Morro Bay, Thanksgiving weekend, 2008. Pootled up CA-1 to escape LA and the lab. The main purpose of our trip was to hit the dog-friendly beach: Morro Strand State Beach, that we’d been to the previous summer. As memory served, it was very very long, and full of dogs and surfers. It had not, as […]
Have been uploading more photos of Alaska. This one reminded me of Scotland; to be more precise, the Isle of Skye but with more trees. There’s something about slightly damp (misty, if you want to be romantic about it) weather that brings out the drama of coastlines. Sure, the clear blues and greens of tropical […]
We spent a glorious fortnight in the state of “gold stars on a field of blue” aka The Last Frontier aka The Land of the Midnight Sun aka Sarah Palin’s homeland aka Alaska. We saw way too many cool things and had way too much fun and took way too many photos. While my brain […]
It’s been a goal of ours since arriving in LA to visit some of the more “unusual” states of the USA, with Alaska being top of that list. Three years on, we feel we really have to make those plans just in case our visas and work contracts are not renewed. A stressful fortnight of […]
We’re not crazy climbers or munro baggers like quite a lot of people we know, but we enjoy walking. The longer the better, so long as there is chocolate in the bag. And while there are many possible hikes around LA, the ones we prefer were shut due to the wildfires last autumn, and have […]
We exposed the dog to her first experience of snow last weekend in the San Bernadino mountains. I think she enjoyed it.
France comes to a standstill, cancer research takes a hit and Aberdeenshire can either get some new jobs or a trashed environment. But I’ve got nothing for you. 12 hours straight at the bench; perhaps all for nothing. Here’s a gratuitous P and dog photo from August to cheer myself up. That post about our […]
D+K again, originally uploaded by framboise. We poottled up to North California for a week in Sonoma County (north of San Fran for you non-Californians). And spent a week poottling back down the coast. The photos are slowly being uploaded and when the dog has some time, she might contribute a post or two about […]
I’ve been in SF. It rained. More photos on Flickr.
Cuillin and river Originally uploaded by framboise. Skye truly is an island of mist. We woke to misty wetness every morning, but the weather usually cleared up by lunchtime to leave the most beautiful blue skies. Skye is now accessible by a toll-free bridge from the Kyle of Lochalsh, which takes some of the magic […]
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