babysitting grandson
This was my first time babysitting my youngest grandson. He gets a bit frustrated with me because my Chinese is not so good which means he has to talk to me in English, and even though his English is pretty good, I was not understanding who or what he was crying for. I thought he was crying for his mom, or dad, brother or grandma and he was not. But in the end I got it...
today's ride
Today's ride to church, listening to Larry Norman, and taking the long way home with an off road excursion by the railway tracks.
the brezhnev honecker kiss
The painting "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" on the Berlin wall. More information here HERE
guess the library
This is the view looking up in a library I spent time working in last fall. I took my laptop, sat in this spot, and worked away. The tag below gives a clue to where it is. Quite the experience...
bro ok lyn
As seen on the Berlin subway. Of all photography, street photography is my favourite. A fleeting moment of light, shadow and colour from everyday life. Is some respects it is a bit like Impressionism, of course it doesn't look like an impressionist painting because photography has a realism about it, but the other principles are the same.
gates of megiddo
I didn't plan to go to Megiddo, but I was driving by and I popped in. It was also an important visit too, a month earlier in September 2015 I had visited the Gallipoli beach where my grandfather started out WWI in 1915, a couple of years later Megiddo was the place he fought his last battle of that war.
A video of the visit to the beach where my grandfather started out the war can be seen HERE
A video of the visit to the beach where my grandfather started out the war can be seen HERE
let the people dance
After the event I visited the Berlin Jewish Museum and came across the picture (on the left) of Jewish people dancing on a ship as they escaped Hitler in the 1930s. A different people, a different time, but the same dance. Other things are the same too, today we have the same opposition to refugees as we had back in the 1930s and 1940s, and we know how that turned out, but seems that many have forgot.
I think we all need to say "refugees are welcome here,"Canada is doing some but could do more. For goodness sake, open borders, let people dance, just like I saw in Berlin #RefugeesWelcomeHere #RefugeesWelcome.
beyond the peak
A building at The Peak in Hong Kong I took on a misty day in February (2016). Normally I look down from the Peak onto the city, but the mist meant that there was no view, so I looked up and it was worth it, I got this photo.
old memories
An old oppo (fellow Marine) sent me this old photo. Gosh is seems like yesterday. Wish I could do it all again. I am on the far right front (bottom) row.
I found the video below of a troop in training doing the exact same thing today we did back in the day, in the same places too. You can see them progressing toward the final commando tests, getting faster and more confident through the training.
So many memories from the photo above, feeling quite nostalgic! In the end I decided to not make a long term career of the military, for me that was a good decision no regrets, but I would not give up those days in the marines for anything. I still have some of the best oppos ever even after all these years.
I found the video below of a troop in training doing the exact same thing today we did back in the day, in the same places too. You can see them progressing toward the final commando tests, getting faster and more confident through the training.
So many memories from the photo above, feeling quite nostalgic! In the end I decided to not make a long term career of the military, for me that was a good decision no regrets, but I would not give up those days in the marines for anything. I still have some of the best oppos ever even after all these years.
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