The Great Egret is up on the tree

This fella is usually frolicking in the stream behind my house in the morning.
Today, it is perched on the tree. Apparently there is an earthquake not too far away

Collapsed university building in Padang, Sumatra island

Earthquake death toll reaches 529 as of 5 pm, 1 October news

No signs of Tsunami yet ...

The sea around here is relatively calm

News headlines that Samoan tsunami death toll tops 150

Lion escaped from Malacca Zoo

Technicians at a Melaka car repair shop were having a normal day at work, when suddenly a nervous looking Lion came out of nowhere...seemingly hungry because of how skinny his body looked

Workers freaked out, jumping over each other, some locking themselves up in cars, or in the offices, and some just ran away...but one brave guy took the picture of this Lion without making a sound....and there was the SHOCK when the Lion turned around...nobody could believe it

It turned out that the LION is their Indian co-worker's dog. He shaved the dog in such a way to look like a Lion.... let's just say the Indian co-worker has gotten a bit more than a hard pat on the back ; ) hahaha

The Travelling Gnome in Chicago

The Travelling Gnome contributes to this blog with photos
such as those below taken from a recent trip to Chicago

Point of view from up close

Photo taken in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Somehow the photo was taken in harsh light

















"imqqmi" from Netherlands shows how the flowers would look like if taken in shady light

















Rich from USA turned the photo into a piece of art

















There are more photos forthcoming from the gnome taken from a Chicago trip last week

Red Storm Rising ... in Australia

23 September saw very unusual weather in Australia.
In the morning and afternoon, the weather was bright but red .
The dawn was windy and hazy.
Look at the pictures below taken in the morning

Apparently there haven't been dust storms like this in 70 years...

Liu Bolin...The invisible man...

This guy paints himself, no kidding, no trick photography

He just paints himself...