Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Carnegie Museum of Art. 4400 Forbes Avenue. Carnegie Institute and Library. National Register of Historic Places 79002158. DSC_0536p1
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburg officially consist of four museums. Together on Forbes Avenue in the Oakland Neighborhood are two museums in one: the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. (The Carn Read on...
Once upon a time, my dad went to college at UC Santa Barbara. In a lonely little chemistry class, he met a woman named Jen. They became very good friends; and if you have been reading this blog for a while you would know that my dad, Jen and I have travelled together. Well, this summer we are going to Roatan, Honduras, where Jen lives. Luckily, Roatan is only 2 hours away from Miami.
When we got Read on...
We left Atapuerca a little after 6am, with quite a few others. After about an hour, we thought we saw Burgos way off in the valley. Shortly after that, we came upon Villaval, but it was just a tiny town with a few houses, and no cafes or bars. About a half an hour after that, we entered Cardenuela Pico, and I remembered the bus advertisement on the outskirts of town. It was for an albergue and caf Read on...
Or course we woke up praying hard for the successful surgery of dear friend Robin, and then checked out of the hotel and headed into the heavy traffic for Pedernales Falls State Park.
In fact we were out of signal range until we finished our walking and birding and headed back to the headquarters, just in time to hear the good news that the surgery was complete.
We picked up so many new LIFE bir Read on...
I finally went to my first visit for my new knee. It went just fine. They my knee with its new device inside of it. Snappy...huh? The little, dark, oval piece you can see close to the artificial knee is my original kneecap (patella). I thought they would replace that but no....only if it had been highly diseased....mine was good....they did shave off the backside of it and put a button in the ce Read on...
You may or may not recall the song by Campbell and Ledbetter: Well, when I was a young man never been kissedI got to thinkin it over how much I had missedSo I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and thenOh, lordy, well I kissed er againBecause she had kisses sweeter than wineShe had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine(Sweeter than wine)Well, it is time to discuss some sweet wines, perhaps you Read on...
Today was another random exploration day - theres a neighbourhood (Toyen) with a lot of street art, so I headed up there to explore.
Theres also another large sculpture park on the east side which I walked around a bit, but then the rain hit and I was in my Birks and didnt want to muddy them up so I retreated to the tram and headed back into town. The little that I did see of Ekebergparken was pr Read on...
Nothing stops the annual hot dog eating contest sponsored by Nathans. Pandemic or not, starving children in Africa, nothing stops this annual event. Would you believe I was talking to my dentist about this? He loves this event! The annual eating of so many frankfurters who actually train ahead of the event held in New Yorks Coney Island will go on during Independence Day despite the fact that the Read on...
Huge, wooden waterwheel. The work was used to drain the mine as well as to power other devices. Water was carried by an aqueduct from the nearby hills.
From the lapis lazuli mines in Afghanistan 8000 years ago, to rare earth elements mined in contemporary China, mining monopolies have played a crucial role in the development and wealth accumulation of entire regions. In XVII century a single mine Read on...
Today we had booked for a ride on the IOW Steam Train. As a special treat I had booked for 1st Class which proved to be brilliant as we got to ourselves.
Arrived nicely in time for our 11.40 triip from Havenstreet and the train went to Smallbrook, back again through Havenstreet then on to Wootton and back. This involves the engine moving from back to front at each end as the train is a pull me on Read on...