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Sinulog 2012 Scoring the Gecko

Sinulog 2012 Cebu – I decided to stick around Cebu City this year for Sinulog and scored an amazing dutchpickle gecko fastened to a carabao horn last night at a flea market booth on Osmena Blvd. Here the artist Jen from Dumageute shows off his work. He and friends also have a crafter’s booth at [...]

Canlaon – Kanlaon Mountain and Rice Fields

Canlaon Mountain and peaceful rice terraces. Mt Kanlaon Volcano I took a day trip from San Carlos over to Canlaon because the weather was beautiful and the mountain was so beautiful – perfect for a few pictures! The turn off to Canlaon is about 20 kilometers south of town and you can follow the road [...]

Sendong Dumaguete Tropical Storm Washi

Tropical storm Sendong in Dumaguete Negros – also named Washi Negros was spared the extensive devastation that Mindanao experienced when the Tropical Storm Sendong passed through the Philippines Dec 16-17 2011. There was huge loss of life in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in northern Mindanao with the loss of nearly 1000 people so far. [...]

Craft Vendor on the Baywalk

This mobile vendor looked so cool walking along the street peddling these wood boats to anyone needing to add a bit of decor to their library. The smaller ones went for 2000 pesos, which was around 50 USD. I neglected to ask the cost of the big one but speculate it would be over 100 [...]

Camels in Barili

These camels are lined up on the side of the road in Barili in preparation for the Christmas Day parades beginning on Dec 16. They are on 4 wheeled carts and are locally made of fiberglass or plastic. The camels are being stored at the motorcycle wash and tire repair shop just outside of town. [...]

American Windmills

Mid-America Windmill Museum I must have driven down this country road 50 times but never noticed a small sign with an arrow pointing left where this windmill museum is located. Mr. Burke tells me that there is only one other windmill museum in the US and it’s down in Lubbock Texas. The Robertson Post mill [...]

Art Prize Grand Rapids

Art Prize Grand Rapids – This metal sculpture is named “Mantis Dreaming” and is one of the top 10 finalists for the prize in this art contest. The public votes on their favorite entry and the winner gets 250,000 USD for first place and 100,000 for second and 50,000 for third. These flowers were made [...]

Sinclair Gasoline Station and Repair Garage

Classic Sinclair gasoline station This sparkling Sinclair gasoline station and garage is next to Stone Lake in southern Michigan. It is completely unrelated to most posts on this website but it is interesting so I included a few pictures. The neat thing about having a blog is that you can put up just about anything [...]

Corn Stalks in Amish Country

These corn stalks caught my eye today. It’s a cool sunny fall day and the local farmers have begun to harvest their crops. Amish farm in northern Indiana in September. It is fascinating to watch the Amish work their fields with horse teams but keep in mind that they really prefer not to have their [...]

Healing Field Sept 11 Memorial

Sept 11 memorial – Healing Field 3200 US flags were set up in 93 rows on the ski slopes of Cannonsburg Michigan this past September 11 weekend. The flags represented those that perished in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2001, the 4 planes that crashed and those [...]