Monthly Archives: April 2025
 Life in the wilderness can be tough for animals. Any injury or abnormality can be life-threatening, leaving them unable to fend for themselves. Life in the wilds is tough for photographers as well. While I’m out bush-walking (eg: Long Roads and Short Walks #2), I’m not sharp enough to identify the birds or animals I […]
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Posted in Animals,Canada,TravelTags: animal park,animal sanctuary,animals,blog,Canada,environmental portraits,flowers,nature,Ursula Wall,Vancouver Island
 It is remote. And rugged. We were met with a mock war-dance: warriors sporting black body paint and carrying bamboo spears and arrows charged at us, while other villagers crowned in feathers danced and sang. Welcome to West Papua! The island of New Guinea has been populated for tens of thousands of years – mostly […]
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Posted in Indonesia,Travel,West PapuaTags: architecture,christianity,environmental portrait,environmental portraits,Indonesia,people,performance,Religious Practice,sculpture,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,West Papua
 I love how European cities have protected their historic centres. And, I love how one doesn’t have to forgo any modern creature comforts to enjoy these old quarters! Cahors, near Toulouse in the Occitan Region of Southern France, features an old-town centre of half-timbered houses, Renaissance windows, and narrow alleyways. I had never heard of […]
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 The first day I was on Dal Lake – the centrepiece of Srinagar in the North Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), I felt like I was in a dream – or a Monet painting (see: Floating in a Dream). The air is hot and thick. The stillness is punctuated by the plunk of boat oars in the water, […]
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Posted in India,TravelTags: architecture,arts and crafts,blog,boats,Dal Lake,environmental portrait,environmental portraits,India,Kashmir,landscape,on the water,Photo Blog,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,waterways
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