My Pet Peeve

Who else gets as annoyed as I do when you check your bags, pay the airline fee, - albeit under duress - board the plane to find fellow passengers with bags too big to fit into the overhead bins so luggage is taken off and stored in the hold for FREE?

...and Beyond

Hmmmm... Joss Kent, grandson of the founder of Abercrombie & Kent has left his post as CEO of A & K to become CEO of ....& Beyond and his Dad, Geoffrey Kent has resumed his former position.
Can only mean A &K plans to take over & Beyond or & Beyond plans to take over A & K - or could it be that there has been one gigantic huge upset within the Kent family?......
Hmmmm, I wait with baited breath for the next announcement .

Prague

What could be better while traveling than a 'bowl' of soup on a cold winter's day. It tasted as good as it looked... and then it was on to my favorite dream place - Cesky Krumlov.

A Tuscan Mama

I sent dear clients to Italy and included a 'Tuscan Mama' with their villa. As you can see in the photos she even taught them to make pasta the hard way.

Neville Brown - brother-in-law, brother, friend, surrogate father and a banana bacon sandwich

Thanks for the most awesome memories and more than anything else thanks for loving my sister.

Meerkats

Mama

Papa

Children

Wild Cats

Serval cat - never knew till this trip that a serval has a combination of all big cat markings including cheetahs. I watched this cute creature catch a bird on the fly - must have been quicker than the croc that took a fish out of a heron's mouth and that was pretty impressive.

My favorite of all cats but then isn't it technically a member of the dog family?

...and a first for me, a caracal never seen one before - pity I haven't got a better picture of his ears - the deffinition is amazing.