In Seattle, there is always talk of prep for the ‘big one’. After the disasters and damage from past earthquakes, city officials updated some buildings, but work is still in the progress. In reality, are we prepared to handle a huge earthquake? A few years back, I was working on the old side of the local trauma…Read more »
Author: howlingwithwolves2
If I had a boat…
Before I get onto anything boat related, I first feel beholden to begin where I left off last week, with my trials and travails of painting a scene outside Notre-Dame. To aid comparison I’ve put below the my two efforts, the more recent and looser version first, followed by my first attempt. Despite my best…
Friday’s Passing Fancy: Call for Spring/Happiness
Punakha, Bhutan (Punakha Dzong)
Originally posted on life to reset:
With the surrounding mountains, the fast flowing river and the perfect blue sky, the view of Punakha Dzong from afar is arguably the closest to a post-card perfect image that Bhutan has to offer. Strategically located at the confluence of the Pho Chu River (Father River) and Mo Chu…
Wildlife during a winter blizzard
Snow and wildlife Christopher Martin Photography The snow started to fly on Friday and has kept falling through the weekend. And, it’s cold! I went touring west of Bragg Creek yesterday but saw very little – even when the sun came out for a couple of hours. Today was a different story and I saw…Read more »
Calgary at night: traffic in motion under the city’s lights
Christopher Martin Photography Late night light trails as vehicles move along Bow Trail. The red tail lights streak towards downtown while the lights on the left climb out of the city centre. Every few minutes the LRT, Calgary’s public transit commuter trains, slid along the tracks dividing the westbound and eastbound lanes of the roadway.…Read more »
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Mood swings are a normal part of everyday life. Those with a bipolar disorder however, the mood swings are more dramatic. Bipolar affects more than two million Americans. That is about three out of every one hundred adults. It affects people without regard to race, gender, age, or education. Not everyone has the same symptoms…Read more »
Aleppo National Museum – #3
Originally posted on Ferrell's Travel Blog:
See our previous articles on Aleppo here, here, and here. We have one more nice Neo-Hittite piece displayed in the courtyard of the Aleppo National Museum. It shows genii with the symbols of the sun and the moon. These symbols are typical on Neo-Hittite and Assyrian reliefs. Neo-Hittite…
A Snowy in another snowstorm
Christopher Martin Photography A couple of weeks ago I went out on the prairie looking for Snowy owls. North of Langdon, I found this owl in a familiar locale. It was a cold, blustery wind that accompanied the sunrise. The snow blew into the air throughout the morning and made it feel like we were…Read more »
Happy New Year!
Love these firework pics Christopher Martin Photography I hope you have a lot of good moments doing what you love with those who mean the most to you in this new year. My own goal is to make those happen whenever I can for myself and those people important to me. We had a…Read more »