2020? A year so chaotic, full of fear and fury, as to be life-altering, unforgettable and for » Read more
Coronavirus calendar: (Month 3: May 2020)
Saturday, May 2, 2020 According to the calendar, I was to have my hair done and we would have attended a biannual » Read more
Papua Paradise: January-February 2020 (Part 1)
Saturday, January 25-Sunday, January 26, 2020 Given that I was born in 1960, was soon to turn 60 and this trip was » Read more