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THIS IS NOT SPRING

My car this morning after a 4 hour drive home through Southern Ontario in an ice storm. Some rain overnight melted a bit of the ice so it was actually thicker a...

Not usually friends!

I'm not sure if these are the two swans that normally nest in the storm runoff pond just down the street from my home, but I'd like to think they are. Yesterday...

SAME IN SUMMER

You can see the flat patch of snow- and ice-covered water in the middle of the shot, with many bullrushes beyond leading on to a heavily forested point of land....

Is it Spring yet?

Yesterday it was minus 2 Celsius but felt like minus 10 with the wind. The very large and pleasant bay a few minutes walk from my home, on the north shore of La...

Travel Digest #51

If you enjoy our work consider to:- Follow the trail we just set up- Delegate some SP to @steemitworldmap We only vote on the traveldigest post and the posts fe...

Travel Digest #44

If you enjoy our work consider to:- Follow the trail we just set up- Delegate some SP to @steemitworldmap We only vote on the traveldigest post and the posts fe...

ROADTRIP REVISITED – PLANNING THE 90 DAY TAHITI-AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND ROADTRIP

When we first mentioned to family and friends that we were going to visit Australia and New Zealand their instinctive reaction was to ask “What cruise line - or...

Travel Digest #37

Hi. It's @choogirl here bringing you the 37th edition of traveldigest. Another day, another great bunch of travel posts. Seriously, you guys are not making...

New Zealand #20 - We end our roadtrip in Auckland - North Island

We have a pleasant drive south from Russell, retracing our route on Highway 1, not much traffic. Again there are some stunning views near Waipu of Bream Bay and...

New Zealand #19 - Russell - North Island

The drive from the ferry dock at Okiato to our caravan park only takes a few minutes. For our last park stay in New Zealand we've upgraded to a Seaview Villa; t...

Travel Digest #30

Hi. It's @choogirl here bringing you the 30th edition of traveldigest. Like always, we've gone through all the posts submitted in the past 24 hours to brin...

New Zealand #18 - Waihi Beach, then on the road again - North Island

After our mid-day tour of the Lord of the Rings Hobbiton set we have a 1½ hour drive, including a pleasant but short stretch through Karangahake Gorge, to Waihi...

Distinctivedoors - Where are we?

A special door for @tattoodjay, who has to guess where it is......

New Zealand #17 - Hobbiton - North Island

In South Island we saw several Lord of the Rings settings, like Glenorchy north of Queenstown, what I called the land of the orcs, and the Crown Range between A...

New Zealand #16 - Ohope Beach, Rotorua and a Maori Village - North Island

Based on our previous can't-find-lunch-anywhere drive in this area of North Island we buy sandwiches at a grocery as a backup before leaving Gisborne. The weath...

Duplicate

I won't apologize - steemit needs to fix these posting issues! Edit: and ironically, this afternoon everything seems normal. But what about tomorrow......

New Zealand #15 - We learn about Freedom Camping and visit another Winery - North Island

Spoiler Alert: On South Island we visited many absolutely fantastic places, like Fox Glacier and the Pancake Rocks, but North Island is not like that, except fo...

Travel Digest #23

Welcome to the 23rd edition of traveldigest! Enjoy! As always all posts featured here will be put on our Editors Choice Map. @anomadsoul and I will be hitchhiki...

New Zealand #15 - Duplicate

DUPLICATE: this has been posted twice on my blog due to steem posting issues (which have plagued most of us I assume) the past few days, so if you are coming ov...

7 Day Black and White Photo Challenge. Day 7. For Isabel. Original Photography.

I was nominated by @nolasco to participate in this new challenge: '7 Day Black and White Photo Challenge.' Day 7: So this is for Isabel. The Challenge. 7 black ...