LITTLE PUMA

THIS IS OUR CAT. SHE IS OUR ONLY PET. SHE HAS BEEN LIVING WITH US FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. THAT IS A LONG TIME SO WE BELIEVE SHE IS HAPPY. SHE IS A BOMBAY. A BOMBAY IS BREED WITH A BLACK AMERICAN SHORTHAIR CAT AND A BURMESE CAT. AROUND 1960, NIKKI HORNER, A PROFESSIONAL BREEDER, TOOK HER AWARD WINNING BURMESE AND BREED IT WITH A WELL BRED, AMERICAN SHORTHAIR. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A WILD LOOKING CAT LIKE A BLACK PANTHER AND, AFTER A FEW YEARS THE RESULT SHE WANTED CAME INTO BEING. AND WE HAVE ONE, THE...

JUST A PHOTO OF A QUAINT PLACE IN ROSKILDE.

I TOOK THIS PHOTO OF A RANDOM BUILDING WHILE WE WERE WALKING DOWN TO THE VIKING MUSEUM. THE SIGN HELPED US FIND OUR WAY BECAUSE THE ROADS BETWEEN ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL AREA AND THE VIKINGESKIBMUSEET LEADS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION AS TO WHERE WE SHOULD WALK. I KNEW THAT THE SHIP MUSEUM IS ON ROSKILDE FJORD SO I WAS BASICALLY JUST WALKING DOWN HILLS UNTIL WE CAME TO THIS SIGN AND FOLLOWED THE ONE ROAD WHICH LEAD US ALL THE WAY TO THE MUSEUM AREA.

DEEP DOWN WITHIN THE DARK TUNNELS OF PARIS' CATACOMBS.

THE SKELETONS OF SOME SIX MILLION PEOPLE ARE DOWN HERE. THE CEMETERES OF PARIS WERE OVERFLOWING AND LAND WAS EVEN COLLAPSING IN SOME CASES. THE PROCESS OF MOVING REMAINS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY CEMETERIES TO THE QUARRIES BELOW BEGAN AROUND 1785. COVERED WAGONS MOVED THE SKELETONS INTO MINE SHAFTS THAT WERE CREATED WHEN PARIS WAS BEING BUILT. THE CATACOMBES WERE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1874. METRO STOP DENFERT-ROCHEREAU IS THE BEST STATION TO USE.

IN THE CATACOMBS #2.

THE SIGN TALKS ABOUT THE SKELETONS FROM THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF THE CAPUCHINS SAINT-HONORÉ CEMETERY. THE CONVENT WAS RAZED AROUND 1803. CATHERINE DE MEDICI COMMISIONED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONVENT FROM THE PREVIOUSLY EXISTING HÔTEL DES COQUILLES AND SHE GAVE IT TO THE CAPUCHINS COMMUNITY IN 1576. DURING THE YEARS OF THE BIG FRENCH REVOLUTION, AROUND 1800, THE BUILDINGS WERE SECULARIZED AND THE CAPUCHIN COMMUNITY WAS DISPERSED. IT BECAME A COMBINATION OF OFFICES AND LIBRARY. AS THE SIGN INDI...

IN ALBUQUERQUE NM FOR FARIDAS' BIRTHDAY DINNER.

THIS IS THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT OF THE SANDIA RESORT AND CASINO. ITS NAME IS BIEN SHUR FINE DINING. IT IS OPEN ONLY FOR DINNER STARTING AT 1700. THERE IS A LOUNGE IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE JUST FOR DRINKS. THE LOUNGE DOES SERVE FOOD ALSO WHICH IS ON ITS OWN MENU. IT IS NOT OPEN MONDAY, TUESDAY, OR WEDNESDAY. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN ALBUQUERQUE AND IS RATED AS 4 1/2 STARS; VERY EXPENSIVE. BUSINESS CASUAL IS THE DRESS CODE. THE CHEF IS DENNIS ESCOVEDO WHO HAILS FROM TAOS NM. HE LEADS A ...

LE BATEAU LAVOIR IN PLACE ÉMILE GOUDEAU.

ALSO HERE, IS A WALLACE FOUNTAIN AND THE HOTEL TIMHOTEL MONTMARTRE. THE HOTEL IS A THREE STAR HOTEL WITH PRICES BETWEEN $130 AND $150 A NIGHT. BATEAU LAVOIR IS EXTREMELY ICONIC. THE NAME OF THE PLACE MEANS WASHHOUSE BOAT. IT HAD BEEN REBUILT IN 1978 AFTER THE INTERIOR WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE. IN 1889 IT BECAME A DIVIDED SPACE WITH 20 ARTISTS STUDIOS AFTER THE ORIGINAL TENANT, A PIANO FACTORY AND BALLROOM LEFT THE PREMISES. MAX JACOB CAME UP WITH THE NAME OF THE PLACE. THE BUILDING SWAYED AND CR...

0NE OF THE UNIQUE WALLACE FOUNTAINS OF PARIS.

THIS IS THE WALLACE FOUNTAIN AT PLACE ÉMILE GOUDEAU. BATEAU LAVOIR IS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE FOUNTAINS ARE AN ICONIC ASPECT OF PARISIAN HISTORY. THEY ARE WORKING FOUNTAINS AND THE WATER IS GOOD TO DRINK. SIR RICHARD WALLACE AND CHARLES-AUGUSTE LEBOURG DESIGNED AND SCULPTED THEM. THEY WERE MADE OF CAST-IRON. SIR RICHARD WALLACE INHERITED ENOUGH MONEY TO GREATLY BENEFIT PARIS. AROUND 1885, HE FOUNDED A HOSPITAL AND HE DECIDED THAT FOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT PARIS WERE NEEDED BY THE POOR. SIR RICHARD WAL...

I THINK THIS IS COMMONLY CALLED THE WALL OF LOVE OR LOVE WALL.

THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF LE MUR DES JE T'AIME. IT IS AT SQUARE JEHAN RICTUS IT IS ADJACENT TO PLACE. DES ABBESSES. MORE THAN 600 ENAMELED LAVA ROCK TILES SAY "I LOVE YOU" IN ABOUT 250 LANGUAGES. FREDERIC BARÓN AND CLAIRE KITO WERE THE ARTISTS WHO WORKED ON IT FOR TWO YEARS AROUND THE YEAR 2000. THERE ARE RED SPLATTERS THROUGHOUT THE MURAL WHICH REPRESENT A BROKEN HEART. THESE SPLATTERS ARE MEANT TO COME BACK TOGETHER. THIS IS A WALL WHICH IS AN OBJECT OF SEPARATION. BUT IT HAS "I LOVE YOU" ALL OVER...

ANOTHER VIEW OF LE MUR JE T'AIME.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS A COUPLE DOING WHAT A LOT OF COUPLES DO IN FRONT THE WALL. THE MONTMARTRE TOWN HALL WAS FORMERLY LOCATED HERE. NOW SQUARE JEHAN-RICTUS, SINCE 1936, IS PROVIDING GARDEN LANDSCAPING WITH SEVERAL BENCHES THROUGHOUT. SOME MEDICINAL HERBS ARE GROWN HERE AMONG SUCH TREES LIKE SYCAMORES AND FRUIT TREES. IT TRUELY IS ONE OF THE LOVELIEST GARDENS IN ALL OF PARIS. I BELIEVE THE BENCHES ARE PAINTED IN THE ICONIC "CARRIAGE GREEN" THAT IS USED TO PAINT BENCHES AND OTHER OBJECTS (LIKE MOST WA...

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT ROADS IN PARIS.

THE NAME OF THIS ROAD IS RUE GALANDE AND IT FOLLOWS THE ROUTE USED BY THE ROMANS INTO PARIS FROM LYON FRANCE. THE SCULPTURE SIGN, THE OLDEST IN PARIS, THAT REPRESENTS THE LEGEND OF SAINT-JULIEN L'HOSPITALIER IS ON ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HERE. ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT IS A REPLICA WITH THE ORIGINAL IN ONE OF THE GREAT MUSEUMS OF PARIS. IT IS A 14TH CENTURY BAS- RELIEF SIGN. THE MEDIEVAL SIGN CAN BE FOUND ABOVE A THEATER THAT SHOWS ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW WHICH PROBABLY DID NOT EXIT IN ROMAN TIMES.

INSIDE OF THE PIONEERS MUSEUM IN COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO.

THE PIONEERS MUSEUM IS IN DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS, AT 215 SOUTH TEJON STREET. NOT ONLY ARE THERE EXHIBITS OF PIONEER FAMILIES AND CULTURE BUT THERE ARE ALSO ARAPAHO, CHEYENNE AND UTE INDIGENOUS CULTURES ON DISPLAY. THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS ORIGINALLY THE LOCATION OF FREMONT COUNTY COURTHOUSE. IT HAS BEEN THE COURTHOUSE FROM 1903 UNTIL 1973 AND THEN IT WAS OPENED AS THE MUSEUM IN 1979. ADMISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN FREE. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. PICTURED HERE IS AN ANCIEN...

SPENCER PENROSE STATUE IN DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS CO PIKES PEAK AVE.

SPENCER PENROSE WAS BORN IN 1865 AND PASSED AWAY IN 1939. HE WAS A REAL ESTATE SPECULATER WHO MADE A LOT OF MONEY THANKS TO HIS ORE MINING AND PROCESSING BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST USA. AFTR HE SETTLED IN COLORADO SPRINGS, HE AND CHARLES L. TUTT COMMISSIONED A ROAD WHICH LEAD TO THE TOP OF PIKES PEAK MOUNTAIN. SPENCER PENROSE WAS THE DEVELOPER WHO HAD THE FAMOUS BROADMOOR HOTEL BUILT JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUILDING OF THE BEAUTIFUL CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO AS WE...

BALCONY VIEW OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN RESORT POOL.

THIS RESORT IS AT THE FAR SOUTH SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS. CONTINUE SOUTH FROM THIS AREA, YOU WILL ARRIVE AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN. THE MOUNTAIN, THOUGH, IS NOT A TOURIST ATTRACTION BECAUSE NORAD IS LOCATED INSIDE. BUT THE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN FROM THIS RESORT IS FANTASTIC. THIS IS A DOLCE BY WYNDHAM HOTEL. IT IS AT 3225 BROADMOOR VALLEY ROAD AND WILL COST ABOUT $150 A NIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS HERE; MOUNTAIN VIEW RESTAURANT, GATES GRILL ( PRIME RIB DINNER ANYONE? ), AND ELEVATIONS WHICH H...

TRAVELING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

AFTER LEAVING RED RIVER, WHERE WE STAYED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE DROVE TO EAGLE NEST AND ANGLE FIRE. DURING THIS DRIVE, WE STOPPED AT A ROAD SIDE VIEW POINT TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS. THIS IS WHAT THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION OF NEW MEXICO LOOKS LIKE. IT IS A HIGH DESERT REGION.

SCULPTURE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING SANTA FE NM #1

THIS SCULPTURE IS CALLED BUFFALO DANCER. IT CAN BE FOUND AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE ROUNDHOUSE PROPERTY. IT WAS MADE FROM MARBLE BY DOUG HYDE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE NEZ PERCE, ASSINIBOINE, AND CHIPPEWA TRIBES. ALL OF THE CAPITAL ROUNDHOUSE SCULPTURES ARE PART OF THE SANTA FE CAPITOL ART FOUNDATION.

SCULPTURE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING SANTA FE NM #2

THIS SCULPTURE IS CALLED "EARTH MOTHER". IT WAS CREATED BY ESTELLA LORETTO IN 1992. EARTH MOTHER IS THE GODDESS OF MOTHER EARTH.. IT IS MADE OF PAINTED BRONZE.

SCULPTURE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING SANTA FE NM #3

THIS SCULPTURE IS CALLED "THE WATERBEARERS". THE CREATOR OF THIS SCULPTURE IS GLENNA GOODACRE FROM LUBBOCK TEXAS. THIS IS ALSO MADE OF BRONZE. I BELIEVE THIS SCULPTURE WAS CREATED IN 1986.

ON THE ONCE FREE FERRY IN NEW ORLEANS, CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THE FERRY WE ARE ON IS CALLED THE CANAL STREET / ALGIERS FERRY WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSPORTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SINCE 1827. THE CANAL STREET SIDE LANDING POINT IS NEAR A TERRIFIC AQUARIUM AND JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE FRENCH QUARTER. THE ALGIERS POINT SIDE IS AT A HISTORIC AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE JAZZ WALK OF FAME. PEOPLE ON FOOT AND THOSE WITH BIKES CAN RIDE THE FERRY. WE RODE THE FERRY FOR NO COST BUT IT MAY COST $2.00 NOW. IT LEAVES EVERY HALF HOUR UNTIL 2045 OR 2245 ON FR...