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Seagull Charley Morning on South Padre Island Beach

Seagull Charley Morning on South Padre Island Beach

    Seagull Charley doesn't come when you call his name. Without a fish for Charley, he ain't going anywhere and he won't push tennis balls with his beak or do circus tricks. This morning Charley strolls the beach watching for opportunities. What he catches...

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Monahan’s Sandhills Where are the camels?

Monahan’s Sandhills Where are the camels?

    It is Weston's idea to go see the dunes. Passing through Midland on my way to the beach at Padre Island,Texas, I pay a visit to a nephew living in what some call " the armpit " of Texas. Saturday we drive to the sand hills, take off our shoes and climb...

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Chalk Painting Support art and culture

Chalk Painting Support art and culture

    Walking in the Cuenca Historical District wears your standards down. This is an old part of Cuenca and you gradually become accustomed to deteriorated appearances. After a few weeks you don't notice worn doorknobs, peeling paint, plaster coming off...

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Night Moves Well orchestrated chaos

Night Moves Well orchestrated chaos

    The 31st of December begins quietly. As the day moves forwards it changes like your favorite radio station whose volume keeps increasing as the variety and quality of the songs gets better and talk gets more inflammatory. As night falls there are...

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Burning Man couldn't wait till dark

Burning Man couldn't wait till dark

    This affair starts early. Usually, people wait till dark to do their exorcisms, but this bunch has already laid their body in the street in front of a business and are stuffing papers down its pants. In a world of camera phones, nothing goes un-noticed...

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Angels and Demons Halloween revisited

Angels and Demons Halloween revisited

    Ecuador doesn't celebrate Halloween but they have New Year's Eve to take Halloween's place. Today there are bad spirits about. They are atop cars, seated in chairs in retail stores, looking down from balconies, slumped on curbs and grouped near churches....

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Ecuador Mural for the tourists

Ecuador Mural for the tourists

    Down from the Moreno bridge, this wall mural gives a quick lesson on Ecuador. All the familiar Ecuador themes are presented in public here. There is a Panama hat that bobs its way through Cuenca. The making of Panama hats goes far back into Ecuadorian...

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Artist words Andres Arizaga Cordero

Artist words Andres Arizaga Cordero

    This exhibit is in a Cuenca city government supported gallery, Salon del Pueblo, next to the Don Colon Restaurant, across from the New Cathedral. The artist is a teacher of art locally. He was born in Cuenca. His art is stark and grotesque but his...

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Christmas Baby Coming out of the New Cathedral

Christmas Baby Coming out of the New Cathedral

    On the 24th of December there is a massive Christmas parade through downtown Cuenca. On the 25th of December, the day officially celebrated as Christ's birthday, there is a much smaller and simpler celebration at the New Cathedral across from the Parque...

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Birdwatching San Sebastian Park

Birdwatching San Sebastian Park

    After people watching, bird watching is one of the world's favorite pastimes. Birdwatchers travel the globe, stand in swamps, dress in camouflage, take pictures and write bird sightings in little books, and swear there is nothing better. In this city the...

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Old People Can Dance too Even old people can dance

Old People Can Dance too Even old people can dance

    While parents like to see their children participating in this parade, it helps their children to see their parents next to them on the parade route. When the parade comes to a stop, waiting for something ahead to clear up, families hug each other,...

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Skeletons on the wall Seems like Mexico again

Skeletons on the wall Seems like Mexico again

    There is a lively street art scene in Cuenca. One can google Cuenca Street Art and find examples I haven't met yet. At an intersection where traffic moves from the Rio Tomebamba into the Historical District there are two skeletons on an exterior wall of...

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