The surface and beneath the surface

Love Actually

Structured like a Christmas party sweets table, Love Actually is full of enticing confections without any substance or connection. Which is not to say that some of the tidbits aren’t wonderful.

Bottom Line: Good, but not great. Rated R for a British sense of humour.

Babble

Shut up! I can’t hear myself think.

Lost in Translation

Muddling through this waking life on auto-pilot. Dreams and nothing more.

Bottom Line: Recommended

Thirteen

Like mother, like daughter.

Bottom Line: Recommended

Big Bend: Lost Mines Trail

Out of the fog into another world.

Big Bend: Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive

Driving and walking in the shadow of Mt. Doom.

Big Bend: The Window

Peering through nature’s window: a drive…a hike…a beer.

I Capture The Castle

English charm.

Bottom line: Highly Recommended

Lake District: Great Langdale

From the fells and dales, perfect English countryside.

Oxford: Brasenose College

postcard: Oxford
Visiting his alma mater.

Blenheim Palace, The Lavender Garden

Alderley Edge

Our fairy tale travels.

San Francisco: Golden Gate Park

I must admit that I had no idea of the size of Golden Gate Park nor of its history when I first came to wander in it unexpectedly…My preference for exploring any place on foot, without a map or a guide book, keeps me alert to anything I may encounter and in a constant state of surprise. –Chiang Yee “The Silent Traveller in San Francisco”

San Francisco: Japanese Garden

Walking in the footsteps of ghosts.

San Francisco: SFMOMA

10:00. Every city, every place I suppose, has its own rhythm. Learning to flow with the dance in the streets takes time. I’m up very late this morning.
photo: SFMOMA