The Earth Laughs in Flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

tropics in Uganda

Wildflowers in Holland Park, London

flower boxes along the canals of Bruges

Tulips in Netherlands

Girls Just Wana Have Fun

Friday night about to begin in Leiden

Sunday morning in Edinburgh

Saturday in Athens

getting ready for the trip

There is no problem so big that a good lunch can't solve

Avocado Toast the Bruges way

the "special" at La Maison Rose in Paris

point at something on a French menu and this is what arrives

vegetable soup in Bath England

I wish I knew how to quit you. Annie Proulx

Van Gogh Museum

Serengeti - Tanzania

Athens

Lagos

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For After all he was only human. He wasn't a dog. Charles Schulz

Edinburgh

Portobello Market

Lagos

San Sebastian, Spain

You had me at bread.

Ambroise

Edinburgh

Reims

market in London

Heaven is a place on Earth

Vietnam

Netherlands

Belgium

England

When you wake up in the morning, Pooh said Piglet, what's the first thing you say to yourself? What's for breakfast? said Pooh.

Lake District

Africa

Belgium

Greece

Women, nude, is the blue sky. Clouds and garments are an obstacle to contemplation. Victor Hugo

Netherlands

France

France

England

I don't care what the question is, cocktails are the answer.

England

France

Spain

view from EME terrace in Seville

I think people make their own faces as they grow. Enid Blyton

Greece

Bruges

Greece

England

Room with a View

Uganda

Tanzania

Porto

Uganda

Some people say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childless - but that's only if it is done properly.

Greece

France

Lisbon

Spain

A good building is the greatest of poems

Salisbury

France

Crete

France

the world's first and foremost medicine

Granada

Granada

Granada

Granada

Beauty to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick ass accessory.

Ambroise

Portobello Market

Chiang Mai

Ambroise

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...

Porto

Athens

San Sebastian

Jaisalmer

I really love being a human. But some days I wish I could be a fairy. Greta, age 4

Netherlands

France

Netherlands

Spain

If you can't sit in a cafe for hours, how can you observe human nature and create a story?

Crete

Seville

Crete

Dijon

The grand old legendary theatre

Granada

Seville

San Sebastian

competing entertainers

Something in the way she moos, attracts me like no udder lover

Seville

cows pointing head out of doorway signal dairy store inside

Granada

Leiden

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Picasso

Seville

Barcelona

Barcelona

Granada

Amazing Grace

Oxford

Reims

Belgium

Porto

Color is my day long obsession, joy, and torment. Monet

Ambroise

Lake District

Oxford

France

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Lake District

Giverny Gardens

Cotswolds

Waiheke Island

If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went.

dog who came up to lie by my side while I was having dinner

Lake District

Barcelona

Oxford

wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy; I wish I could be as carefree and wild; but I got cat class and I got cat style

providing oversight in Tuscany

Istanbul dinner guest

patiently waiting in Tel Aviv

life among the ruins

Why sometimes I believe as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast. Alice in Wonderland

Dublin, Ireland

Killarney, Scotland

Aswan, Egypt

Cappadocia, Turkey

Assumption of power that has nothing to do with merit and everything to do with circumstance

Luxor, Egypt

Aswan, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

Wadi Rum, Jordan

universal hand gesture - peace my friend

Aswan, Egypt

Alexandria, Egypt

Bangkok, Thailand

Petra, Jordan

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. P.J. O'Rourke

Siena, Italy

Bangkok, Thailand

Luxor, Egypt

Tel Aviv, Israel

cocktails I have known and loved

Khao Lak, Thailand

Dubrovnik, Croatia

King David Hotel, Jerusalem

on safari in Africa

not all those who wander are lost

carriage driver, Corfu

Bellman in Bangkok

currator - Mary Shelly museum, Bath

Baker- Delft, Holland

All alone with my memory of my days in the sun

produce seller Pak Khlong Talad Market

Bystander - Tel Aviv street scene

Chiang Rae temptress

main street Luang Prabang

Turkish women

fortune teller

house manager

shopkeeper

dessert maker

Daily Acts

market shopper in England

subway reader in England

barfly in Scotland

book reader in Auckland

Sunrise, sunset...swiftly go the years

Koh Lanta

Khao Lak

Algarve

Dubrovnick

Laos Women

waitress

receptionist

shopkeeper

vendor

Bon Appetit

truit meuniere

pave de boeuf sur pierre chaude

jambommeau a la sauce moutarole al amciemme

hotel /restaurant in Belgium country side owned by one of the best chefs in world!

more than one kind of fruit grows in trees

Chiang Rai

got my eyes on you

is this where James Cameron got idea for Avatar?

entrance to white temple

landscape is cheerfully, musically earnest. Thoreau

lake district, england

is there any question about why I love lake district?

france

Alleppeny

the term salad can refer to a seemingly random mixture of words: substitute "words" for "foods" and lunch is served

greek salad in Athens

only the french could mix up all the things I hate - beets, garbanzo beans, corn etc. and make it one of the most memorable salads I've had

croatia islands

Seville is foodie haven

I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.

workin' the crowd

sun worshippers in Egypt

Sam's spirit comes to visit in France

too much wine tasting in Cappadocia

Two means of refuge from miseries of life: music and cats. Albert Schweitzer

blending in with Jeruselum sidewalks

cafe host in Petra

Hitler kitty

framed

sunny spirits reincarnated

Koh Lak

Philae Island

Puang Prabang

Yao Noi

when I was young, lunch and recess were my favorite things - that's never changed

railway market

floating market

flower market

Hanoi

It's a wrap

at home relaxing

market shopping break

greetings in Jodhpur

temple visitor

A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

Agra

Jaipur

Jaisalmer

Munnar

it takes two....baby...me and you....

Auckland airport

Wellington Ferry

Singapore airport

Fremantle market

monkey business

box seats to the human spectacle

good to the last drop

all ends well

keeping the kids presentable

Struttin' My Stuff

market place in Jaipur

side alley in Jodhpur

streetwise in Jodhpur

anywhere India

Happy People are the Prettiest People. Aubrey Hepburn

Auckland

Fremantle

Easter in Australia

Port Douglas at 10 am in the morning

If you want to know what loyalty feels like, get a dog

will you go get them please?

as long as I can see him

while Mom shops

holding place in line

moral - keep your mouth shut and you'll stay out of trouble

Nature's version of rockin' it

a word from on high: just open up and turn toward the light

talking to a pal is sometimes all the therapy you need

lunch more, worry less

the weather just went from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper

I think Mickey Mouse in his Merlin robes directed the magic brooms to create this

And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time TS Eliot

if you'd like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar

All washed up

and hung out to dry

how long would you like to be loved...is forever enough?

nature's paint by number

I prefer flowers over diamonds

from fin to hand....wholesale fish vendors

Colors are the Smiles of Nature

And the words of the profits are written on the subway walls

the purpose of life is to be happy. Dalai Lama

Kangaroo Court

how simple and frugal a thing is happiness-a glass of wine, the sound of the sea, the affection of an animal or a vegetable cart on market day

kindness providers

inexplicable grace of animals: a true north in an unpredictable world

kindred spirits are not so scarce as the news would have you think

when it comes to being impressed by genius, the Wild Kingdom beats Silicon Valley everytime

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower William Blake