August 10, 2010 Last weekend I drove the family to Walton on the Naze in Essex. This is coastal town just after Colchester. With our busy schedule, it was a bit difficult to arrange but I am glad to be able to take the kids out this summer holiday more than last year. First we [...]
Cadwell Farm in Hitchin Our first visit to the farm and this time the whole family is with us. It is a very nice surprise to see a variety… ie. the sunflowers. Since they’re not yet ready, I contented myself to picking some lavenders despite the busy buzz of the bees. We had a lovely [...]
carpet of daisies, originally uploaded by Mushroom & Gadgets. A clear indication that summer has indeed arrived. The wild daisy can cover your lawn if left unattended. To some it may be a “noxious weed” but others like myself still love seeing these small little flowers. The name “daisy” derives from Old English name that [...]
Catching dinner, originally uploaded by Mushroom & Gadgets. One of the things I missed doing was to look for shellfish, clams and snails on the beach at lowtide. To find the clams, one must keep an eye for tiny squirts coming from the ground. When you find one, you dig it up. And voila, fresh [...]
Such was watch the local describe their beloved island and it is true with Camiguin’s seven volcanos! Camiguin is a verdant island off the coast of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental with seven volcanoes and several volcanic domes. There are two ferries that can take you to the island; a small passenger ferry and a big ferry [...]
365 | Day 117 “Earth has no sorrow the heaven cannot heal” Thomas Moore 27/04/2010 All rights reserved, Copyright 2010 Ghene Snowdon www.gsnowdon.com Please do not use the photos without my permission
365 | Day 116 26/04/2010 I cannot believe we are finally going home The additional week was fun but it is still an unsolicited one. I do not know which part of Luzon we are flying over, the view was amazing specially with those white fluffy clouds adding depth to the picture. Image taken with [...]
365 | Day 115 “I do not think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains” Anne Frank 25/04/2010 Auntie Grace was my mum’s youngest sibling. She lives just outside of Manila and works in Makati. I was told her house was small and that it’s a bit far from the shops [...]
Situated in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is abundant in touristic places with its’ 7,107 islands. On our trip, we went to the second largest island situated in the south of the country – Mindanao. With it’s bad publicity, the mention of this island sends shiver to one’s spine. It is on this island that the [...]
365| Day 106 16/04/2010 Confidence is generally all the magic needed to work miracles. All rights reserved, Copyright 2010 Ghene Snowdon www.gsnowdon.com Please do not use the photos without my permission
At last a trip out to the country and to the Philippines for some warm and sunny weather. The flight took in total 17 hours plus time spent in airports, getting lost in a city with three airport terminals. The most difficult part was waiting for our last flight south towards Mindanao. Our plane landed [...]
I was not feeling well today, so I requested my husband to attend my morning meeting then went out for a walk in town. The cold and gray days of London is wearing me out I needed a diversion to bring some colours back and fight some sort of depression [which rarely happens to me]. [...]
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