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Penguins
Random Photo Tuesday, reinstated as my 2013 lunar new year resolution. Penguins by framboise, on Flickr Fin, P and a bunch of penguins watched each other for a good 10 min one Sunday afternoon. Apart from playing with water, cloud dough and watching Pocoyo, I’ve never seen Fin so enthralled by something for so long. […]
Lincoln Park Zoo
Dear wonderful people of Chicago who fund the Lincoln Park Zoo, You have our heartfelt gratitude for the daily de-cranking that your wonderful, and FREE, zoo afforded our crankasaurus1. Finlaggan was largely unimpressed by the bear, camels, giraffe, zebra, and other colourful, exotic animals. Not for him, these creatures that populate his books. No, Mr […]
Fin in May 2011
Oof, where did May and June go? Every couple of years in May, I head off to Florida for a scientific conference, which means I’m pretty much offline for the weeks preceding and after. So, that’s my excuse for missing the regular irregular recaps of Fin’s first year in a gabazillion photos. To make up […]
State capitals and springer spaniels
This weekend, the world neighbourhood tour organised by jojoebi takes us to a mystery city in the Midwest of the USA and to South Korea, where two midwesterners now live with their springer spaniel. Do visit! Links to the worldwide neighbourhood tour (click on the place name for a direct link to the tours): June […]
Winding streets and cliffside stairs
Sweet winding streets in a town called Beer1, classic stripey deck chairs and huts on a pebble beach. Where are we today on the global walk around the world? A: We’re in East Devon, on Kitty Lorn’s maker, baker blog. Catch the front page now for some bonus bunting! Links to the worldwide neighbourhood tour […]
A stroll around Lincoln Park
After showing you our West LA / Santa Monica neighbourhood earlier this week, I thought I’d better get a move on and write up a few words about our brief stay in Chicago before the photos become meaningless to us. I know that somewhere, on our back-up HDD and DVDs lie a slew of photos, […]
Aujourd’hui, Îles Canaries; demain, le monde!
Aujourd’hui, Îles Canaries; demain, le monde!
The global neighbourhood walk continues today in the Canary Islands, where they have bright (canary?) yellow postboxes and black volcanic sand. Go visit!
Beach baby
Come rain or shine, Fin loves the beach! It may be the sand, or the freedom to wander, or maybe it’s just that it’s so different from his daily routine of concrete and roads. Whatever the reason, we’re glad he’s always happy on the beach! Santa Monica Beach, CA Dockweiler Beach, CA Venice Beach, CA […]
Saitama and Sweden
If you like to daunder around your local patch, have a gander at these world wanders. Saitama has some amazing rice paddies, as documented by Jojoebi. And did you know that you can buy rice in a vending machine in Japan? The closest cool equivalents I have seen in North America are those that sell […]
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