Archive for January, 2007

Harmattan Daze

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright—
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night. 1
The Harmattan is hitting Nigeria hard this year of 2007. This northern wind from the Sahara carries in waves of brown dust […]

Wing Shots

Friday, January 5th, 2007

If you traveled as much as most international business men you would expect to see a lot of the world. Most of the business men and women I meet on international flights, however, confess that they don’t really get to see much more than airports and company offices. I met one businessman who had been […]

Winter Morning After the Storm

Monday, January 1st, 2007

New Year’s eve day we woke up to a heavy snow fall after a passing storm. There is nothing so urgent as trying to dig the truck out before the liquor mart closes on New Year’s Eve Day. We had food, we had water, we had heat, but we had no wine.

Winter Morning After the […]

Lac du Bonnet Winter Frost

Monday, January 1st, 2007

A cold clear morning with high humidity resulted in this beautiful display of sumlimated frost.

Lac du Bonnet Winter Frost