A few months ago, I was accepted as a photographer by Photographers without Borders. A few weeks ago, I entered 3 photographs in their semi-annual magazine photography contest – and this one was selected! I received this email from Jennie Pearson, Editor, Photographers Without Borders: “Congratulations. Your photo (FISHING PENS, Hoi An, Viet Nam) has…
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Trek to the Snows of Kilimanjaro (January 12, 2019)
Armchair Travel to the summit of Kilimanjaro Please join us Saturday, January 12, 2:30-3:30 p.m. to enjoy The Snows of Kilimanjaro & Beyond, with photographer and adventurer Lola Reid Allin. After a successful summit of Kilimanjaro in July 2018 through more snow than the tallest freestanding mountain has received in 20 years, Lola travels to the Serengeti by…
TONIGHT —Come with me to the Snows of Kilimanjaro
Come with me to the Snows of Kilimanjaro – Part II of the Armchair Traveller Photography Series – TONIGHT – Thursday December 13, 2018 – 6:30 – 7:30 Parrott Art Gallery, 254 Pinnacle Street Belleville Public Library
Armchair Travel to the Snows of Kilimanjaro
Come with me to the Snows of Kilimanjaro – Part II of the Armchair Traveller Photography Series – Save the date – Thursday December 13, 2018 – 6:30 – 7:30 Parrott Art Gallery, 254 Pinnacle Street Belleville Public Library
Night waiter at the Parrott Art Gallery
On our last night in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa we had a fabulous meal served by this man on the rooftop of our boutique hotel, Beit al Kholle House. Currently on display at the Parrott Art Gallery, Pinnacle Street, Belleville, Ontario as part of the Belleville Art Association’s 60th Anniversary Annual Juried Art Show.
Three days in Tokyo: Ameyoko Market
Ueno District is the closest thing to Old Tokyo. Local Japanese, ex-pats, and visitors all come to Ameyoko Market to eat at their favorite restaurant or search for the ideal bargain at the hundreds of one room shops. Neon-lights and red lanterns (and nearby red lantern streets with sex-clubs and prostitutes) cast a mysterious glow…
Good fortune, long life
Most of us are familiar with origami to some extent. We like the way it looks and it’s fun to try to fold the tiny pieces of paper to make beautiful decorations. But what do these folded pieces of paper signify to a Japanese person? In the first image, a dove – the worldwide symbol…
Ueno
Ueno (上野), a district in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, means “upper wild field”. Home to some of Tokyo’s finest museums (National Museum, National Museum of Western Art, National Museum of Nature & Science), and cultural sites: a major public concert hall, numerous Buddhist temples in addition to the famous Kan’ei-ji Pagoda of the Tokugawa shoguns now sheltered inside…
