We are staying overnight in a beautiful guest house on an island in the middle of the Mekong River. Bonsai plants abound, the canals lap at our doorstep. Fruit such as rambutan, longan, and milk apples grow in abundance. For all of our latest adventures in Vietnam, check out my husband’s blog.

Part of a larger than life installation at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Made from found and reconstituted objects, this creation conjured up memories of R2-D2 and 2008’s favorite robot WALL-E….

Once in a while I come across a photograph where I recall the image but not where it was taken. Such is the case with this one. Most likely shot through the window of a glass blower’s workshop, I was intrigued by the colours (greens, ambers, golds and blacks) and the interplay between them, the..

Another side of Montreal’s unique architecture:  the black wrought iron spiral staircases. Seen only in Quebec and New Orleans, placed outdoors in response to Quebec and N’orlean civil law (french civil code) where indoor stairways were considered rooms and taxed accordingly. Same for closets which explains the abundance of Quebeçois armoires built to hold clothing...