London bridge, 2015. We are not afraid. (In French: qu’ils aillent se faire foutre!)
New Orleans, 2016. (c)ourtesy Gini. A “purrty” littl’ house. (For Robert)
“I have hit, do you know? unbelievable Floridas / Mixing flowers with the eyes of human-skinned panthers/ Rainbows held tight as reins / Under the horizon of seas, to opaque herds…” Le Bateau ivre, The drunken boat, Arthur Rimbaud, 1871. Paris, 2016, around the corner from the church of Saint-Sulpice. Should you wish to read a – better – and complete translation… click here:
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/French/Rimbaud1.htm#anchor_Toc196916310
Tlalpan, Mexico city, 2017. Or was it 2016? “Scotty! Can you fix the Time-counter, please? Thank you!”
Planet of the (gr)Apes. London, 2016. Be strong London. We are with you all the way.
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, 2016. Above and below, a mural at the back of this fabulous and historical bookstore.
“Chiapas, Peace, Mexico”. Dedicated, I suppose, to the Zapatista Liberation Army. (Yeah, let’s work on Peace for a while. That would be a change.) 😦
That was a door. Tlalpan, Mexico city, 2016. (Are you sure Scotty?)
Phnomh-Penh, Cambodia, November 1956. My father’s work permit. He was 38. (OMG!)
Castle of Cheverny, Loire Valley. 2009. This castle is said to have inspired Hergé, the Belgian comics artist to draw the castle of Moulinsart, in the latter adventures of Tintin.
Cheverny castle, 2009. L. to r. Tintin and his friend, Captain Haddock. There was a great Tintin exhibition at the castle then. Priceless for a Tintin fan like myself. The “trompe-l’oeil” is very well done.
Chocolate cake anyone? Mexico city, c. 2016. Authentic. I went inside the pastry shop and asked. 100% Chocolate and cream.
Santiago de Chile. Yesterday. (Don’t you love time-space travel technology?) Estar Guars. Pronounced: Ay-star Goo-ars. (c)ourtesy Gini.
Mother and child. Maasai mara, Kenya, 2011. (c)ourtesy Gini.
Minette, our tabby cat, in the garden at Lavington. Nairobi, Kenya, c.1967.
Captain and crew wish to thank you for traveling on Equinoxio Time-Space shuttle. Always a pleasure to have you on board. Have a safe week-end, wherever you are. Watch your backs. But. We. Are. Not. Afraid.
Equinoxio 
Did you get all your files sorted and fixed up? Great photos as always. You give a grand trip. Hugs
Thank you Scottie. Yes what could be retrieved has been 95% reorganized. Basically lost New York and Washington DC. Darn. I will have to go back. 😉
have a great week-end.
Always love your photos. My what a wonderful full life you are having!
Thank you Alison. I can’t complain. All the best to you and your parents.
Just watched Finding Dory. Cute little movie…
The sequel to finding Nemo? Haven’t seen it. Does little Colin react to TV yet? Or not quite?
It is a sequel, yes. And yes, he is recently reacting to the television. I think he likes the light in the noise and music. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Depends on the rules you will set about TV. Also “train” him with books for babies. Little Gonzalo already has a few. He likes the ones with songs best. And the book has to be edible. 😉
I’ve already been reading to him quite a bit. And yes he already wants to chew on them. 😉
Books are food for the soul… 😉
It so fun to watch him look at the pages and smile despite his very young age.
I took a good bit a psychology in College and Grad school. That is why I find babies so fascinating. Smile? It just shows that human beings are naturally happy. 😉 And, their level of understanding goes way beyond their speaking ability. You will see.
I’m already seeing that. It’s amazing what he already knows so young. I wish I took more psychology. I find it interesting too. I’m an armchair psychologist. Lol.
Armchair is good. Remember Freud was a couch psychologist. 😉 At any rate, simple observation is enough. And do write things up. One forgets afterwards. Something like “Our travel book with Colin”. lol indeed.
Good idea. I’ve already forgot a few things. My mom bought me a baby book which I have been filling out.
That is a precious gift. We still have our notes from when the girls were babies. Of course now the technology makes it so easy to record every movement, giggle. 🙂
Great trip Brian ! London, we are with you!!!
Thanks Holly. Twice.
I do love your time travel technology!! I love Tintin, too.
Thank you Kate. Tintin? All the way to Down Under? Amazing. Tintin has played a significant part in my life. As I was reading – all – his adventures in the middle of Africa, I came to think that his adventures were real… Everything fitted with what we were experiencing: the snakes in the garden, monkeys, sharks in the sea ten yards away… 😉 (I still have the complete collection) What is your favourite(s) Tintin adventure?
I don’t have a favourite. I love them all! I read them in English when I was young (all library books) and then in French when I was studying the language in Annecy. All the TIntin books that I own are in French. My best friend from school named her beagle Tintin and when I was given a puppy soon after she got hers, I called mine Snowy, which is Milou’s name in English.
Mille sabords de Tonerre de Brest! 🙂
A fellow Tintinphile all the way Down Under. How nice to have a Tintin et Milou between the two of you. 🙂
Fabulous pix. Simply fabulous
Thank you Trisha.
Love travelling with you,Brian!Those murals are fantastic!
Thank you. The San Francisco murals or the Chile ones (Estar Guars – very spanish slang – I found a roar!) Have a lovely week.
Aye, Captain. There are several purrty houses in N’awlins.
London, how sad.
N’awlins is very purrty. Yes Sir.
London? Cowardice has always made me very angry. Thank you for your words.
I am always amazed by the life you’ve been gifted to live, the things you’ve seen, and I thank you for sharing your finds to open my eyes/mind ❤
My pleasure Kim. When I was a child, I felt that was the “normal” life. 🙂 Until I went (back) to France to College and realized it was not. 🙂 Then I worked hard to make it “normal” again. Glad to share. Have a lovely week. (Starting the new job today, right?)
Been at the new job for almost a week and a half, enjoying it a lot, nice coworkers, was doing double time working last job and this at the same time, tired me out a bit for sure😊
Good. Coworkers are important. And it is sheer luck. 🙂
Thank you for the time traveling experience, Brian. Love the door, the Tintin castle and beautiful Minette.
Your father is two years older than my parents.
I figured you would notice Minette. 🙂 Glad you liked the selection. So your parents are/were from 1920? My father has been gone for a few years now.
Mine too. Father in 1985, mother in 1999.
Sorry to hear that. Your father was quite young. A shame.
I adore your potpourri postings! Creative genius.
Thank you Lisa. 🙂 I find it exciting to jump from one place or time to the other. 🙂