I thought of our friend Bob Whetstone when we came across this piece of street art near one of the team stations in Nagasaki.
Every statue I have ever seen of Captain Cook has a seagull sitting on his head, so we thought it very approriate that a musician should have a pigeon on his head. Perhaps the young lady with the flowers is Marcie and she’s waiting for him to finish the song so that she can feed the cat.
We are staying at the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel right in the centre of Old Santa Fe. I thought it might have been named after the actor Henry la Fonda but the word ‘fonda’ in Spanish simply means an ‘inn’ The site of this hotel has been the location of various inns since […]
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I’m with Miss Yoshiko Denogami who has been visiting us over the last few days. In Japan, she is more formally known as Denogami Sensei. (Sensei is a Japanese honorific and a word that is literally translated as “person born before another”. In general usage, it is used with proper form, after a person’s name […]
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We noticed from our hotel window yesterday, that people were setting up a market in the Shinkuku Gyoen Park behind the Tokyo Government Building, so we strolled over to see what might be on sale. As you would expect in a flea market, the little spaces marked out on the ground for individual stalls all […]
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Dear Bruce
A fetching likeness with Bob…..As I sit in Robinvale I’m finally able to catch up with your site…I even have a wireless broadband device BLINKIT!!!!!
Great to hear the news and that you have caught up with David
Mary had replied to Jill just before we got your text message.We’ll catch up after 4th
Regards
Rob