Articles about 'Photos of Places'
April 1st, 2013
"La nuit porte conseil" is French for "sleep on it". It means, think about it overnight and don’t make a decision until tomorrow… often good advice!
The photo is this saying on the door of a Broom closet in Herald Square (New York).
–Mama Lisa
December 13th, 2011
Gian Carlo Macchi wrote to me about Santa Lucia in Italy. He also shared these photos from the Santa Lucia celebration in Arzago d’Adda, Lombardy (about 30 km from Bergamo and 30 km from Milan).
Santa Lucia (St. Lucy) was born in Syracuse, Sicily around 283 and died in 303 AD. The myth is that...
October 20th, 2011
I love this photo that Valerie Mellema took of La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain. She used Photoshop and a different picture of a log to make the texture in the sky. It looks like a fantastical place in a kids book.
It could be fun to show this pic to a child and have them...
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August 30th, 2011
Ha Long Bay in Vietnam is home to about 1600 people who live in floating houses. Most of them make their living through fishing.
Here’s a photo of Fruit vendors in the floating village on Ha long Bay.
Thanks to Purabi Khisa Tandra for sharing these photos!
Mama Lisa
June 9th, 2011

This fantastic photo was taken in Jamaa el Fna Square in Morocco by Monique Palomares on a visit to the city of Marrakech last year. The square looks like a market, but it’s actually filled with outdoor restaurants. The tall tower in the background, with the light on top, is the Koutoubia Mosque.
The name of...
March 23rd, 2011
Last week we went Geocaching with my daughter and two of her friends. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt. You look for hidden containers, called geocaches with the help of a GPS device. In our case, we used an iPhone to find the treasure.
On our search, we passed the knotted tree in the...
January 12th, 2011
Andrew Sullivan from The Daily Dish has been posting photos his readers took out their windows from locals around the world on his blog. He made a book of the photos, which you can view in its entirety below.
The View From Your Window by The Daily Dish | Make Your Own Book
I think this...
December 11th, 2010
Yesterday I went ice skating in Rockefeller Center, below the famous Christmas Tree in New York City. My daughter and I were there for a birthday party.
While skating, we heard news on the rink that some guy went down on his knees on the ice and proposed to his lady below the Christmas...
September 17th, 2010
June 16th, 2010
The main entrance to a shrine in Japan. “The kanji on the stone on the left side says ‘Hirohata Hachiman Jinja’.” -Shintaro
Yesterday, we posted some photos of Japan from Shintaro Tominaga, including the one above. It shows the entrance to a shrine. The kanji text on the stone near the entrance says, “Hirohata Hachiman Jinja’”. ...
June 15th, 2010
Here are some photos from Japan with descriptions from Shintaro Tominaga .
The rice paddy near the river.
One month later.
“A heron in the river called ‘Ohtsu-gawa’ is trying to hunt a small fish in the water.”
Bamboo
“The main entrance to the shrine. The kanji on the stone on the left side...
March 28th, 2010
Here are some photos of Washington DC thanks to Ray Lee. It’s Cherry Blossom Season, so it’s a great time to visit D.C.
The Washington Monument.
The Jefferson Monument.
Cherry Blossoms.
Many thanks to Ray Lee for sharing these photos with us! Check out the Official National Cherry Blossom Festival site for info about special events in...
March 15th, 2010
We don’t have many buds on our trees here in New York yet. It’s just rain, rain, rain. So I found these photos from Japan by Ayako Egawa particularly uplifting this week.
Japanese apricot flowers, Ume.
Crocuses
Ayako wrote, “Mimosa is in full bloom around here.”
Ayako wrote, “I totally agree that these little flowers are...
February 25th, 2010
Dedy Dowo sent me these lovely photos of children in Indonesia!
Many thanks to Dedy Dowo and all the children and their families for sharing these photos!
November 1st, 2009

Today and tomorrow, November 1st and 2nd, are the Day of the Dead. It’s celebrated in Mexico. Family and friends get together to remember those who have died. People also make alters to the dead and visit the graves of their loved ones.
We went to a Mexican restaurant this evening and saw an...
October 29th, 2009
We took a walk today in Walt Whitman’s woods in West Hills, on Long Island, east of New York City. I highly recommend taking an autumnal hike or stroll if you can. Then you may feel the truth in Whitman’s line, "As to me I know of nothing else but miracles". There’s much beauty out...
August 20th, 2009
I learned this week that Indonesia has tens of thousands of islands. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Indonesia has 13,670 islands, over half of which are inhabited. Wikipedia puts the number over 17,000. The truth is that the number of islands continuously changes due to seismic activity in the area.
Indonesia is the fourth most populous...
July 24th, 2009
Now’s a good time to keep this proverb in mind… if you’re going to take a walk on the beach or near a river… you may want to check a high tide chart… because…
Time and tide wait for no man.
My husband and I almost learned this lesson the hard way today. We were taking...
July 23rd, 2009
I blogged recently about how Del Dallimore has been collecting Gambian children’s songs on YouTube.
Del took these photos below of scarecrows in the rice fields of Brufut, Gambia. I thought it was interesting how they look different from those here in the US. The scarecrows in Gambia are made out of plastic bags.
Del said, "They...
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