Dreams, Moments, Travels
Friend Rinku Shah is seen here ‘threading’ Caroline’s eyebrows. This method of plucking eyebrows is the preferred way of ridding unwanted hairs from the eyebrows and is also used for removing any other facial hairs a woman might find popping out that she prefers wasn’t there. I’m thinking of having Rinku thread my nose hairs.
A friend and I stopped at his home near Fountain Hills, Arizona to pick something up and looked in on his new horse who didn’t want to participate in being ogled. Of course, I was told what kind of horse it is and what its name was, but do I remember any of that as I sit here late in the evening picking at my brain for those details? Heck no. But I do remember his little fat goat with 4-inch legs whose name is Goat, although again, the breed is not to be found in my head.
If it’s the end of February, it’s almost springtime here in Phoenix, Arizona. And if it’s spring, we will soon see the days slip into triple-digit temperatures as the 5-month desert summer takes over. We had rain a couple of days ago, nothing measurable though, so we are going into our 5th month without rain. Today at the Desert Botanical Garden irrigation ensures this corner of the desert see’s enough water that the blooms come on strong and the cactus remains plump – it was a fine day for a walk in the garden.
My great aunt Eleanor who recently turned 94 joined me today at the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
The Heard is dedicated to showcasing the art and history of the Native American peoples of the southwest. My aunt most enjoyed the woven baskets of the Tohono O’odham and the Katsina dolls of the Hopi.
After a short two-hour visit, this fragile old lady had enough.
Another day at the Polish festival. Yesterday’s entertainment was listening to a live violin duet and the Zbigniew Galzka Trio while today we watched Krakusy, a Polish Folk Dance Ensemble from Los Angeles, California.
Word of mouth spread about the festival because it was nearly wall-to-wall people enjoying good music, clear skies, and great food today.
Caroline tried the beer and pierogis while I had the cabbage rolls and a soda. I hope we don’t miss next year’s festivities.
During the past few weeks, my site has seen visitors from Singapore, Bangkok, New Delhi, Bombay, Hyderabad, Cape Town, and Hanoi, Vietnam. Lesser-known places where visitors have come from include Esfahan, Iran, and Arusha in Tanzania, along with Boliden, Sweden, Kapasigan in the Philippines, and Rabat, Morocco. Other visitors came in from Perth, Adelaide, and Sunshine, Australia, along with someone from Haifa, Isreal, and Santiago, Chile.
I love looking at the logs and seeing people stumbling upon my Photo of the Day blog, where they might get a look at some of the details of a couple of people living in Phoenix, Arizona. I only wish there were many other people out on the globe doing the same type of Photo of the Day blog for the communities they come from. What is daily life like in Sunshine, Australia, or Esfahan, Iran? Where do people go for dinner in Arusha, Tanzania? Have any good movies been shown recently in Hanoi? How was the drive to work for people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia – another one of my visitors came from there.
Do me a favor; if you have stopped by my site, maybe you were looking for something else, but here you are; tell me something about yourself and the place you are from. Take a second to look at some of my photos, or click on travels on the right and take a look at where my wife and I travel to before telling me of somewhere near where you live that would be a great place to visit or give me a recipe of one of your favorite dishes popular in your town.
If you’d like to start a website like this one, maybe we can help you out.