Our first day in Oaxaca was the day before Christmas Eve, and in Oaxaca, that means radishes. December 23 is La Noche de Rábanos, or Night of the Radishes, and the participants line the main city square (called the Zócalo)…
We spent our Christmas holidays visiting family in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. I’ve got all kinds of amazing things to show you, starting from the very first day, when we transferred planes in Atlanta, Georgia, and saw this enormous crystal…
It was our last day on Campobello Island and I set out to explore the area south of the wharf. My husband is an amazing trumpet player and wanted to practice, so he stationed himself near the wharf building, which…
The sea glass hunting around the Welshpool wharf is some of the best I have ever seen. There wasn’t a lot right next to the pier, but to the northwest the beach was speckled with beautifully worn glass. According to…
Friar’s Bay, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada One of Campobello’s claims to fame is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt summered there. Friar’s Bay was one of his favorite places on the island. It wasn’t mine. Granted, it was high tide and…
Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve missed the whole darn summer! I won’t go into the details or we’ll never get to the beachcombing, but every darn person living in my house and several other close family…
Raccoon Beach, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada; June 8, 2012 Raccoon Beach is part of Roosevelt Campobello International Park, an amazing joint effort between the US National Park Service and the Canadian government. View Larger Map The park takes up…
This is the last post about our adventures in Fiji. Life in Maine has been moving so fast that the Fiji photos have gotten pushed aside by all the cool stuff happening right now. It’s late spring, the birds are…
little girl, Kadavu Koro, Kadavu, Fiji Our last day on Kadavu we visited the local school and the village of Kadavu Koro (I think Koro means village, so that must be kind of like saying we visited the city of…
Two Trees Island, Kadavu, Fiji This is Two Trees Island. The reason for the name is more obvious from the landward view. Underwater photo of coral reef near Two Trees Island, Kadavu, Fiji I’d gone snorkeling a couple of times,…