A clerk working on the most touristy street in Old Havana.
I have a whole series of laundry-on-balcony pictures, but this lady didn’t have any laundry.
A lunch counter in Central Havana.
A woman selling flowers, candles and cigars.
A fashion statement on Callejon de Hamel on our Sunday visit to that street.
On Callejon de Hamel
Taking a break from working in a food outlet across the street from a busy Central Havana market.
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Central Havana – Peace Bro
Not a happy subject?
Better now!
More WiFi users in Havana.
Future Model!! Central Havana – February 2016
This cheerful young lady stopped briefly to have her picture taken and moved on to meet her friends. In the first photo she is framed by two of our photo workshop party.
Future model? – Central Havana February 2016
Meeting her friends and one suspicious adult. Central Havana February 2016
Social media, when you can get it, is important to the student generation. At the Wifi in the park near our bed and breakfast (casa particular) the other users were also mostly young.
I love the contrast in generations.
Must be a Wifi zone nearby!
Cuban children wear uniforms to school. It was mid-morning when this picture was taken in Old Havana. Havana – Cuba Day 1
On Callejon Hamel.
Central Havana February 2016. A tourist on Callejon Hamel.
Taken from our balcony on Calle Neptuno. Central Havana February 2016
Taken from our balcony on Calle Neptuno. Central Havana February 2016
On a tobacco farm (finca) in Vinales, Cuba
Bits and pieces.
I have not had my camera out for months so went down a nearby road to relearn the controls. Lots of downed fencing…thanks to snow plows and neglect. The first four photos are around a field that hasn’t held cattle for several years.
Tangled in the fencing: Ross Road, Vernon Bridge, mid-April
Knocked over by a plow; Ross Road, Vernon Bridge.
End of the line. Ross Road, Vernon Bridge,mid-April
The last one is at the corner of a horse paddock where they intentionally dropped the wires for the winter and will put them back up when they bring the horses back from their winter barn.
A place to park your recycling – Vernon Bridge mid-April
I’ll be taking a two month break from Wordpress, except for a few pre-scheduled posts about Cuba. I will also take a break from looking and commenting on other people’s blogs. We’ll be on vacation, attending a graduation, and doing some major downsizing and work around our house. Thanks to all my followers and friends. I will be back.
Cuba Day 2
Staying with last week’s theme of “older” faces, these worked better in black and white.
Lunch in the park in Old Havana.
Street portrait with car. My last hours of shooting in Central Havana.
And moving on to the middle-aged crowd, two more.
Coffee break? Havana Cuba Day 1
Cuba Day 2
Just in case you’re confused, this is house #631!
Well maybe they’re not seniors, but he does have gray hair!
As does this man, walking down Calle Neptuno under our balcony.
At the corner of Calle Neptuno and Calle Campanario, Central Havana
Havana Cuba Day 1 – Just look at the trim on these houses!
Cuba Day 2 – A willing subject
Prosit! – Central Havana February 2016
Banff, Bow Falls
Continuing our western Canada road trip, we spent one night in Banff, Alberta – the developed service centre for Banff National Park – before continuing our westward journey to British Columbia and the Pacific coast.
The Bow River tumbles over a falls within the town, and so, since we saw the river’s origin below Bow Glacier, it seemed apt to check out how big the flow had grown. You can walk up a path – which you can just see on the left of the first photo – and some steep stairs to look over the falls.
I’m forever chasing rainbows….
Turning and looking it the other direction gives you an idea of the town’s beautiful setting.
Banff, Bow Falls
I didn’t take any pictures in Banff that evening. The following morning we had breakfast in the the Juniper (Hotel and) Bistro with its beautiful view of the Vermillion Lakes. It was too cold outside to eat, but not too cold to grab a shot from the patio.
Vermillion Lake from the patio of the Juniper Hotel and Bistro.
Since we had not booked ahead I was pleased to get a room at the price we did. Someone had recommended this hotel, which is just off the Trans Canada Highway and north of the town.
Lunch in the park, Old Havana, on my first half day in Cuba.
Having started a series of posts of Cuban people, now I jump from children to older folks.
Havana Cuba Day 1 – I think this man might have been a visitor!
Leisure in Central Havana February 2016
Cuba Day 2 – with a much loved and obedient dog.
Cuba Day 2 – with a much loved and obedient dog.
More seniors next week.
Cuba Day 2 – Who are these white women with their big cameras?
It was my colleague who charmed him into the big smile.
Cuba Day 2 – Shy but charming.
I didn’t look for shots of children – and they were largely in school when we prowled around Central Havana. These next two shots were taken on the Sunday when we went to hear Afro-Cuban music on Callejon de Hamel.
Twins on Callejon de Hamel
A willing subject on Callejon de Hamel
It was fairly late in the afternoon when we walked down this street; children were home from school and playing soccer.
Duelling Cameras: another photo workshop group!
"I do wander everywhere" 