In September 2007 our destination was the drugstore which was located in Mugabe’s casino in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Passing a huge statue we entered his casino where we saw stores selling American safari clothes, a Pizza Parlor and more places to eat, drink and buy tourist souveniers. The place was empty except for a little school room where the children were singing Christmas carols. We crossed the border into Botswana where we camped in the bush and lived with the animals for a couple of weeks - a very special experience, beautiful. ” HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s justice minister lost his seat on Monday and first election results showed the opposition level with President Robert Mugabe’s party, but counting delays fuelled opposition suspicions …..”‘
Archive for March, 2008
Zimbabwe
March 31, 2008Happy Easter
March 23, 2008
I went into an aviary with the birds yesterday and took this picture in Tv or time value mode on my camera. I chose a slow shutter speed because I wanted to show the action of the dove’s wings, Aperture: f16 Shutter Speed: 1/6 ISO 100
Putto with Poppy
March 21, 2008
Spring is here and the poppies are out showing their brightly colored petals against more muted backgrounds. I’m taking an online photography class at BetterPhoto.com. It’s a four week course in learning about the Canon Digital Rebel camera with Charlotte Lowrie. This photo was taken in the AV mode which allowed me to select a point of focus. I chose the putto’s nose to be the sharpest point of focus in the image.
Flophouse blogger
March 9, 2008
Instead of drinking a beer with a computer on my lap I’m sitting in the sun with a coffee from Bouchon. Instead of “BloggingChefs” I go to http://blog.foodista.com. This older woman is for Obama. My party animal is Miles shown here in a field of mustard. Photo shot yesterday with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera.
Hungfu Hill
March 5, 2008
Small monkeys lash their tails,
watch with sharp round eyes
as I walk through the temple.
