by liz scully | Aug 31, 2014 | Animals, Canada, Signs
I very nearly missed the fabulous detail on this sign. Admittedly the entire concept of ‘braking for snakes’ amused me enough to begin with. I mean really, would you actually see them in enough time to be able to guarantee you’d not squashed them...
by liz scully | Aug 24, 2014 | Animals, London, Signs
I saw this in a rather lovely gastro pub in London last time I was back. There’s an awful lot I like about it. First there’s the rather jaunty fact that there’s no real reason to have a baboon there at all. It’s merely telling you that you can...
by liz scully | Aug 17, 2014 | Animals, Canada, Signs
Do you see the dog in this picture? Little white dog, being very, very good and waiting for it’s owner to return. It’s sitting directly in front of the door to the store, while tied to a bike stand. Tied up, but there’s no danger of this dog...
by liz scully | May 7, 2014 | Animals, Costa Rica
I looked up from breakfast and saw something shifty on the beach. Several shifty somethings now as I looked closer… Good grief – are those vultures on the beach?! And yes, that’s exactly what they are. Vultures in a group, skulking about the beach in Costa Rica....
by liz scully | Apr 16, 2014 | Animals, Costa Rica
I’m currently in Costa Rica So, as many of you know, I’m not currently living in India. As of two weeks ago, I emigrated. Not immigrated anywhere else – as I’ve not actually landed anywhere in particular yet. But I did the leaving India part: I...
by liz scully | Jan 29, 2014 | Animals, India, Kitchen
Or rather, I seem to regularly eat ants. Not in bulk, just one at a time. And not all the time, just now and then. This isn’t a new Indian delicacy I’m trying – it seems that tiny ants have decided to occasionally move through my kitchen. Which is...