"Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions."
— Tom Robbins
* Pentax K20D + Samsung 50-200mm Lens - Single Shot
African Wildlife Series #2 - Egret
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Inquisitive Egret
Monday, November 14, 2011
West African Sunset
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
— Desmond Tutu
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - Single Shot
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
Sunday, November 13, 2011
African Family
"Westerners arriving in Africa for the first time are always struck by its beauty and size--even the sky seems higher. And they often find themselves suddenly cracked open. They lose inhibitions, feel more alive, more themselves, and they begin to understand why, until then, they have only half lived. In Africa the essentials of existence--light, earth, water, food, birth, family, love, sickness, death--are more immediate, more intense. Visitors suddenly realize what life is for. To risk a huge generalization: [In the West], amid our wasteful wealth and time-pressed lives we have lost human values that still abound in Africa."
— Richard Dowden
* Pentax K20D + Samsung 50-200mm Lens - Single Shot
Beach Silhouettes Series #2 - The Gambia 2011
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Monkey See Monkey Do
"We are all just monkeys with money and guns."
— Tom Waits
* Pentax K20D + Samsung 50-200mm Lens - Single Shot
African Wildlife Series #1 - Red Colobus Monkey
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
Friday, November 11, 2011
Review: 1Q84 Book 1 and Book 2
1Q84 Book 1 and Book 2 by Haruki Murakami
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Murakami, the master weaver of worlds, at his epic best! This is a stunning and complex story expertly woven by alternating the two main characters, Tengo and Aomame. This book defies categorisation. at once drama, thriller, epic and love story it is a literary masterpiece that enthralls the reader from beginning to end. Absolutely the best Murakami, in fact best book I have read for a long long time. Clearly the first two of three books, the end leaves everything hanging and demands you immediately read Book 3. Thank god for the Kindle! ...even though I was on a beach in sub-Saharan Africa I just went online and downloaded Book 3 there and then with Whispernet.
A Brilliant literary masterpiece from a modern literary master!
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At The Beach
"This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing."
— Ian McEwan (On Chesil Beach)
* Pentax K20D + Samsung 50-200mm Lens - Single Shot SOOC
Beach Silhouettes Series #1 - The Gambia 2011
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Roofline Reflection
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
— Charles Dickens
I'm heading off for an adventure in the Winter Sun of sub-Saharan Africa and will be away for three weeks... see you all when I get back, hopefully with a stock of new photos :-)
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - Single Shot
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
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