Category: Travel

  • Summertime is the best time

    Summertime is the best time

    Three of my favourite sunset pictures from last year’s summer adventure….I’m on vacation again soon, so won’t be posting anything for a couple of weeks.  Hope to have some summer in Saskatchewan photos to share when I get back!

  • wise words

    wise words

    or just create your own…. I still gush about New Orleans to anyone who asks (and some who don’t), but there is just so much to explore in the city.  If you find yourself in New Orleans, and want a (quiet) break from the action in the French Quarter, check out at the sculpture garden…

  • sunny days

    sunny days

    We are in the midst of a spring heatwave here…so, after soaking up the sun, it’s nice to just hang out in the shade, too…

  • you are the sky

    you are the sky

    You Are the Sky. Everything Else Is Just the Weather – Pema Chodron

  • French Quarter after the rain

    French Quarter after the rain

    I loved taking photos at night in the French Quarter – it’s just as pretty and colourful at night as it is during the day.  The restaurant in the picture, the Italian Barrel, was one of my favourites of the trip, and I’d highly recommend it if you find yourself in New Orleans. A block…

  • macaws at the Audubon Zoo

    macaws at the Audubon Zoo

    New Orleans is such a great place because there is no shortage of things to do and see. The Audubon Zoo was on the list mostly because I enjoy taking pictures of animals and I hoped to take some elephant pictures (I’ve daydreamed about going on safari for my next significant birthday – since the…

  • everybody is not special

    everybody is not special

    More Royal Street window shopping at night….this caught my eye in the window at the Antieau Gallery, it’s from the Monsters and Misfortune Collection and the artist is Chris Roberts-Antieau.

  • a reminder to tip street performers…

    a reminder to tip street performers…

    …or one might give you the finger! I laughed when I saw this after uploading all my pics from the trip –  I had no idea he was giving me the finger when I took it. I was just walking out of a restaurant, saw him, and quickly snapped the pic.  He’s likely very aware…

  • Royal Street window shopping at night

    Royal Street window shopping at night

    My favourite street in the Quarter, especially for window shopping at night.  This is part one (I took a lot of pictures on Royal Street).

  • Frenchmen Street at night

    Frenchmen Street at night

    There are many reasons to love Frenchmen Street – the music on the streets and in all the clubs and restaurants, the awesome people watching, the great food at Three Muses (ate there twice), and I still think longingly about all the necklaces and bracelets I left un-bought at the Art Market.  At times it…

  • Walking in the French Quarter

    Walking in the French Quarter

    Two things about walking in the French Quarter – drivers in New Orleans are crazy and so are cyclists. Pedestrians don’t have the right of way when crossing at an intersection and if you’re crossing a one way street make sure to look the other way so you don’t get hit by a cyclist (who…

  • Throw Open the Windows

    Throw Open the Windows

    Spring is here!