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 and covered more of the car. Thankfully the

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 the pond was taken over by more than a hundred

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. In you think this sign is just to prevent

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 Lake Ontario, is still completely frozen over.

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 what tour company - are you going with?”

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 the Hen and Chickens group of islands, but

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; there are only 4 of them in the park, and

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 Beach. There doesn't seem to be much at

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

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 Arrowton and Wanaka, on the way to Haast on

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 weather is uncharacteristically warm, 24 Celsius,

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

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 for a few spots (though I must admit we didn’t

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 over from traveldigest or have any comments

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 & white images that represent an aspect

One of my favourite songs, from Crosby, Stills & Nash: When you see the Southern Cross for the first time You understand now why you came this way 'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small

Thursday, April 7th, 2016, and we are crossing from South Island to North Island to start the last leg of our 90 day roadtrip that began with a week in Tahiti, then almost 2 months in Oz. It is sunny and

I was nominated by @nolasco to participate in this new challenge: '7 Day Black and White Photo Challenge.' Day 6: Somewhere in Europe - Again. The Challenge. 7 black & white images that represent an

I was nominated by @nolasco to participate in this new challenge: '7 Day Black and White Photo Challenge.' Day 5: Somewhere in Europe. The Challenge. 7 black & white images that represent an aspect

After our short visit to Cloudy Bay winery in Blenheim we continued on to Picton, where we will chill for a few days and do essential maintenance before taking the ferry to North Island. Looking out the