In our travels Blonde and Brunette have found botanical gardens to be oases of tranquility and beauty and good places to hid from the cops. OK, the second part isn't true but we didn't want to be gushing girlishly about flowers and ruin our reputations! Brunette got indoctrinated into the botanical garden fan club on a long ago visit to Phoenix, Arizona. She … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
We haven't participated in a weekly photo challenge in a while but this topic was intriguing. We don't do a lot of street scenes because we aren't very good at getting them (we're looking for our cameras and the whole thing is already over) and we're more likely to be in settings such as beaches, deserts, glaciers and gardens that don't have street life. But in thinking about … [Read more...]
Picture the World Contest Entry: Singapore
We are submitting this photo because it shows how Singapore is a peaceful intersection of respect for the old, the Hindu deities, and the new, Singtel, a modern technology and communications company. In a small area Singapore has a richness of cultures, religions, history, modernity and tradition. … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban
Capture the Colour blog post contest
Upon landing in Singapore after nearly 30 hours of travel time we were groggy, grumpy and far from ready to tackle a busy city. After a nap for Blonde (cure for everything) and a bath drawn by the butler for Brunette (we were staying at the St. Regis using SPG reward points) we were marginally refreshed. Brunette is the travel researcher and knew that our hotel was near the … [Read more...]