New Gallery

Gallery I've just added a gallery of photos taken on a tour down the river today… I hired a boat just for myself….. it's a little difficult photographing from a moving boat, but… I got some interesting photos…

Flowers and Silk.

It's a perfect morning here today. I can see  lot of Bangkok from my balcony and it's spectacular. I'm going to have some time on the river today and I hope to visit Jim Thompson's house, the flower market in China Town and a fabric market in China Town…. Who is Jim Thompson? I was…

On the road again….

I'm in the club in the airport in London on my way to bangkok… It was cold here today preparing me for the cold at home I think,  but Bangkok will be another story. I think every man and his dog was in London today, I've never seen so many people. They kept bumping into my…

The image of Ophelia by Millais

I had quite a few comments about the painting Ophelia… I've added a video of the painting of Ophelia, you might find it interesting. John Everett Millais, Ophelia, oil on canvas, 1851-52 (Tate Britain, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker Smarthistory, a multimedia web-book about art: discussing The Pre-Raphaelites<br>Millais' Ophelia.

Two days of work.

The best laid plans of mice and men… I have had to shelve some of the plans I had. Mainly because of the weather and partly because I just can't summon that extra organizational energy that I need to make it work. My Sister Heather and her husband arrived in London yesterday and I got…