Rain, Sunshine, Rain, Fullmoon, Rain
The great thing about being in the tropics, rain and sun can share a moment. We were walking along the paver board-walk when the zipper of thunder opened the clouds. It rained! Rain that poured Read More …
Author: Nick
Colour, Colours, Colourful
The blues have been augmented by applied swatches of bold colours. The bean bag chairs scattered across the beaches are sheltered from the equatorial sun by ceremonial Balinese and Hindu umbrellas. The Canadian west coast Read More …
Landing on the Beach
There is a blue in the spectrum that the tropical sun draws to the foreground. The kind of blue that can brighten the blues out of your soul. This is colourful living by proximity. We Read More …
Resting, Resetting and other Irreverences
The sun turns to shadows over the Agean Sea and it is time to prepare for the reset of body and mind required for the journey home and for being at home. The visits to Read More …
Nike, Ephesus and St John
The ancient angel, Nike, that hovers over the entrance gates to the polis of Ephesus strikes more than a guarded entrance. This is a winged welcome to those who have travelled and earned the rank Read More …
Wandering over a Moonscape
Someone said we should take a balloon ride over the valley in Cappadocia. We did. Neither story, nor picture can capture the inspired juxtapostion of seventy plus balloons and the lunar terraun of the valley Read More …
Holy Hideouts from Hell
The hellish terror of a volcanic erruption, with time, created the landforms left by erosion. In the cosmic scheme of things that might be insignificant but in the region of Cappadocia and especially in the Read More …
Ankara – Revitilization, Preservation and Grandiosity
How one would label events in Ankara is a question of where one begins. I entered this city with a visit to the Mausoleum of Ataturk. This notable example of both modern Turkish architecture (Emil Read More …
Istanbul – Recycled Churches and Other Irregularities
The title mosque, the Hagia Sophia was the begining of touring palaces, museums and other places of worship. This building was a Christian church built originally by the emporer Justinian I in the sixth century Read More …
Beyond the Code and Codes
In the images gathered and created around the Vatican Museums there is a subtle irreverence. It is mine. It has roots in my early childhood reformed education. It gathers perspective from those early lessons. My Read More …