Thursday Theme Song: walk over the world

In 2008, we had a lot of walking to do. We went to New York City, we went to China, and we went to Spain, with a cruise to the Canary Islands and to Portugal. We bought shoes that were made for walking. Mine looked like they were made for walking on the moon.

These shoes were made for walking
Walking everywhere
This very year these shoes are gonna
Walk over the world.


 




Posted for
Hootin' Anni's musical meme
Thursday
Theme
Song
Thanks, Anni.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

Photos by Richard Schear and Kay Davies, 2008

ABC Wednesday: G for great things in China

Our guide, Arnold, calls the group together to climb the Great Wall of China.
Dick joined the climb, but I didn't go.

 We went through the Three Gorges Dam at night, but it was still very exciting.

 Dick gauges the water level as marked on the inside of the massive dam.

© Photos by Kay Davies and Richard Schear, 2010

Posted for Mrs. Nesbitt's alphabetical meme

ABC Wednesday

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For Real Toads: my husband's photos

Several days ago, Kerry asked us if she might use some of my husband's photos as prompts for the writers' group Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. Dick was very flattered and soon we were both exhausted after going through our many travel photos as well as the pictures he takes when walking our dog Lindy. Much to our surprise, Kerry snaffled a photo from my blog to add to the mix: one of my husband (in which I missed his head) walking a very happy Lindy in the snow.

to resist the Mongol hordes

they built a wall with many a stair

dynasties from Qin to Ming

fortified the very air

a hole in the jungle

looks out to sea

and I look out there, too,

to see

hoar frost, hard frost,

would you kill a tree?

not an easy thing to do

on the lone prair-ie

oh, deer, where can our mamas be?

Lindy so long at us stares

© Photos by Richard Schear in China, Hawaii, and Canada

Signs of the Times, China 2008

This sign discouraging people from climbing over the railing at the Three Gorges Dam, and the way it was translated from Chinese into English, made everyone smile.

However, signs showing how high the water behind the dam would eventually reach, didn't make anyone smile. The water here was full of debris from the land it had covered.

In the Forbidden City, former home of the great Chinese emperors, were signs showing the ancient names of the beautiful buildings, and arrows pointing the way to other areas. "The Hall of Mental Cultivation" could be seen as we headed for the Imperial Garden.

The Palace of Gathered Elegance, the name given to the home of the emperors' concubines, made more than a few people smile.

But even with mental cultivation and gathered elegance, it wasn't easy to find a 4-star toilet.

In July, 2008, people like my husband who climbed China's Great Wall could see, despite the air pollution, a large sign announcing the upcoming Summer Olympics.

If you look carefully at this close-up of the Olympic sign near the Great Wall (or click on it to enlarge it), you can see people who have hiked up to get an even closer close-up of it.