Category: 2021

• Galveston..Memories and Prejudices

  

  Some places disappear to inner recesses of memory till an incident or event resurrects them to the forefront. In the summer of 2011 Galveston was another beach town for a weekend visit from neighbouring Houston, Texas. 10 years later, in 2021, Galveston metamorphosed from a bleachy, cataclysmic city into a ‘freedom’ icon. I learn that this […]

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  June 19, 2022

  2021, 2022, Accidental Expat, Memories, Sense of Place

  Black Lives Matter, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, IndiBlogger, Juneteenth, past revisited, Refurbished Heritage, Texas, Thursday Doors, Travel, USA

• Celebrations 🎉☃️🛍

  The mood is right, the spirit’s up. We’re here tonight, and that’s enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.” – Paul McCartney, “Wonderful Christmas Time” Lens-Artists Challenge #177 – Celebrating Christmas lights Unionville: Once a historic village (early 1840s through the middle – late 20th century) and now a bustling touristy hotspot of Toronto suburbs. […]

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  December 6, 2021

  2021, Accidental Expat, Sense of Place

  Canada, celebrations, Christmas lights, Gilmore Girls, Lens-Artists Challenge #177 – Celebrating

• Fresh of the Boat…..

  November 2021: The ‘Fresh Of The Boat’ feeling as we board Air India direct flight to Toronto after a two year Covid intermission. We have been visiting Canada since 2012 but this trip was special, coming as it did after deliberating the risks, even with being double vaccinated and fulfilling ArriveCan regulations. Checked and ticked: […]

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  November 25, 2021

  2021, Accidental Expat, Sense of Place

  Canada, Christmas decor, Fall colors, lens-artists-photo-challenge-174-follow-your-bliss, Toronto