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Summer’s Here (2015 Edition)
I’m officially welcoming summer 2015 with snapshots of my workplace-cum-home in Cebu, the Queen City of the South. The above is a photo of Plantation Bay’s beachfront taken just last Monday. I love how the water looked light blue by the beachfront but darkened to deeper shades of blue when farther out. And the clouds…
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“Autumn” in the Philippines
Summer’s here and while I associate this with the sun, the sand, and the sea, I was amazed when I chanced on this during one of my walks. Who knew some of our trees change colors and shed their leaves as they embrace summer? The above is a mahogany tree, Swietenia mahogani (L.) Jacq., and I…
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Today’s Sunset, March 18, 2015
The above is by far the most perfectly rounded sun I’ve seen from my side of the world. I actually did not notice the plane until I zoomed in for a shot and by then, I was a little late (who knew a plane could fly so fast?!) and missed that moment when the airplane was…
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Brave Tales #1: Finding our Savannah
Last week, I introduced Brave, my new Merida mountain bike in this post. Since then, we’ve been cruising around Lapu-Lapu in search of our preferred biking trail. Yesterday, I discovered our favorite. It’s the Suba Basbas Road-Guerrillero-Marigondon Beach Road route. It instantly appealed to me because Suba Basbas and Guerrillero are not main roads so…
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Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning
So I finally bought the domain to thoughtstalesandwhatnot and tweaked my blog’s settings. I also updated my About page. It’s a new beginning for me, and I wouldn’t have been inspired to take this blog seriously if not for those who have been frequent readers of this blog. Special
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