On a recent drive across the state of New York I encountered several Blue Herons. Here are two of them that stayed still long enough for me to a get a picture. The one above was standing along the the canal as it poured into Oneida Lake in Sylvan Beach NY.
This is Henry, who hangs out at LOCK 25 in the middle of the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. He spends a lot of time sitting on the lock door, looking for fish. But when a boat came through the lock, he was not happy that he had to move.
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
TravelGumbo revisits Jonathan L’s trip to the Columbia River and the old cannery town of Astoria, Oregon
Jonathan L explored some of the local culture of small town Portugal in Ferreira do Zêzere.
Jonathan L took advantage of atmospheric weather for some striking pictures