Love & Desire – Truth to Nature

Anstey’s Cove, Devon, John William Inchbold, 1854

A rare mother and daughter’s day. I am meeting mum and Michelle here at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). I arrive early though and before they arrive too, I park the car and wander through the sculpture garden.… Read the rest

Love & Desire – Modern Life

Work, oil on canvas, Ford Madox Brown, 1852-65

Modern Life: Love & Desire. A rare mother and daughter’s day. I am meeting mum and Michelle here at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). I arrive early though and before they arrive too, I park the car and wander through the sculpture garden.… Read the rest

Love & Desire

The Lady of Shallot, John William Waterhouse, 1888

Love & Desire. A rare mother and daughter’s day. I am meeting mum and Michelle here at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). I arrive early though and before they arrive too, I park the car and wander through the sculpture garden.… Read the rest

Victoria Peak, Man Mo & The Star Ferry

Views of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak

It’s nearly 10am before we leave the apartment headed for Victoria Peak. So much for my daily schedule. Though I shouldn’t be too hard on us, we’re all exhausted after the Thursday night flight and did quite well to get through our arrival and first afternoon in Hong Kong relatively unscathed.… Read the rest

Walking Zürich – The Limmat

The Limmat from Münsterbrücke by night

By far the best way to see a city is to walk it.  Particularly the compact old towns of Europe.  Not everyone has the ability, stamina or perhaps enthusiasm for this endeavor, walking from dawn till dusk (and often into the night as well).… Read the rest

Walking Zürich – Rathaus & Hochschulen

Susanna-Gossweiler-Platz

By far the best way to see a city is to walk it.  Particularly the compact old towns of Europe.  Today I am walking the Rathaus & Hochschulen. Not everyone has the ability, stamina or perhaps enthusiasm for this endeavor, walking from dawn till dusk (and often into the night as well).  … Read the rest

Walking Zürich – Lindenhof & the City

Lindenhof and the Limmat-Club Zürich

By far the best way to see a city is to walk it.  Particularly the compact old towns of Europe.  Today I’m walking Lindenhof & the City. Not everyone has the ability, stamina or perhaps enthusiasm for this endeavor, walking from dawn till dusk (and often into the night as well).  … Read the rest